A short update before I burrow in my home office (or dining table, or couch) for the summer… May was not only the end of the academic year, with all the attendant end-of-year activities, but also a time to wrap up other sundry responsibilities before starting my next book. These activities included writing my own…

The couple months since my last update have been uneventful personally (although, of course, not for the world in general). In fact, the last two months have been fairly routine for me, definitely in the negative sense of the word (but unfortunately without the benefits of routine in the positive sense, which I've not been…

In the midst of the state of the country (and the world) at the moment, it seems a bit indulgent to blog about my activities over the month. But the work must continue. Since returning from the ASSA conference early this month (an experience recounted in my last post), I've actually been managed to be…

I was tempted to stop these updates, as I promised earlier. Yet, they do seem to serve some purpose, even if only for reflection, so we keep on keeping on… (For someone making better use of this than I, see here.) Surveying my last two updates (April and June), which detail my rather eventful spring…

Well those were two interesting months, filled with writing, editing, book promotion, and a brief hospitalization. Some very good moments as well as some very bad ones… but a bit too tempestuous for my tastes. (Serenity now!) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Let's get the nasty stuff over with… just three days after my last…