Dear Mary Ellen,
Well, you did the impossible--made me look reasonably good in a
photograph! Of course, you were helped by the distance between lens
and subject, but still. . .
I've sent the picture to Cully in Vermont (she won't be home till
October); she'll also appreciate how good you made her look, I'm sure.
Classes start next Wednesday; as associate chair, I have to teach
only one, but am doing two voluntarily (saves faculty teaching
"credits" that can be used elsewhere). Am going to AFS this year to
publicize next year's ballad meeting--hope to pick up some attendees.
Cost of AFS attendance is shockingly high. One good development,
though, is that I can skip MLA in December: as chair of this year's
recruitment committee, I would normally have had to go, but just two
weeks ago the Dean nixed any new hiring! Bless him.
Cheers.
Roger
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