It’s a time when sprinters fall out and endurance runners take their mark. The semester has begun, the first round of assignments comes in on Monday, handbooks and lessons need writing or updating, graduate students need responses (i.e., I need to do some additional homework on their topics and questions), and the Polwarth is on [...]
I’m still here, no worries. I can’t believe it’s been this long since the last blog, but I am indeed alive and well. Grab your favorite cuppa, because you’re in for another eclectic update, a gollimosha post. The job. Is nearly done for the term, sort of. I need to post a “tips for taking [...]
On Monday, I had the opportunity to do something I’ve not been able to do in a very long time—and which I frankly miss. I had the chance to sit in on a guest lecture about American literature. Specifically, professor Clark Blaise dropped in to deliver a chat titled, “Varieties of English Fiction: Canada, USA, [...]
But it’s a blustery one! Sorry for the delay, folks; I’ve been a bit under the weather. And the weather is wild at the moment! We’ve had about five days of serious wind, and while the temperatures have been all over the map from -16C to +2C, that wind cuts! Classes have begun, and it [...]
Roughly 80 student conferences. Roughly 40 essays a night. 54 essays remaining for tomorrow. Piece of cake. 87 hours. 87 hours and 17 minutes. 8 hours of sleep. Say g’night, Gracie.