Back!

For the scores of followers who were disappointed at my absence, the end of the semester included a huge workload, followed by a two-week trip to Maryland for the holidays.

I really like the part of Maryland where my parents live; it is kind of a low-key area, very local, and close to the quaint beaches and bays of the Chesapeake.  One of my favorite aspects of the area are the fossil cliffs that erode away to reveal Miocene fossils, including scallops, barnacles, ray dental plates, and shark teeth.  I have some great photos and even brought home a couple fossils from the Calvert Maritime Museum, home of Bubbles and Squeak, the river otters.  It is also home to the Drum Point Lighthouse, the William B. Tennyson, and Mindy - an exhibits interpreter that works with the museum's outreach program.  I got to "talk shop" with Mindy, which was really great - CMM has a distance learning outreach program that I'm hoping to check out sometime, because it sounds pretty cool.

I also got my husband to touch a sea star.  No really. With one whole finger tip.  His favorite part was the ray tank (no petting there) featuring butterfly rays, Atlantic rays, and skates.

Anyway, I wanted to come back and say hello, because it is about to get all crazy on the ol'blog!  I am taking a History of Science course this semester, on the History of Science Writing and Rhetoric.  Since it is an independent study, my instructor has asked me to post my responses to the readings on my blog!

Since I'm carrying a 15-credit load this semester (which for a graduate student is near ridiculous), I am going to try and do a lot of the reading and responding for this course up front, before the semester really gets going.  With five units, and eight readings per unit, that means (hopefully) several posts per day!

One thing that I would love is feedback and discussion... so if you want to pass my blog on to others who might enjoy, I would really appreciate that.


Best!


PlanktonGirl