~Wednesday~ September's Challenge Entry | All Challenge Entries | November's Challenge EntryIn spite of having a lot going on this month, I remained committed to getting in my 30-minute daily walks, and I’m happy to report that I was successful. October was a big month for me in that I turned 55 years old on October … Read more
~Saturday~ On Wednesday, October 7, I attended a lecture at NC State entitled, “Valuing Diversity: Lessons from Ugly Betty.” I knew of the TV show and character of Ugly Betty, but before this event, I didn’t know the actor’s name who played her or even that she was Latina. I’ve seen one portion of one … Read more
~Saturday~ I was up at around 8:30 and I hopped on the #1 downtown train to Columbus Circle. Coming up out of the subway, I saw a Subway (sandwich shop), which I just found both interesting and redundant. I made my way over to 9th Avenue, between 57th and 58th, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood … Read more
~Friday~ I was up at around 8:30 and set out for a “day in the city,” leaving my gracious hosts to work from home. I stopped at the close by Tal Bagels, where I had an egg and cheese bagel and some coffee for breakfast. Here are a couple of Facebook status updates I made … Read more
~Thursday~ I was up at 6:00, and Bob arrived at about 6:30—with a birthday card from Frances and Vincent, no less—ready to whisk me off to the airport for my long birthday weekend in New York City. My flight was delayed by 40 minutes, which was annoying in that they didn’t make announcement about the … Read more
~Thursday~ I remember the first time I saw this sign, during a previous visit to New York City, and thinking for a time that it meant I couldn’t stand in that area. I wondered why they didn’t just use a “No Loitering” sign. For those of you who might not know it, it’s actually referring … Read more
~Friday~ The second, and final, day of the conference offered to sessions, again with three presentations each, followed by a “Wrap-up and Feedback” session to close out the conference. My colleague, and friend, Sarah Egan Warren, presented on “Creating Student Chapters” this morning during the one-hour breakfast time. As always, she was a “smooth operator,” … Read more
~Thursday~ Today was the first day of the conference, and I attended four sessions, each with three presentations scheduled. The first presenter in the first session didn’t show up, so all-in-all, I attended 11 presentations today. Here’s what the day looked like, with an electronic copy of the program available here: Continental Breakfast & Welcome … Read more
~Wednesday~ I got up at about 9:00 today, and I worked on my blog entries for Sunday and Monday. It took longer than I wanted it to due to my yet limited knowledge on how to manipulate photos on my Mac. I didn’t dare touch these bottles of gold for the hotel: I had lunch … Read more
~Tuesday~ I was up at about 8:30, and Jen was up shortly after that. I prepared my bagel, which was now a day old and rather hard, and when I pressed down on it with one of Casey’s very sharp knives, I sliced into my thumb. After posting about it on Facebook, someone commented, “If … Read more