Today was Ada Lovelace Day.  I should've blogged my entry early today but never late than never?  Anyway...

So for my entry I'm going to link to a few Vassar women who achieved big things in technology or science:

• Maria Mitchell - Influential 19th century astronomer and the first person, male or female, appointed to the faculty of Vassar in 1865. 
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What my friend Desiree is doing with her PhD
out there in Wisconsin:

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Following are the remarks I wrote for Vassar's 18th Annual Kente Cloth Ceremony, which I emceed this past Saturday ( Read more... )

I'm in Manhattan. I took a working holiday to NYC to get some Freeverse stuff done and to *ahem* take a recharge break from Mom ( Read more... )

(as I sped from Brooklyn
to Manhattan looking for
my father)

Conversation
by Elizabeth Bishop
The tumult in the heart ( Read more... )

Another "last-minute" decision to do something yields another cool moment: a chance to meet and get a picture with Nikki Giovanni:

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I never remember my dreams, but I did this time:

I'm at a beach/country club getaway for the weekend. The country club was near Vassar somehow. I'm hanging out around the boardwalk near the beach, overlooking a touristy installation showcasing the sea lions from La Jolla, CA. Same exact sea lions, same beach, but somehow near landlocked ( Read more... )