Today is going to be a busy day. I have a class to teach first thing this morning, then a meeting shortly afterwards about a class I will be teaching in the Spring, a going away party for a coworker who will be leaving our department for another across campus, and this afternoon, I have an appointment to be fitted for my hearing aids. Tomorrow, I have a luncheon for an organization that I am on their board. Sunday, the time changes as Daylight Savings Time ends, so don’t forget to set back your clocks. Then on Monday, I have a dentist appointment first thing. From Tuesday through Friday, I will be at a museum conference.
Happy November! It’s off to a busy start.
Joe
The Closet Professor 
November 1st, 2024 at 10:01 am
November is going to be stressful for me as well. Obviously Tuesday is Election Day. Wednesday I meet with a surgeon with regard to my pancreatic situation. I’m just freaking out about that really. One of my sons is going with me for moral support. Surgeon is eminent—Yale Medical School, residency at Univ. of Penn and then worked 15 years at Univ. of Michigan before coming here to I U. She has two board certifications in cancer surgery. One of my very closest friends dropped dead two weeks ago. He’s been cremated but his widow wants a cemetery burial for his ashes down in South Carolina around Nov. 12th. But she hasn’t picked a date which means I can’t make airline reservations. Jim and his wife were here in April for the Eclipse…I spent two days with them in 2023. He’d texted me twice the day he died.
Joe, your photographs brighten my day. Thank you for your openness and being a point of light in my email folder!
Grace and peace, Bruce