It's the end of February. Once again, I wonder how that happened. Granted, the past few months have been very long in some respects, as work has been relatively insane. But, here's what's on my mind lately:
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- Spring is taunting us here in Montana. We had a couple of really nice days where the snow melted enough that I can actually see most of my road (because for SOME DUMB REASON the roads aren't plowed even in the middle of the biggest city in the state...*ahem* this absolutely pisses me off and I vent about it regularly :). And then it snowed again this morning. So, go figure. I can't wait for this winter to be over though--it's been a long one!
- I think I post about how much I hate winter almost every single time I do one of these.
- Who else out there is watching the USA implode and trying not to tear their hair out? Because that's been utilizing a whole lot of my energy lately, let alone attending marches, writing letters, making calls. I have always been politically minded, though I don't post about it much, and good grief, lately it seems that EVERYTHING I hold dear is under attack: the arts, sciences, free speech, the gov't checks and balances, equality, understanding and acceptance of other religions and ancestry groups. I really try to remain neutral in general in my public posts but it's crossed the line. People, this is my LIFE. I am a professor who teaches about science and how we are all human and we should treat each other as such. Why is this so hard to understand for some people?
- The end is in sight for my WIP. Maybe not revisions, but I am *this* close to getting to the end. This draft has kicked my butt, and I generally love drafting. Some novels though, I swear, they're more blood than ink!
- I wrote a lecture on writing research papers (and how to do academic research...because for *some* reason I revel in my students being informed, intelligent members of society who can check out sources of information). This is the last slide, because it cracked me up: