The finish line is in sight, though. Just a few more days until their all in and we’re jetting off to Colorado for a week or so with family. I can’t wait, though it’ll be strange to need a coat to go outside. It’s currently 57 here.
Yesterday was my last actual set of class meetings. We’ve still got finals yet to go — so the grading is far from over — but at least the class-time is down. As usual, I really enjoyed the teaching and the students especially, but I’m glad for the break. Just …
Eighty-six years ago tomorrow — well, techinically today on Cairo time, where it’s already 26 November — Howard Carter struck a candle through a tiny hole in an ancient wall and stared by its flickering light at perhaps the greatest buried treasure discovered in modern history. Lord Carnarvon, who’d financed …
I have no class. At least not this week. It’s Thanksgiving Furlough (that’s “Break” to you and me) here at The Citadel, which means a quiet five days overall. I’m very glad for it, being tired out and far behind on several projects. On the plus side, this weekend has …