I Told You It Would Happen…
See, I knew it. All of that flushed “new blog” activity finally gave way to real life which is actually a “Yay for Katie” moment. Celebrate my lack of reflection, people, because academics is back on track. I feel lighter as we speak.
But though I have managed to forego virtual intellectual wrestling in favor of person-to-person contact and eyes-to-book-to-brain contact, I haven’t been without my thoughts. And I’ve had an interesting coming together of the last couple of weeks. It’s been the stuff of the cosmos finding some kind of alignment and allowing me to breathe fully and deeply for the longest time I can remember. Calmness has been a fleeting transitory state for a long time, so the fact that it’s now been around for a couple weeks has created a new status-quo reality for me. I appreciate it.
![<a href="http://mybeachtent.com/2010/02/19/friday-sacrifices/">Friday Sacrifices</a> - [/caption]
Let me tell you a little story about academic posturing. Every Friday in our fine department, we have a colloquium series. In theory, it's a place for the department to come together, share ideas, and engage in good 'ol intellectual... Friday Sacrifices](http://mybeachtent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/2010-02-19-16.27.18-300x225.jpg)
![<a href="http://mybeachtent.com/2010/02/15/that-time-of-year/">That Time of Year</a> - [/caption]
Welcome to Chicago in February. On days that I'm waxing eloquent, I would look at this picture and proclaim something like, That Time of Year](http://mybeachtent.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/lake-michigan-winter-2-300x225.jpg)