House Hunting

Well, after 2 weeks on the market, our house is under contract with a settlement date at the end of April. We feel very fortunate hearing other people's tales of houses on the market for 18 months. We are also happy that the buyer will let us lease it back until the end of the school year.

Now the house hunting begins in earnest. Troy and the girls are coming down today to look over some promising candidates. hopefully we can settle on one soon, though we will have to convince them to take us on a contingency of our house selling. Hopefully that won't be a problem since our house will be sold in a month.

Let the games begin!

library

Nice picture of the Frederick Douglass Library where I now work. Pretty large compared to where I just came from - 3 stories and you can't tell the depth from this picture, but it is much greater.

New job

Beautiful shot of the Students Services Center of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore Campus at dusk. I'll supply some of my own in Spring when everything is leafy and green again. I am enjoying the challenges and stimulation that comes with being the Special Collections & Outreach Librarian here. Many events to facilitate and organize, grants to write, community outreach, author book signings and talks, not to mention all the fascinating work that comes with running an Archives and Special Collections. It has been an overwhelmingly welcoming experience so far.

Besides the upcoming grant, my biggest pet project is organizing our first ever poetry open mike night to support National Poetry month this April. I already have tremendous support from faculty who are looking to encourage their students to participate, some mandating it too (which helps build numbers I admit -- and they'll often tell friends). It should be a lot of fun for everyone. The student government association has joined in too and plan to broadcast the event online for us as well as on the university's radio. Lot's of excitement!

Well, now you have a glimps at where I am and how I'm keeping busy. Now I'm going to go search for a photo of the library to post...