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Sunday, May 18, 2014
An Extraordinary Letter
I never deviate much from the theme of Alan's Italy, but a situation arose three days ago which was quite amazing that I wish to relate. As you may know I have returned to my former profession of teaching mathematics at a community college in New York City after a three year retirement. In that regard I gave my final exam last Thursday with 17 of the 21 students passing the test. Please forgive me as I immodestly say that this is my usual passing result contrary to general occurrences in the department. I always answer every question that a student poses no matter what the query is or how many times it has been asked. One of my students asks a lot of questions as he was having a very hard time understanding. Many of the students have not been in a school setting for many years, and their normal difficulty learning mathematics has been compounded by their absence for reasons as varied as raising a family, earning a living, or just disgust with their inability to succeed. This young man recently served in the United States Marine Corps overseas in some of the explosive locales to which the country has sent troops. He struggled all semester, attaining low grades on unit exams. When he scored a remarkable 82 % on the final exam through his extraordinary devotion to his studies, I wrote an e mail to tell him how proud of him I was and that he has achieved a wonderful accomplishment. He wrote the following response. Please understand that his grammar, punctuation, usage, and spelling are severely lacking, but be assured, he will improve. His language is also "Marine-like" to say the least, but you will have no trouble understanding the essence:
Dear professor Greenhalgh . In the past few weeks your class has been the reasons of a lot of stress ,and sleep apnea , I've invested more time and efforts in in this subject, than in all classes combined but my efforts Alone dint accomplished this , the credits are yours , you are the most dedicated , caring and professional man I've seen, and trust me I've seen a lot of good pipe layer man in my short time in this earth, not once you complained about redoing a problem ,getting interrupted ,or having to explain things over and over , I might not say it in class because Marines do not "kiss ass" ever!! .I'm actually sad to be honest that in the near future I won't get to stumble with an educator like yourself , you don't do it for the money like you said , " I will retire when I die " thank you for all your time expend and frustrations and dedication, from my part is highly appreciated with the utmost respect. Thank you.
It pays to be a winner semper fi*
*Semper Fi is the abbreviation for semper fidelis, the US Marine Motto which means "forever faithful"
This exemplifies the reasons I returned to teaching after a three year absence. It doesn't get any better than this!
Dear professor Greenhalgh . In the past few weeks your class has been the reasons of a lot of stress ,and sleep apnea , I've invested more time and efforts in in this subject, than in all classes combined but my efforts Alone dint accomplished this , the credits are yours , you are the most dedicated , caring and professional man I've seen, and trust me I've seen a lot of good pipe layer man in my short time in this earth, not once you complained about redoing a problem ,getting interrupted ,or having to explain things over and over , I might not say it in class because Marines do not "kiss ass" ever!! .I'm actually sad to be honest that in the near future I won't get to stumble with an educator like yourself , you don't do it for the money like you said , " I will retire when I die " thank you for all your time expend and frustrations and dedication, from my part is highly appreciated with the utmost respect. Thank you.
It pays to be a winner semper fi*
*Semper Fi is the abbreviation for semper fidelis, the US Marine Motto which means "forever faithful"
This exemplifies the reasons I returned to teaching after a three year absence. It doesn't get any better than this!
Friday, May 9, 2014
The Great Balancing Act
If you ever try to write a book, do so when you have no other responsibilities, otherwise you will have to attempt a balancing act to rival any juggler. Today for example I attempted to go to the gym to exercise, see my doctor about my allergies, do some work for my college teaching, get ready for tonight's TV show, write this blog, have dinner with friends, and continue editing my book. Then when I finally got home I downloaded the TV show onto my computer, and uploaded it to Youtube. It is really amazing how a 24 hr day can go so fast. In reality I would rather not have to do so much in a seeming endless procession of what I consider very important activities. Here I am at almost 11 PM and still have a couple of hours of work.
I do not usually get much feedback about my TV shows, but this week had two, one from my friend at the YMCA who finally watched a few videos of Alan's Italy on the Youtube, and my new internet friend who appears to be as big an Italophile as I am. His encouraging words have been very gratifying, and I am pleased to have made a new friend. I also solidified the appt I have with Professor Eve D'Ambra to appear on my show some time during the summer.
