ANR Adventures

Despite no rain yet in California, the Midwest and Northeast have had snow days, making it time to acknowledge that winter is on its way and so, too, are the holidays. Some years I undertake crafty projects for the holidays. This year has been one of them.

The meeting over the long weekend in San Diego is rarely my favorite meeting, but I managed to leave with some reading. I need to become more of a reader if I am to keep up with it. A manuscript I hope to read talks about the changing role of higher education dealing with wicked problems.

The week has flown by. The fall is flying by. It's all good but hard to keep up. Others have made the same comment. I hope this isn't a sign of age. Monday turned out to be one meeting after the next, but all good meetings.

Some days I am easily sidetracked. I started out reading an article about an upcoming meeting in Sacramento, focused on the state's agricultural future. Dan Sumner is one of the speakers at the conference, as is Erin Fitzgerald, who is someone I worked with in my previous position.

What does one serve at a skeleton picnic? Perhaps ghoul guts, severed fingers, and a taco cheese skull. I took a couple of hours off today to get ready for the potluck at the Davis building tomorrow. I am prepared for the event unless I trip in the driveway while trying to balance a skull.