And on the home front...

A shout-out to my family...



I want to take a minute to say that my parents are incredible.

A few years back, my dad went back to school. This spring, he finished his dissertation (in Econ) and accepted a job (the tenure kind) at Lehigh!

And also this spring, my mom was awarded an NEH grant to go spend the summer in Avignon studying Petrarch with a bunch of smarties. And now, today, she was informed she's been named Teacher-of-theyear in Catonsville, the town where she lives!

And finally, my step-father (the best step-father ever) has some incredible news too, but I'm not sure it's public information yet, so I can't tell you about it. Just believe me, he'll be popping a bottle of bubbly tonight as well.

This all makes me ver happy, not just because they're my parents and I love them... which I do.... but because it's exciting to think that in my fifties, I might be starting new chapters too, changing jobs and going back to school, doing interesting travel, etc.

Raise the roof, yo!