The actual broadcast, Alan's Italy Show # 91 - My Favorite Streets of Florence, finally fulfilled a plan I had been honing for two years. Over that time I have compiled hundreds of photos of streets in Florence, eventually narrowing it down to about 150 which I had a great time showing. There were the usual problems. With about 10 minutes into the broadcast Ellen, my engineer, pointed out on the air that my photos were apparently cutting off the bottom of the frames. I could not for the life of me figure out what was wrong, and frankly still cannot. I may have to just modify some of the graphic detail along the bottom of the images. Then, being very tired tonight after a long week, and even longer (seemingly) day, I made a few mistakes that I eventually straightened out. I referred to the Church of Orsanmichele as the Church of Ognissanti (one of my favorites in Florence), and was stymied when I looked at the Piazza della Signoria not knowing what the name was. That was really shocking since I have used that name and been on that piazza hundreds of times. You cannot be 66 years old and also try to have a life as full as a 23 year old and get away with not being quite tired. Somewhere along the line, something will suffer, and there it was right on the air. I did have a nice time, and did not let the two flubs affect my overall performance as I just reviewed the broadcast. As I have said many times, we are a down-home informal show and we do our best to create a worthwhile and interesting show for our viewers. If there are bumps along the way, then that's the way it will have to be.
In two weeks we will broadcast a show which I title, Italy, Top to Bottom which will show what Italy looks like from high up on hills, towers, and hotel roofs, a compilation of stunning images of a bird's eye view of Italy.
I do not usually get much feedback about my TV shows, but this week had two, one from my friend at the YMCA who finally watched a few videos of Alan's Italy on the Youtube, and my new internet friend who appears to be as big an Italophile as I am. His encouraging words have been very gratifying, and I am pleased to have made a new friend. I also solidified the appt I have with Professor Eve D'Ambra to appear on my show some time during the summer.
The actual broadcast, Alan's Italy Show # 91 - My Favorite Streets of Florence, finally fulfilled a plan I had been honing for two years. Over that time I have compiled hundreds of photos of streets in Florence, eventually narrowing it down to about 150 which I had a great time showing. There were the usual problems. With about 10 minutes into the broadcast Ellen, my engineer, pointed out on the air that my photos were apparently cutting off the bottom of the frames. I could not for the life of me figure out what was wrong, and frankly still cannot. I may have to just modify some of the graphic detail along the bottom of the images. Then, being very tired tonight after a long week, and even longer (seemingly) day, I made a few mistakes that I eventually straightened out. I referred to the Church of Orsanmichele as the Church of Ognissanti (one of my favorites in Florence), and was stymied when I looked at the Piazza della Signoria not knowing what the name was. That was really shocking since I have used that name and been on that piazza hundreds of times. You cannot be 66 years old and also try to have a life as full as a 23 year old and get away with not being quite tired. Somewhere along the line, something will suffer, and there it was right on the air. I did have a nice time, and did not let the two flubs affect my overall performance as I just reviewed the broadcast. As I have said many times, we are a down-home informal show and we do our best to create a worthwhile and interesting show for our viewers. If there are bumps along the way, then that's the way it will have to be.
In two weeks we will broadcast a show which I title, Italy, Top to Bottom which will show what Italy looks like from high up on hills, towers, and hotel roofs, a compilation of stunning images of a bird's eye view of Italy.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
A New Leader, Some Mistakes in Presentation, and a Rededication to My Project
On my Youtube site is a list of the most popular shows. Show # 4: Civita di Bagnoregio has been # 1 on the list for a long time, but today it was surpassed by Show # 28: The Roman Forum with Professor Eve D'Ambra. That show nudged ahead after a steady increase in viewers. It nows stands at Show # 28: 838 views and # 4: 836. Eve also did Show # 32 with 200 views, so that the Professor from Vassar College now has over one thousand views in the past 1 1/2 years!
