October 2 Day 1303: ICYMI Summer’s Sweet Successes

Today was the first Monday of classes for the Autumn 2023 academic quarter at University of Washington. Wet and rainy, there was no doubt that summer was over. I enjoyed working with my students at UW Tacoma but was grateful for these sweet reminders of warmer, more relaxing times today. Prepared samples arrived from ourContinue reading “October 2 Day 1303: ICYMI Summer’s Sweet Successes”

September 13 Day 1284: Preparing to Meet

Next week officially begins the new academic year for me. It’s later than most as my University is on the quarter system. I have been enjoying my last full week of “summer” working on dueling writing projects. For two days in a row, I started with a modest writing goal for one project and thenContinue reading “September 13 Day 1284: Preparing to Meet”

October 30 Day 236. “Everything is Terrible But I Guess That’s Okay”

Friday evening. Hallelujah. It’s been… a week. Again. Let’s talk about oral assessments. I finished interviews for the second group oral assessment of the quarter. There were 21 small group interviews over the week with the final interview concluding this evening at 6:30 pm. Today was a marathon; I completed thirteen 25-minutes interviews—for a totalContinue reading “October 30 Day 236. “Everything is Terrible But I Guess That’s Okay””