I'm really just getting used to using the blog space again, but I do need a bit of content. I'm open to suggestions...
We're getting settled into new patterns and new community here in Champaign. Much warmer, of course, and so much more humid. Fewer willows--and types of willows--but it's comforting to see the hardwoods again.
On Labor Day, one of Dana's new colleagues came over for wine and conversation. She did her MFA work, and a little extra, at UAF, so we talked about Fairbanks and Alaska. Years ago, I had a friend group that contained a small side collection of people who had lived in Prague at about the same time. They would occasionally clump up at parties and talk about living there. Our Alaska conversation felt a lot like that. The place doesn't feel like the rest of the US, and living there is transformative.
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