Winter Wonderland

Christmas Market in Union Square - Dec 20

What could be better than a day spent facing the brisk winter weather, tromping through the streets of New York City, watching Spamalot (now with Clay Aiken), and eating tasty food in a hip and trendy environment, all in the company of a good friend?

Nothing, I say, nothing.*

*Well, maybe a little less Aiken. Shucks. Apparently I'm no Claymate after all. . .  Who knew?

'Tis The Season

The Nativity in Stained Glass, First Lutheran Church of the Reformation in  New Britain, CT

The streets of New Haven are quiet tonight, blanketed beneath several inches of freshly fallen snow. The last remnants of the storm give shape to the orange cone of light coming from the street lamps. The neon glow of a corona sign reflects off the icy front stoop of Orange Street Liquor. 

Soon I'll head boil some water, steep some tea, and savor the evening. 

A day of rest following a semester of work.

Tomorrow it is New York. Sunday it is New Britain. Monday it is back to the 'sha.

Christmas and family and time at home are drawing nigh.

But tonight. . . Tonight is a silent night.

Uncertain Horizons

Millennium Park - Chicago, Dec 4, 2008

Standing before the 'Cloud Gate', I am but a speck on the sphere

Having daydreamed

Having worked

Having strived

Having worried

Having applied

Having traveled

Having interviewed

Having done all that I could do

and going as far as I could go

Now I wait

For committees and teams to meet

For matches to be made

For the Spirit to work

Emptied, Humbled, and Eager

To Find my Next Place in the World