Category: research

Connemara

I met up with the Fulbrighters in Ireland, new and old, for a trip out to Connemara. Here are some lovely photos! We had music and Irish language (including a visit to TG4, the Irish language television station) for our visit to the Gaeltacht, the remaining areas where Irish remains a primary language. Working on…

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Albacon Wrap-up

A busy day to finish up the con: yesterday was more leisurely, lunching with Maryann and Mick and giggling at the back of panels, then doing a little work — I chaired a panel on “Why Write?” which, perversely as ever, I never asked the panelists to answer. Nonetheless, we all had much to say…

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Publications

I always forget about so many of the things I’ve written until I have something jog my memory. This week my faulty memory was jogged by reminders about revisions. I had completely forgotten about one of the essays (yeah, that’s just how absent-minded I am) and that I was supposed to be revising it. Hee…

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Roundup

Well, I have survived the first day of classes — that calls for a cuppa! Right up until I stepped into the first class, I was moaning and dreading it. I always forget it can be so much fun, a chance to be silly, to try to get their bored faces to light up with…

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