Friday Five
1. Four out of 12 students showed up for class today. I was expecting 10 (two had sent early excuses). Three of the absentees overslept, as they told me later. Must be that time in the semester. Luckily for me, I had built in a catch up day next week, so we'll cover the material I went over in class with these four (who now have an excused free day, because that's the kind of person I am).
2. It's been 50 degrees in northern Vermont for the past two days. No wonder I can't seem to get into the holiday spirit. I need an inch or two of fluffy white stuff to put me in the right mood.
3. BD reports that she has submitted the last of the essays that will be her finals at her college in Ireland. In 2.5 weeks, we'll be seeing her!
4. Has anyone out there done an index using InDesign's index feature? Is it useful? (I'm hoping it is, but won't get to try it until Monday.)
5. The League of Vermont Writer's newsletter, League Lines, is off to the printer. If anyone around the North Country is interested, our January meeting is in Burlington, at the DoubleTree. The speakers will be Tim Brookes (aka, my current boss), David Dobbs (if you haven't, you should read his article on "Orchid Children" in the latest Atlantic Monthly , and Ron Powers, whose voice takes me back to the days when we watched CBS Sunday Morning, and the author of some terrific non-fiction. Registration will be up at www.leaguevtwriters.org soon (as soon as I can post it).
Have a lovely weekend, everyone!
2. It's been 50 degrees in northern Vermont for the past two days. No wonder I can't seem to get into the holiday spirit. I need an inch or two of fluffy white stuff to put me in the right mood.
3. BD reports that she has submitted the last of the essays that will be her finals at her college in Ireland. In 2.5 weeks, we'll be seeing her!
4. Has anyone out there done an index using InDesign's index feature? Is it useful? (I'm hoping it is, but won't get to try it until Monday.)
5. The League of Vermont Writer's newsletter, League Lines, is off to the printer. If anyone around the North Country is interested, our January meeting is in Burlington, at the DoubleTree. The speakers will be Tim Brookes (aka, my current boss), David Dobbs (if you haven't, you should read his article on "Orchid Children" in the latest Atlantic Monthly , and Ron Powers, whose voice takes me back to the days when we watched CBS Sunday Morning, and the author of some terrific non-fiction. Registration will be up at www.leaguevtwriters.org soon (as soon as I can post it).
Have a lovely weekend, everyone!