Spring?
The cherry tree outside my office has bloomed--the earliest, I believe, since I started keeping track of such things (not all that long, then...) I knew it would be out when I went into the office...
View ArticleSpring Break #2
Mariah got home Saturday. Today it was 70 here in Richmond, while it snowed in New England--so she's enjoying her spring break so far. So am I, and that's what I'm blogging about today at IHE.
View ArticleMarch Madness
So, you may have heard, a team from my town is in the Men's Final Four. No, it's not the Spiders (though we did make it to the Sweet Sixteen)--it's the VCU Rams. And that's actually the last thing I...
View ArticleGoing away, coming home
I went to a conference last week, and then I came back. And then I blogged about it a little bit at IHE.
View ArticleCall me crazy...
...but I kinda like April. Not everyone in academe does, though, so I blogged about it at IHE today.
View ArticleApparently blogger was down
But I haven't posted in so long, I didn't notice. Still, here's something I did manage to write--I even met my deadline!
View Articlethis week's milestone
Hmm. Daughter home from college, me away at workshop. What's wrong with this picture? That's what I blogged about today at Inside Higher Ed.
View ArticleTransparent Teaching
Do you talk about why you do what you do in class? Do your students tell you why they're there, or what their expectations are? That's what I blogged about this week at Inside Higher Ed.
View ArticleEnd of an Era
Nick graduates from middle school this week, but the bigger milestone is the one I blogged about at Inside Higher Ed today. (Hint: it involves a uniform.)
View ArticleSummer Off? Summer Job? Or what?
Over at Inside Higher Ed's Mama PhD blog, a lot of us seem to be thinking about what summer means to us, and to our kids.
View ArticleDid you miss me?
I took a few weeks off from Inside Higher Ed--and from pretty much everything else, too! Vacation was glorious, but now I'm back at work.
View ArticleTalking about the news
For some reason I felt like talking about the news in my blog post for Inside Higher Ed this week. I was grateful for the news from New York in amongst all the tragedy, but overall it was a pretty...
View ArticleFourteen years
This week at Inside Higher Ed I am reflecting on a few of the changes I've seen in the last fourteen years. Why fourteen years? Because it was Nick's birthday yesterday!
View ArticleBack to...something
I'm reflecting on work, and getting back to it (or something) over at Inside Higher Ed today...
View ArticleThis year's transition
The new semester has begun for me, but as always, not for the kids. Still, I'm reflecting on what this year's transition means, over at Inside Higher Ed...
View Articlestorm damage
Perusing old entries, I've discovered that this blog is a useful record of past storms. So here is my Irene entry...and, for the record, we don't have power back yet and I am getting crankier by the...
View ArticleFeminism, Baking, and a New Muffin Recipe
All in one easy-to-read blog post, over at IHE!
View ArticleTold you I was busy
I published this post on Monday, but I'm only getting around to linking it here today. Sigh.
View ArticleWho Speaks for Anon?
Over at Inside Higher Ed this week, I reflect on how I got here. (Where, you ask? Why, here, in your computer!)
View ArticleCross Country, really?
Once upon a time I was a soccer mom. Now, I'm not. And for some reason that's what I felt like blogging about at Inside Higher Ed today.
View ArticleWe live to serve...
What do we get out of academic service? Having spent my fall break on it, that's what I'm blogging about at Inside Higher Ed today...
View ArticleInterruptions
I was writing my blog post, but I kept getting interrupted. And then I wrote about the interruptions. As one commenter has already noted, the interruptions, they are actually my job...
View ArticleAcademic Guilt
Why do I feel academic guilt? That's what I blogged about at Inside Higher Ed...
View ArticleHalloween Muffins
I just didn't get into Halloween this year. But I did bake some muffins! Recipe (and a few random musings) over at IHE, as usual...
View ArticleThe book bag
Nick needs a new bag. And that's what I blogged about this week at Inside Higher Ed.
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