Meanwhile, Riffman 42, one of my viewers indicates to me that two of my photos from Show # 90 were misidentified. One photo which I indicate as the city of Positano is really Amalfi, and another which I identify as Mt. Vesuvius is really Mt. Etna. I checked back with the book I used for the photos and he is exactly correct. What makes me feel badly is not that I made the mistake, but that I failed to go back and review my notes, because in the book I used it is very clearly labeled as he indicates. My apologies to him and to my audience. It is clear that I am too busy. Teaching at the college, writing a book, working out at the YMCA, writing this blog, and also doing this TV show appears to be too much. I have just finished my book, so things should ease up a bit. Another problem here is that when I stray too far from what I am most acquainted, I tend to "wing it" a bit too much. When I do a Florence show or one related to Venice, Lake Como, Tuscany, Rome, and Umbria, I am in my milieu. However, in trying to show pictures of the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento, I have strayed a bit too far afield from my main expertise. I have only been to the Amalfi Coast once in my life for 4 days back in 2006. Once to Sorrento as well back in 1998, and never to Sicily where I would have been able to identify Mt Etna. I apologize, but you can well imagine trying to produce a show of this type every week or even, as now is broadcast, once a month can be very difficult. Nonetheless, without offering too many excuses, I certainly do apologize for the mislabeling.
This is one of the reasons we will be returning to Italy to gather more information focusing on Cinque Terre again, Western Tuscany, Florence, and Lake Como. This 12 day trip should gather together, I hope, about 15 - 20 new shows for your viewing pleasure. Meanwhile my next two shows concentrate on first My Favorite Streets in Florence (of which I am well acquainted), and Photos of Italy taken from above, from towers, hills, etc. I call that show, Italy, Top to Bottom. Then there will be a month long hiatus, and when I return in mid-June I will spend an entire show talking about the trip we just will have taken. I will start with the planning stage, how I created this trip from scratch, the process of planning, and then a brief synopsis and preview of what will be coming during the next 12 months of broadcasts with special emphasis on what I consider to be have been the highlights, yet unknown. Part of the plan will be to document the as yet undetermined drive from the autostrade to the town of Monterosso. Despite my already anxiety over this ride, I will ask Laura, my photographer and videographer, to videotape the ride, which should be spectacular. I will also try to do some interviews with hoteliers and restauranteurs. Those have always been very popular. Lidia has promised to drive us to some beautiful towns near her home in Western Tuscany, and Luca will be taking us to Medici Villas, such as Villa Artimino, Poggio ai Caiano, etc. We will also photograph a villa on Lake Como we have yet to see, Villa Melzi just south of Bellagio. I will then spend the summer getting everything together, that's 2 months to download, edit the photos, and create shows to last the year. I return to the college on August 28, so I will have over 2 months to plan.
That's the news. Congratulations to Prof D'Ambra, apologies and thanks to Riffman42, and a renewed dedication to my wonderful and dedicated audience.
Meanwhile, Riffman 42, one of my viewers indicates to me that two of my photos from Show # 90 were misidentified. One photo which I indicate as the city of Positano is really Amalfi, and another which I identify as Mt. Vesuvius is really Mt. Etna. I checked back with the book I used for the photos and he is exactly correct. What makes me feel badly is not that I made the mistake, but that I failed to go back and review my notes, because in the book I used it is very clearly labeled as he indicates. My apologies to him and to my audience. It is clear that I am too busy. Teaching at the college, writing a book, working out at the YMCA, writing this blog, and also doing this TV show appears to be too much. I have just finished my book, so things should ease up a bit. Another problem here is that when I stray too far from what I am most acquainted, I tend to "wing it" a bit too much. When I do a Florence show or one related to Venice, Lake Como, Tuscany, Rome, and Umbria, I am in my milieu. However, in trying to show pictures of the Amalfi Coast and Sorrento, I have strayed a bit too far afield from my main expertise. I have only been to the Amalfi Coast once in my life for 4 days back in 2006. Once to Sorrento as well back in 1998, and never to Sicily where I would have been able to identify Mt Etna. I apologize, but you can well imagine trying to produce a show of this type every week or even, as now is broadcast, once a month can be very difficult. Nonetheless, without offering too many excuses, I certainly do apologize for the mislabeling.
