I’m supposed to be writing the interesting stuff, but nothing terribly interesting has happened. It’s coming down to crunch time in the semester for me, both as a faculty member and as a student. This semester’s big projects are two: (1) a bibliography of Sir Philip Sidney for Literary Research, and (2) a twenty-page paper for Twentieth-Century American Lit. I plan, tentatively, to write about Thomas Pynchon’s view of Puritans–clearly, Lincoln is rubbing off on me. :)

Lincoln is teaching a TOP class next semester about American Revolutionary battles; I, on the other hand, am teaching a more practical set of TOP classes. I’m teaching one on scrapbooking, for which I’m still working on the details. I’m also teaching one about cardmaking. As I prepare, I’m experimenting with different types of cards–you can see the fruits of my labors on the new scrapbooking/cardmaking page Lincoln made for me.