House

We are offically Iowegians now, although you can still tell in the reflection my true state calling, like a ghost. What I like best about this picture is something else, though. I love states that put the county name on the license plate as Iowa does. What's even better is, as in this pic, the county name is two words: Black Hawk. It is not Blackhawk as earlier license plates (i've seen them hanging in garages) put it. Now that we have the space, if we can just get "Sparrow" inserted there, all would be square with history.

Moved In

To my house and my office. Office is an old dorm room from the turn of the century. Nice, original woodwork. I'll post a picture soon.

Success

And with only very minor revisions!


Jess made the shirt. It says "Helen C. is my (Ex-) Lover." Wait 'till she finds out I have my eye on a lover named Baker Hall...

Anxiety

It's been an anxious day. Tomorrow I defend my dissertation. What can I do to prepare? I wrote some notes for a response to my chair's opening question. Beyond that, I have to think on my feet. As with my last post, I have some ideas to work out and so i hope to use that to my advantage.

Good news, though... and bad. I realized last week that the course I studied will be at Wounded Knee the day I defend. This was one of the sites where student journals really took off as a result of "serious play". However, as with the '05 trip, the wakinyans paid Shannon & Bennett Counties a visit. There is no doubt they had to seek shelter as did we in '05. I hope everyone is safe. I will be thinking of them tomorrow.