Author Archives: fustianist

Our friends Jenny and Joel (who are expecting their own baby any minute now), offered to take Katherine while Sydney and I went on a date night, since we’re preparing to be apart for most of the month of June.  … Continue reading →

From the contagion of the world’s slow stain / He is secure – Shelley, “Adonais” I was zipping along with Conference Paper #2, thinking I would get it done in record time.  But as I was poking at it I … Continue reading →

I will be giving a paper in Kentucky two weeks from today.  Which, given that I’m currently in a New York house that shows little signs of packing, means that much has to happen between now and then.  But I’m … Continue reading →

We’re entering parenting-induced dementia.  I hear it doesn’t really go away as the kids get older.  It starts by giving your kid something fun and shiny like your watch or a clock.  And it ends by you turning the house … Continue reading →

As we make our plans for this summer and for our move to England, some pieces are falling into place.  We’ve nailed down a complex plan for the summer that should give us lots of time with family: I think … Continue reading →

Seeing as I will soon no longer have the chance to enjoy birdwatching around Ithaca (I’m pretty sure Oxford will have far fewer species to see), I’m making sure to get a good bit of birding in before I leave. … Continue reading →

Today I was hunting for wild rice recipes, since we seem to have hoarded a bunch of it.  When I came across a recipe for wild-rice stuffing I was thrilled, since it called for four cups of rice, half of … Continue reading →

– There are more kinds of soy-based protein products out there than I could have ever imagined.  And many of them are pretty good.  And Ithaca produces at least half of them. – Along similar lines, vegetarianism doesn’t mean rice … Continue reading →

Tonight Katherine and I went to a dinner for my reading group.  I’ve known some of the women in that group for four years, and we’ve covered a lot of ground in our talks about life and theology.  This was … Continue reading →

I need to write two conference papers and rewrite a chapter so that I can submit it for publication. So far, I’ve written one of the conference papers. Erin