Since the Notre Dame fire, I’ve had lots of interesting conversations and fielded many pertinent questions. I thought instead of endlessly repeating myself, I should write some of this stuff down. Here goes: What exactly was lost? How do we fix it? The cathedral itself took the brunt of the damage: most of the artwork … Read moreNotre Dame: Follow-up Thoughts
As I write this, Notre Dame is on fire. I’m not going to show photos of the blaze. It feels like looking at a crime, looking at a corpse. I should be grading right now – sorry students – but I can’t focus on anything except this loss. So I’m going to write, because right … Read moreNotre Dame
Friends, family, and heck, random strangers at this point know that our neighbor’s tree fell on our house last March. I’ve blogged a little about it, but I haven’t written up too much yet. This is because (1) I didn’t want to jinx our rebuild as it was happening and (2) it’s still a bit … Read moreThat %^&#% Window
The title of this post is a bit of a misnomer, ’cause this wasn’t a vacation at all, really, or at least the destination wasn’t. I had a meeting and conference in Natchitoches, LA to attend. In midsummer. Yeah, think about that for a second. But I’m all for making lemonade out of lemons. Or … Read moreWhat I did on my summer vacation (Part 2)
As a member of the Digital Scholars Institute, I’m articulating my digital activities in the hopes of improving what I do, and maybe finding a miraculous panacea to bring it all together. Honestly, I’d settle for the first. In other words, this blog post is gonna discuss Big Picture type stuff. If you prefer the … Read moreTying it all together