This is one of the reasons we will be returning to Italy to gather more information focusing on Cinque Terre again, Western Tuscany, Florence, and Lake Como. This 12 day trip should gather together, I hope, about 15 - 20 new shows for your viewing pleasure. Meanwhile my next two shows concentrate on first My Favorite Streets in Florence (of which I am well acquainted), and Photos of Italy taken from above, from towers, hills, etc. I call that show, Italy, Top to Bottom. Then there will be a month long hiatus, and when I return in mid-June I will spend an entire show talking about the trip we just will have taken. I will start with the planning stage, how I created this trip from scratch, the process of planning, and then a brief synopsis and preview of what will be coming during the next 12 months of broadcasts with special emphasis on what I consider to be have been the highlights, yet unknown. Part of the plan will be to document the as yet undetermined drive from the autostrade to the town of Monterosso. Despite my already anxiety over this ride, I will ask Laura, my photographer and videographer, to videotape the ride, which should be spectacular. I will also try to do some interviews with hoteliers and restauranteurs. Those have always been very popular. Lidia has promised to drive us to some beautiful towns near her home in Western Tuscany, and Luca will be taking us to Medici Villas, such as Villa Artimino, Poggio ai Caiano, etc. We will also photograph a villa on Lake Como we have yet to see, Villa Melzi just south of Bellagio. I will then spend the summer getting everything together, that's 2 months to download, edit the photos, and create shows to last the year. I return to the college on August 28, so I will have over 2 months to plan.
That's the news. Congratulations to Prof D'Ambra, apologies and thanks to Riffman42, and a renewed dedication to my wonderful and dedicated audience.
Friday, April 18, 2014
The Then and Now Series Comes to a Close
I saved the best for last. After three shows featuring 19th century photos of Italy, I saved perhaps the most interesting for this last broadcast featuring material from Rome, Milan, Venice, Pompeii, Mt Vesuvius, Bologna, Bergamo, and Verona. This pretty much consumes my supply of photos from the several books I bought while in Florence at the bookstore which used to be the Alinari Brother's workshop and studio. When I return to Florence in a few weeks, I will once again visit this amazing store, but right now, I would like to discover other interesting off-beat locations for further shows. For that I would need Luca, a native Florentine, to assist me.
Meanwhile, I felt that I needed to begin tonight's broadcast by explaining to my audience why we are only producing a show a month instead of my promised twice a month or my four times a month that we did for the first two years. I indicated that my material has gone down in size and needs to be replenished by what I anticipate to be as many as 20 new show from our next trip to Italy in May and June. These new shows will focus on small towns in Cinque Terre, Western Tuscany, and larger cities such as Florence. We will also feature our favorite restaurant in the Lake Como village of Varenna.
Tonight Ellen struggled with several problems related to the live broadcast causing dark frames, sometimes poor quality images, sound issues, and who knows what else. As more and more people use the public access studio, there materialize more and more problems. Amateurs are switching things around for seemingly no reason causing Ellen, a pro, to experience all kinds of issues. Some of these problems are manifest on the Youtube video, but the lion's share, a 70 second strange screen has been edited out by me after the upload to my channel. I hope there are are not too many distractions because the actual 56 minutes broadcast was fascinating. I was quite relaxed and meandered through 19th century Italy making my usual comparisons to the 20th and 21st century versions. The photos of scenes with a mother and her children were to me the most beautiful.
I told Ellen that I would attempt to get back on a semi-monthly format of shows if I could get into the process of creation of shows during the next two weeks. I have pretty much finished my book, and my college teaching is in a two week lull right for spring recess. I do have some ideas, but need to take the time to develop shows around them. That will occupy my time for the next few weeks, but when I return from Italy, that is when I should have a large number of photos which will form the basis for a year's worth of new shows.
Meanwhile, I felt that I needed to begin tonight's broadcast by explaining to my audience why we are only producing a show a month instead of my promised twice a month or my four times a month that we did for the first two years. I indicated that my material has gone down in size and needs to be replenished by what I anticipate to be as many as 20 new show from our next trip to Italy in May and June. These new shows will focus on small towns in Cinque Terre, Western Tuscany, and larger cities such as Florence. We will also feature our favorite restaurant in the Lake Como village of Varenna.
Tonight Ellen struggled with several problems related to the live broadcast causing dark frames, sometimes poor quality images, sound issues, and who knows what else. As more and more people use the public access studio, there materialize more and more problems. Amateurs are switching things around for seemingly no reason causing Ellen, a pro, to experience all kinds of issues. Some of these problems are manifest on the Youtube video, but the lion's share, a 70 second strange screen has been edited out by me after the upload to my channel. I hope there are are not too many distractions because the actual 56 minutes broadcast was fascinating. I was quite relaxed and meandered through 19th century Italy making my usual comparisons to the 20th and 21st century versions. The photos of scenes with a mother and her children were to me the most beautiful.
