As I said in my previous post, this summer has been a bit different from the patterns Jessica and I have established over the past 15+ years. In the past, Septembers were for working — the first real push of the school year after getting through the introductory first week or two. But, in the Registrar’s Office, September is just […]

So…this summer has been a bit different than recent years. Having a job really gets in the way of travel. As you may recall, I quit teaching in the fall of 2023 and just started working at UCSC in March. With only a few months under my belt, I didn’t really have a lot of vacation time saved up. But, […]