Academic job hunting: Unicorn status
Last year, I felt like I’d just won the lottery. (If the lottery involved seven years of graduate study and three cycles …
Wist and wonder at life’s seasons
The first of three alarms would blare at 5:30 a.m., with back-ups set for 5:34 and 5:36, respectively. (I learned after the …
Stranded in Albuquerque (and surprisingly thankful)
People ask me all the time: “How did you do it?” Until standing at the ticket counter today, not yelling at the gate …
When workhorses say stop
A few years ago, one of my mentors described me as a Clydesdale–a creature that is capable of accomplishing a tremendous amount …
Words with friends: Collaboration makes better writers
I love the stereotypical image of a writer: A solitary figure, holed up somewhere chain smoking and drinking buckets of booze coffee, …
2016 theme: ‘Bitches get stuff done’
Over the last couple weeks, I’ve spent a good number of days at the airport with my father-in-law, Ray-Dad, wrenching on airplanes. The …
Exam time: I’m not “giving” grades
“Where did you see the score??” “She just posted them.” “When? I just looked awhile ago.” “No, like just posted.” I listened as …
Coming to terms with my seasonal selves
Showed up at the airport for the first time since the beginning of the year, and understandably received exclamations of “Where have …
Here’s to actually achieving goals in 2015
On New Year’s day, I read a short article about how of the people who make resolutions in January, more than half …
10 things I want to accomplish in the next 57 days of 2014
On the to-do list: Planting Fall flower bulbs for Spring beauty! Picture by Aurelie Jouan via Life of Pix. Used with permission. …