I told Ellen that I would attempt to get back on a semi-monthly format of shows if I could get into the process of creation of shows during the next two weeks. I have pretty much finished my book, and my college teaching is in a two week lull right for spring recess. I do have some ideas, but need to take the time to develop shows around them. That will occupy my time for the next few weeks, but when I return from Italy, that is when I should have a large number of photos which will form the basis for a year's worth of new shows.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Happy Birthday to Me
Yes indeed. I was born at 4 PM, on April 4, 1948. 4/4/48. I have led a privileged life of good health and great friends and family. I have traveled to Italy 21 times and brought back thousands of pictures and many, many fond recollections. I have produced a cable access TV show which helps me to express my passion for Italy, and I have this blog as yet another outlet for my profound feelings about Italy. Yes, I am a lucky guy.
I am thinking about our next trip in May/June and even begun thinking about the one after that in 2015. When I get back from Italy in June, I will really put my mind to preparing TV shows for the next year with perhaps as many as 15 - 20 new projects. Once a month is not enough, and I will set my goal to return to an every other week format. I have already begun planning, but much of that has to wait until I get to Italy to see where that takes me. I will report back sometime in June.
In the meantime I have Italy, Then and Now planned for Friday, April 18, my next live broadcast. This will be the final chapter of the four part series on the 19th century photos of Italy. I am planning to go to the bookstore again with Luca in Florence and find more material, something different perhaps from just places of interest, nut sure yet. All up in the air, but tune in to Youtube on April 19 to see the show.
Thank you for reading my blog for the past two and a half years.
Best wishes,
Alan Greenhalgh
I am thinking about our next trip in May/June and even begun thinking about the one after that in 2015. When I get back from Italy in June, I will really put my mind to preparing TV shows for the next year with perhaps as many as 15 - 20 new projects. Once a month is not enough, and I will set my goal to return to an every other week format. I have already begun planning, but much of that has to wait until I get to Italy to see where that takes me. I will report back sometime in June.
In the meantime I have Italy, Then and Now planned for Friday, April 18, my next live broadcast. This will be the final chapter of the four part series on the 19th century photos of Italy. I am planning to go to the bookstore again with Luca in Florence and find more material, something different perhaps from just places of interest, nut sure yet. All up in the air, but tune in to Youtube on April 19 to see the show.
Thank you for reading my blog for the past two and a half years.
Best wishes,
Alan Greenhalgh
Saturday, March 29, 2014
I Owe You Big Time
After a rather long hiatus, the longest during the time I have been writing this blog, I am now back on the horse. To my loyal readers I say, thank you for waiting and now I owe it to you to give you some details of my "Alan's Italy Life". Well, I must start by saying that four weeks go very quickly, and it hardly seems that so long a period of time has elapsed. During this time I had hoped to attempt to develop a lot of new shows, but, alas, I only worked on two of them, one that appeared last night, and the next, and last, one in the "Then and Now"series. The one last night, Tuscany, Then and Now, continues the theme with part 3, after the very successful Florence, Then and Now, Parts 1 and 2. I used one of the Alinari photo journals focusing on Tuscany, and although Florence is of course a part of Tuscany and was included in the book, after two shows, I tried to stayed away from that subject. Instead I planned to start with Pisa, continue through Lucca, Siena, San Gimignano, Pistoia, Volterra, Livorno, Pitigliano, Montepulciano, Carrara, and the rolling hills of Central Tuscany. I worked diligently scanning photos, trying to find the 21st century counterparts, and then performing the necessary function on my MacBook Pro to create the side-by-side image that gives the viewer such a fine chance to find the changes that occurred during the intervening 150 years. I honed the final draft almost right up to air time. I also included on the broadcast several photos of people at work at various occupations during the 19th century, a really fascinating look at how people made a living 150 years ago visually represented.
At the studio, of course, it surely felt good to be back, say hello to Ellen, and get started. Alas, and of course, since nothing in that place ever goes smoothly, the phone rang at 4:59. Some producer who had used the studio right before our show lost her cell phone and had to come back into the studio to attempt to find it. After Ellen's modest attempt to dissuade her, during the opening theme which lasts about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the door to the studio swung open and she entered rummaging about the console area making me very annoyed. When she finally left and I was very into the opening, she returned doing basically the same thing. This time I felt like strangling her. She finally left and the show continued unabated. I made a few mistakes, as is quite normal for me after a lapse of time, but was generally pleased with the broadcast. The highlight for my granddaughter, Sofia, will be the 5 minute segment at the beginning with Flat Stanley (you will have to view that segment to see what that is if you do not already know).
