12 Years a Slave, Matthew McConaughey, cate Blanchett, Lipita N'Yongo, and Jared Leto. Place your bets. I'm out on a limb here, hours before the ceremony. Just like my bets before the Super Bowl, when I correctly called the Broncos defeating the Seahawks by 35-13.
At least it's March, even if the signs on the New Jersey Turnpike were all about an impending snowstorm. March is supposed to come in like a lion. Maybe not like a roaring lion, attacking every antelope within a 100 mile radius. We set a record for heating consumption and bill for the month of February. Not a surprise at all.
You may ask why we were on the New Jersey Turnpike. Or, you are probably not asking at all but guess what! I'm going to tell you. Tell you that we went down to DC for a meeting on our Gabon project (we're trying to go back next year to fix up a school Peace Corps built in the 1960s). While there, though, we met with friends from Peru, from Mary's school, from the State Department and, best of all, with Margaret and Andrew. They are busy with work and school and with preparations. They had been up in Lancaster the week before scouting out the court where they will be married.
On the way home, we stopped in NYC to see Annie who is also very busy with school. She is about to start another internship with a program called the Fortune Society, an organization that helps prisoners re-enter society. Annie will be doing some mediation work there.
Last week, Dan Boyle came up for the weekend, and we had a dinner with the Michael Boyle family and John and Marilyn. We set a table for 15, which was kind of hard, but it was a wonderful get-together. John and Marilyn left this weekend for Florida, and with any luck we'll visit them in April.
A nature note: we have seen many animals in our yard, but Dan spotted a big fox walking gingerly over the crusty snow across the yard. We wondered if he was looking for the kitty. He looked pretty healthy for such a tough winter with so much snow cover.
The news from Dundee, and pretty much everywhere, is all COLD. Daniel is closing out a great basketball season, and Claire was able to secure a position as an RA for next year. Way to go.
Has this ever happened to you? I was driving home from Amherst the other day, and I got a text saying "I'm in front of you." Turns out it was Robbie, Colleen's son, who had spotted me pulling out of Dunkin Donuts. I am pretty sure he has voice activated texting.
Mary told me today that in two weeks we will be in London, to see Joe. On the one had, it's wonderful we'll see him soon. On the other hand, it means the first draft of my thesis will be done. Yikes.
And on that note, back to the studies. Happy March.
Love from up here.
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