It’s come to this: I’m handing off hard drives in parking decks.

Granted, a student had asked me to recover data from it … but, still.

A few years ago, we started putting digital signage up in the building. With some fits and starts, we have it working and it livens up the place.

At the end of the hallway I come down every morning is a display dedicated to the Peabody Awards, one of our Crown Jewels. But the material they’re displaying is … worthy, but jarring at times as it rolls from executions to Sesame Street.

You have no idea how much joy it brought me to take some students outdoors and watch them work their cameras.

No idea.

It. Is. August.

Doing a little cleaning in the home office and I came across a folder of laser prints from … 22 years ago. I must have pulled these aside as possible portfolio images, was nice to revisit some old friends.

Headed downtown for Record Store Day. Was early, towards the front of the line and the one record I wanted … was gone before I could get in.

Sigh.

At least I was out and about, saw a friend who scored a couple of things he really wanted. Now, if I could only go visit to hear them …

We’ve been in this house for 13 years, I’ve never seen the light stream through the back woods like this. It lasted for just a moment as I pulled into the driveway, glorious.

Before departing, we had a little celebration for a funded project. Even in this darkness, the future is looking bright.