You know the drill: You plan a vacation and look forward to it happily You then bitterly regret said vacation in the last few days before leaving because there is some unwritten, universal law that says everything at work and at home must go haywire right up to the time of departure You go onContinue reading “The post vacation haze”
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In transit
Today we finish our vacation and make the trip back home. It’s an in transit sort of day, which is another way of saying that we’ll spend most of it in between one place (where we stayed for our vacation) and another (home). We will feel neither here, nor there. We will be in aContinue reading “In transit”
An update on Fall planning
The picture of what is ahead for Fall at my institution is gradually becoming less opaque. As noted before, I am not a fan of a “we’ll all be together again” spin on what is to come. The fact is that there is even more hard work ahead this summer than previously realized, and withContinue reading “An update on Fall planning”
A critical view of returning to campus
A decision has been made by my employer to reopen for in-person, on campus instruction in the Fall. There are important details about the plan that need to be fully understood when assessing it critically. However, communication about this decision has focused on how great it will be to be together again (in comparison toContinue reading “A critical view of returning to campus”
So, what’s next?
After a low key debut a day ago for this latest blog effort, what’s next? Many different thoughts are jumbled together in my head at the moment, and because of COVID-19, each day seems to blend into the next one without a whole lot of variation. I’m thinking, for example, of how my living roomContinue reading “So, what’s next?”
Welcome to a new blog
After a long absence and two previous blogs that I deliberately deleted out of existence (you won’t even find them on the Wayback Machine), here I go again. The About page explains my choice of blog name, so I won’t regurgitate that whole story here. Writing is important, necessary, and sometimes, therapeutic. Doing it wellContinue reading “Welcome to a new blog”
The OW Factor 