St. Petersburg, Florida

Questions, so many questions – every one valued.

And then we hit the beach …

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

For a dozen years, I’ve been part of an event at the Poynter Institute focused on helping college professors get better at teaching. I started as a presenter and then became a co-organizer – and it is the most terrifying thing I do each year. Trying to figure out how to help my peers be better is one thing, actually standing in front of them is another.

But I love this program, deeply love what it stands for and how we’ve built it up. After two years online, it was so nice to see the inflatable palm trees and hear the room full of voices again.

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

Plant City, Florida

The message came in mid-morning – a friend hadn’t made a flight, was re-routing to Orlando, two hours away. Of course I’ll make that run.

Weather was atrocious on the way east, but that evening we got together and laughed heartily – I have missed these Poynter pals greatly.

Plant City, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

Bell, Florida

Heading south for a return to the Poynter Institute, took the back-roads through Florida just to see something other than interstate. And what I saw was at time challenging.

The day did end with a wonderful meal with wonderful friends I had not seen in far too long.

Live Oak, Florida

Live Oak, Florida

Live Oak, Florida

Branford, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

St. Petersburg, Florida

Athens, Georgia

We’ve been fostering Barkley for almost four months and his wheelchair just came in. Took a bit, but he now takes off when we roll him down the road. He’s available for adoption at Athens Canine Rescue. Still needs some work, but he’s a sweet little guy.

Eatonton, Georgia

An interesting and locally-appropriate combinaiton.

Bowling Green, Kentucky

As I was only an hour south, I wandered north to see my adviosr, now retired to his hometown in Kentucky. We had a wonderful couple of hours catching up, need to do that more often.

Bowling Green, Kentucky

Bowling Green, Kentucky