At home I realized that there is a one minute period of dead space on the DVD until the show actually starts, but when it does, I like the way it eventually developed. It was downloaded to my computer, uploaded to Youtube, and I made copies for Sofia, and two for the carousel, which plays the live versions in repeat mode. The final stage, writing this blog, is now being executed. So Alan's Italy Show # 89, Tuscany, Then and Now, is there for the viewing!
Meanwhile, I continue to labor to create new shows with hardly any material left. I do an Italy, Then and Now, featuring 19th century photos from all over Italy, next sometime in April, and then I have two distinctly Florence shows, one on shopping and the other on the Streets of Florence, Part 2 (Part 1 was via della Scala). This time rather than focusing on just one street, I will concentrate on several. Then I have a very sketchy album that I started many months ago on Verona, but really not enough for a full show. Either I will get some more off the Internet or just add two others Veneto cities, Vicenza and Padua, all three comprising what I call the "Big Three" diversions from a long visit to Venice. I have actually made two reservations at the well-known Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, but once I arrive in Venice, I really have a very hard time extricating myself. By then we will have returned from our next trip to Italy with a lot of new material which then must be categorized to form new shows, not an easy job. After we return from the trip that will take at least a month for Laura to edit the photos and for me to fashion them into viable presentations. I will do a separate blog post which describes that two week trip in great detail.
I continue to do my real passion of teaching mathematics at the college level enjoying it more and more as the times goes on. I am already half way through the spring term. Imagine that! How quickly the time flies by. I have also finished my book on my 42 year career which will now face the final editing by me before submitting the manuscript to the online publishing company, XLibris.
So thanks for being patient and I shall return!
At the studio, of course, it surely felt good to be back, say hello to Ellen, and get started. Alas, and of course, since nothing in that place ever goes smoothly, the phone rang at 4:59. Some producer who had used the studio right before our show lost her cell phone and had to come back into the studio to attempt to find it. After Ellen's modest attempt to dissuade her, during the opening theme which lasts about 2 minutes and 30 seconds, the door to the studio swung open and she entered rummaging about the console area making me very annoyed. When she finally left and I was very into the opening, she returned doing basically the same thing. This time I felt like strangling her. She finally left and the show continued unabated. I made a few mistakes, as is quite normal for me after a lapse of time, but was generally pleased with the broadcast. The highlight for my granddaughter, Sofia, will be the 5 minute segment at the beginning with Flat Stanley (you will have to view that segment to see what that is if you do not already know).
At home I realized that there is a one minute period of dead space on the DVD until the show actually starts, but when it does, I like the way it eventually developed. It was downloaded to my computer, uploaded to Youtube, and I made copies for Sofia, and two for the carousel, which plays the live versions in repeat mode. The final stage, writing this blog, is now being executed. So Alan's Italy Show # 89, Tuscany, Then and Now, is there for the viewing!
Meanwhile, I continue to labor to create new shows with hardly any material left. I do an Italy, Then and Now, featuring 19th century photos from all over Italy, next sometime in April, and then I have two distinctly Florence shows, one on shopping and the other on the Streets of Florence, Part 2 (Part 1 was via della Scala). This time rather than focusing on just one street, I will concentrate on several. Then I have a very sketchy album that I started many months ago on Verona, but really not enough for a full show. Either I will get some more off the Internet or just add two others Veneto cities, Vicenza and Padua, all three comprising what I call the "Big Three" diversions from a long visit to Venice. I have actually made two reservations at the well-known Scrovegni Chapel in Padua, but once I arrive in Venice, I really have a very hard time extricating myself. By then we will have returned from our next trip to Italy with a lot of new material which then must be categorized to form new shows, not an easy job. After we return from the trip that will take at least a month for Laura to edit the photos and for me to fashion them into viable presentations. I will do a separate blog post which describes that two week trip in great detail.
I continue to do my real passion of teaching mathematics at the college level enjoying it more and more as the times goes on. I am already half way through the spring term. Imagine that! How quickly the time flies by. I have also finished my book on my 42 year career which will now face the final editing by me before submitting the manuscript to the online publishing company, XLibris.
So thanks for being patient and I shall return!
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