Sisyphus at Academic Cog has thrown down the gauntlet, asking others to share that most dreaded of exercises–the statement of teaching philosophy. When I worked in a teaching center, I had to read a lot of these by grad students and postdocs going on the job market, and by faculty who wanted to include one […]
[Continue reading...]Views from spring break, part III
March 29, 2011 By
He likes to pick apart the camellia buds that have fallen from the bush in my parents’ yard: Grandma, at my sister’s baby shower: Baby shower cupcakes: Flowers in my mom’s garden: Fang, actually relaxed even though he is not at home:
[Continue reading...]Views from spring break, part II
March 29, 2011 By
I have a strange compulsion to photograph my dad when he’s using his camera. It helps that Dad is photogenic. Finally, I think this image nicely sums up my last month or so. (Embiggen to read the sign.)
[Continue reading...]Views from spring break, part I
March 29, 2011 By
I’m on spring break and carrying my camera everywhere, as I’ve found I’ve been lousy about documenting the boy’s life recently. I call this one “Suburban boy taken hostage by mother and forced to pose listlessly in front of world’s largest ammonite”:
[Continue reading...]The Triangle Shirtwaist fire centennial
March 25, 2011 By
Today is the centennial of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire. I encourage you to reflect today on all the rights union organizing, and especially women’s organizing, has since earned workers–and what we’re in the process of losing.
[Continue reading...]The Lemon Trees
March 24, 2011 By
We received more news today about Grandma’s cancer. She may have as little time as three months. We’re all very sad. This poem has comforted me this evening, as I have indeed seen Grandma’s lemon tree through the half-shut gate, among the leafage of a court. I hope it comforts my family as well. You, […]
[Continue reading...]Anxiety and Overwhelm
March 19, 2011 By
Image by James Lee, and used under a Creative Commons license I can’t recall the context, but one of my colleagues, a full professor, mentioned recently that she enjoyed encouraging new faculty and really wished she could help junior faculty work more quickly through the anxiety that attends the first few years on the tenure […]
[Continue reading...]Welcome to the New Clutter Museum
March 9, 2011 By
The Clutter Museum is dead!* Long live The Clutter Museum! After 867 posts at the Blogger-hosted Clutter Museum, I decided the institution needed a new home. As I don’t have the budget for a starchitect, I opted for tweaking** the Pretty Young Thing child theme that runs over the Genesis framework. “Wait. . .” you’re […]
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