Real classes start tomorrow, which of course comes with mixed feelings. Winter study is a magical time, and dead week can be even more magical in some ways, but it also involves a lot of down-time and alone-time. I'm good with both of those in moderation, but too much particularly of the latter starts to get to me. To be sure, dead week had its ( Read more... )

I read this article over my morning oatmeal, and it was pretty sad. As someone who is just discovering skiing at a smaller mountain that's managed to hold on, this sort of struck a chord. I also know vaguely of similar places in the area, as well as some of the ones featured in the article. Just don't mind the writer's flare for the dramatic ( Read more... )

The last week of winter study brings excitement of various kinds. I'm wrapping up my first quilting project (down to just the hand quilting -- what makes a quilt a quilt!) and starting my final project. Apparently I'm considered "brave" by my teacher's guild for working almost entirely in yellows for this one. Who knew quilters were averse to ( Read more... )

My winter study professor is big into the "crawling before you walk" metaphor. So here's me, crawling:


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Back in Williamstown after a lovely few days up in Maine with Dave and his family, then a terrible bus ride, a nice dinner at Sam's house, and a pretty but very cold early morning car ride through New Hampshire back to town. Winter study is very cute, of course, but sometimes a painful reminder of my ridiculous freshman year. Getting to see Lori ( Read more... )

Well, tonight made me want to retire to Williamstown and live on Stone Hill (yes, on the hill...) and teach a winter study class and go to every classical music concert in the area and invite my students over for dinner and great conversation and wonderful atmosphere. Just an idea. : )

I've been here at the coffee shop since about 2 -- for breakfast and ostensibly to read the law case for tomorrow, but so far the latter just hasn't happened. Since Dave left nearly an hour ago to work on his robot (oh, winter study!) I've been cycling through my Sunday playlists and reading the Times online -- still a poor substitute for the real ( Read more... )

In a few hours I'll be embarking on a WOC cabin woolf reunion, which I am quite excited for.  I just saw last night (while on the way to my JA interview!) that the 07 woolf leader recruitment posters feature a picture of Jeff and me wearing our leader shirts and garlands and pondering.  I was a bit startled, but they're pretty funny.  And I am ( Read more... )

Ah, winter study. This one -- all two days of it -- seems full of odd juxtapositions. There is time to spend nearly two hours eating dinner, laughing and being loud and having a rotating cast of people. But then my class also actually is "welcome to your first year of law school!" It's pretty much out of a movie. You know, "And then ( Read more... )

Woke up at 11. Stayed in bed til 11:40. Showered, ate cereal, went to ballet for an hour and a half. Lazed around common room reading book and munching on carrots from 2:45 - 4. Fell asleep in common room from 4 - 4:30. Lazed around common room munching on carrots with Dave from 4:30 - 6:45 (haha, yeah, time flies). Dinner 7 - 7:45. Hearing ( Read more... )