I didn’t do a Summer That Was post this year, since I was on research leave and didn’t feel the usually-clear demarcation that comes with the beginning of the fall semester. But the year and the leave are now nearly … Continue reading
In mid-May, we met my parents in Pigeon Forge, TN for a few days of family time and driving around in Smoky Mountain National Park. It was a great visit, and we look forward to doing this sort of thing … Continue reading
I started subscribing to magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair pretty early on, when I was 13 or so. Before the Internet, in an absence of underground zines, and for someone too young/uneducated to read things like ArtForum, it was … Continue reading
I’ve not traditionally been a summertime person. I do my best, really I do, but usually I find myself longing for fall by early July. That wasn’t the case this year; orientation begins tomorrow and I’m still clinging to the … Continue reading
I particularly like this one because it reminds me of my dad.
Bauxite, AR
Detail from side of an Engford Family Shows circus wagon. Circus World, Baraboo, WI. May 2010
Gina and I met ten years ago in a writing class and she’s been one of my dearest friends ever since. It’s one of those lovely, enduring friendships that just picks up wherever we left off. So much in our … Continue reading
Day 7 was a recombobulation day: laundry, blogging, trying to get some strange stench out of the car. Today we worked in the hotel room all morning and then headed out to sightsee in the Dells and at Circus World. … Continue reading
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Welcome to Thinkery, est. 2003. At the moment, I'm an Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Writing at Syracuse University. I'm interested in new media, historical conceptions of authorship, and human/machine agency. I write about all of that elsewhere, mostly, and keep this space for other areas of investigation about the world: namely, cooking, gardening, and travel.
