Today I went to campus to meet with a former student — http://365project.org/rhoing/365/2015-05-06 (She wanted to ask if I would write a letter of recommendation for her graduate school applications … and she had the poise-and-maturity to ask face-to-face. Smart girl. Not that I would have said "no" if it had been in an email, but asking for a meeting and then making the request in a f2f meeting is the classy and grown-up approach that not all of her peers would recognize.)
This is a lame shot on my way back to my car after meeting with Macaela, whose birthday was yesterday. (It’s an easy date to remember, yes?)
Retired economics professor (“dismal scientist”). Married 40+ years to the love of my life; we have two grown daughters, both married, two granddaughters and a...