When I left campus today, I was not planning to spend over an hour and a half on the phone with an insurance company, but at the very least now I have auto insurance in time for Monday’s DMV appointment.

Definitely going to be thinking more about Dune today.

If you’ve seen it, what did you think?

It’s Dune time.

Always fun to start out a day by wrangling the copy machine.

Time to start the annual seasonal rewatch of Over the Garden Wall.

Autumn has fallen at the farmer’s market.

Finn, yesterday.

Spent the weekend in Brooklyn.

I have made the mistake of going to the grocery store hungry. On the plus side, I have a lot of snacks for the next couple weeks.

Today already has incredible Monday energy.

I have now officially submitted the first written assignment of my entire doctoral program.

It was maybe 300 words and I wrote it jn 15 minutes.

There’s a certain autumnal quality to the light from the windows in my campus office.

Another day of meetings.

Going to see The Green Knight later today.

Working through the Monday crossword is always a nice little confidence boost.

Once again I find myself in Costco. Mostly by choice.

Exploring the Farmer’s Market.

Day 5, first stop: state roads through narrow wooded valleys.

Day 5 (the final day) begins.

Day 4, final stop: more rolling hills, but forested this time. Now in equine environs.

Day 4, first stop: Missouri is a lot like Kansas. More billboards. Coffee with a friend.

Day 4 begins.

Day 3, final stop: green rolling hills and a surprising number of trees. Briefly confounded by roadwork and detours.

Day 3, third stop: more wind. Lots of farm fields.

Day 3, second stop: Kansas is very windy. Dealt with heavy rain for a bit. Thundering distantly.