It’s December!

I am staying up all night in the office, grading and moving things around. Suddenly I see it is December, morte saison, time to recite the Archpriest of Hita and François Villon, because I associate them with winter — the regal and best season, starting in only twenty more days. Here is part of a … More It’s December!

Virtual Conference

Have you ever been to a virtual conference? Here is one. Do you watch it like a football game,  in your living room, with barbecue or something — or do you have it on in your office and look at it while you work — or what? Axé.

On funerals

How many funerals of colleagues have you attended in the past six months? I have attended three, the most recent one having been this week. All of these people were old-style professors in different fields of literature. I can tell I am in the 21st century with so many gone. These are people who got … More On funerals

Algo bien básico

Someone said: I had to get past the internalized shame and doubt because I hadn’t been producing when I was sick. I am expected to have this issue but I do not really — it is more sadness at the fun I missed. I have internalized shame and doubt is about not being able to … More Algo bien básico

Einstein

It is not time management, y’all, or management of priorities, or of tasks, these are the things many of us learned even before serious school started. It is energy management and again, I am not talking about time or priorities or effort. I will explain. Axé.