SubscribeSky balloons all over Harper, Maryland County (0)
2/15/12 •
When the lights go out we play. We had so much fun getting the sky balloons airborne, squealing with delight as they soared above and away from Tubman Hall, over the Academic Complex higher and higher, past the Administration Building, becoming a vanishing speck of light in the sky.We were having so much fun that [...]
Recent Posts
Working in a live environment (1)
2/12/12 •
Dr. Elizabeth Davis-Russell, TU’s president, called a meeting of all faculty and staff. We met in the gallery of the Academic Complex. If you are standing at the double doors, looking out of the building you can see Tubman Hall, the residences, across the field. Still looking outward there is a huge plum (mango) tree [...]
Celebrating my 60th birthday in Tubman Hall, Harper, Maryland County (8)
2/08/12 •
I’ve been thinking about a super special celebration for this sixth decade of life. I wanted it to be special. And it is. I started the year in a new country. I’m on the African continent for an extended period. I’m being stretched in a fascinating way on this work assignment. For the first time [...]
The Harper-Pleebo road (6)
2/05/12 •
Yesterday’s destination was Pleebo. It was the journey rather than the destination that shaped the memories, however. Emmanuel Dioh, a student in the College of Engineering and Technology and son of Dr. Anthony Dioh, Dean of Student Affairs is one of the few individuals with a privately owned working car. So in exchange for gas [...]
Trippin’ in Harper, Maryland County (10)
2/03/12 •
I’ve had my first meltdown. It lasted two days. Happiness and relief that my apartment in Philadelphia was finally rented quickly dissolved into frustration and anger. The simple process of opening the attached lease from the realtor, signing it, scanning it in, creating a pdf file, and then returning it as an email attachment wasn’t [...]
