The Ted Scripps Fellowship continues to keep me busy and happy. Through Charles Wilkinson’s environmental law class, I’ve become acquainted with Wallace Stegner and his book about John Wesley Powell. Too bad the class discussion won’t likely focus on Powell’s brave first run of the Colorado River; the descriptions triggered big homesickness for canyon country [...]
I couldn’t have known how weird it would be to return to the classroom. It’s only been about nine years, after all, since I left it. It hit me when I was standing in the school supplies aisle at the supermarket yesterday, because I realized I should have a notebook, one with multiple sections for [...]
I met with Joanna Kakissis this morning, a former Ted Scripps environmental journalism fellow who has been generous with her friendship and with insight about the program. As part of my ongoing orientation to Boulder, she suggested I should check out the farmer’s market as soon as possible. What a tasty idea! Three blocks of [...]
Wow, the intervals between posts seem to be getting longer. This time, the lag is at least partly owing to my outdated view of myself as a whippersnapper who can load up a rental truck, drive across the country (camping out along the way with a cat and dog), unload said truck in a strange [...]
Alas, another communications lag! I could say it was difficult to find Internet connection in rural West Virginia, and that would be partly true. It’s also true that I was visiting my grandmother, a lady who was still using the riding mower and driving to town for her mail when she was 96 years old. [...]
