Well, its been a long time since I last updated this blog, but my sabbatical work has continued. Right now I am in a Caribou coffee shop, from which I can see a sparkling Lake Geneva. I have spent the last few days here - thanks to generous friends who let me use their beautiful condo. The book continues to evolve. Since I last wrote, I have completed three video recording sessions and have done the rough editing for that part. My students and I had a great time during the recording sessions - and I learned a lot. The challenge will be to be more selective with the video excerpts I have and then write the commentary before I record the voice-over for the video in June. That may well be the most difficult part - fitting everything together! As far as writing, I got three more chapters done this week - these were the most difficult ones and I am glad they are written..of course edits will follow, but it is so much easier to edit than to write it in the first place!
While the sabbatical project is going well, I am also in the midst of a kitchen remodel. This is something I have needed/wanted to do for a while, but never seemed to have the time to get to, so when I arrived back home from my time down south I decided to look into it. I have learned a lot on that front as well. I am in the waiting-for-the-cabinets portion and demo should start sometime in the next several weeks, subject to lots of things I can't control!! It has been fun and time-consuming as well, but a nice change.
I had a wonderful trip down south after the month of writing in South Carolina with time spent in Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky and Ohio, visiting former students and friends. The other amazing aspect of this sabbatical is the removal of a layer of stress that is easy to lose perspective on when one is in the midst of a busy, structured schedule! I am loving the flexibility and opportunity to even read a book, since I have time to do that!! So I am treasuring every moment of this sabbatical and am gratefully aware of the blessing it is!
I hope you - dear reader - are in the midst of a joyful season!
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