Selling Sno-Cones at the Beach

memory spoke

Well, I got an A in Polish, so I guess the "Cuisinart effect" wasn't too severe.

We leave for Boston on Tuesday. A shout-out to any former colleagues who read this blog! Call me!

Today I dealt with my construction course readings and filled out my fellowship evaluation. I still have to decide whether to study Polish in Krakow this summer. I got an additional boost (!) for hours for the summer, which 1) makes the money easier, but 2) makes the time more difficult. Money versus time: that's the problem, as always.

For no good reason I am inclined to read The Blithedale Romance. I am reading a flawed bio of Marie Curie at the moment: it has almost no science in it. I think that if you want to write about the first (and only) woman to receive TWO Nobel prizes, you should write about the scientific inquiry she faced, not just her hair color, her figure, and her standoffish relations with her daughters. (Plus there's the problem this author has with lack of the pluperfect, but far be it from me to criticize a work on grammatical grounds.)

I am also reading a festschrift for Walter Sullivan on place in American literature, which seems completely lacking in theoretical underpinnings. Much work to be done in this arena: if only it were commercially viable, I'd write my dissertation on a subset of it in a heartbeat.

Speaking of which: we saw our friend C yesterday and may try to visit again tomorrow, since we'll be gone for a few weeks.

More before departure on Tuesday....