Summertime

Summer is a weird time in academia. On the one hand, the students pack up and leave town, making the place feel like a ghost town. On the other hand, all of the work put off during the school year suddenly becomes possible, and I tend to get extremely busy. On top of that, I was involved in our local summer institute and need to build a presentation for another summer institute in Virginia. Plus bargaining, plus getting ready to move to a new office.

I'm switching to a new office! With a window! I've spent large parts of the past several days throwing out stuff: old computer hardware, publications, documents, etc. Hopefully by the end of the week, I'll be ensconced in my new digs.

I've also been working on finishing my new book. I received the proof yesterday and have been checking it carefully. It's turned out pretty well, although I've already found one or two things to fix. Looking back over a year of haiku, I find that I really like a lot of my haiku.

I realized a month or two ago that, although I've written articles about writing haiku in Esperanto, I've never written anything for the English-speakers. Accordingly, I've drafted an article about writing haiku in Esperanto which I've submitted to Poetry Magazine. They tell me they'll respond within 8 weeks. :-/ Lame.

Still, the summer is vanishing quickly: I have one trip in late June and then I'm on the road almost constantly until August. With any luck, three of those weeks will be spent in St. Croix. I can't wait.