218/365 Saturday, 08/06/2011

This is an attempt at an artistic shot. I was rushed though because this is in the bank drive-thru lane and a big red pickup truck drove in to block my review..

173/365 Wednesday, 06/22/2011

A pretty strong thunderstorm passed through here yesterday afternoon. The picture shows why we lost power. It was off from about 3:30 till 9:00pm.
Just as I was settling in to read more of "The Glass Bead Game"/Magister Ludi with a little flashlight and some candles, the power came back on and we put on one of our DVD's. We had had dinner at the one of the two Mexican restaurants in
Albion (=the only one with a liquor license) and had sat on the porch for a while talking to neighbors. (People were out and about because the power was out). Not too bad of an evening after all.

164/365 Monday 06/13/2011

A shot of the Kalamazoo river in Albion. A fellow Albionite who found it on flickr described it perfectly: "River Street overlooking the Kalamazoo River towards Reiger Park."

Gardner House Museum, Albion Michigan

159/365 Wednesday, 06/08/2011

Last summer my friend Marie and I would meet once or twice a week to walk 2 or 3 miles around the outside track at Albion college. We wanted to do the same this but we found out that the track and field area is being returfed and updated. (I should have realized something was going on due to all the big trucks that have being going forth in that general direction...so we had to make do with a stroll through the park and a bit of downtown Albion. It was nice but on this particular day it was already quite hot and humid. (The weather has turned less hot and humid and just about perfect since then thank goodness!) This is a picture of the Gardner House - home of the Albion Historical society. I hate to admit but we have not made it inside yet...here's a bit more info about it.

157/365 Monday 06/06/2011

This is a picture of a white rhododendron seen as Adrienne and I went for a walk on Monday evening. The white ones seem rarer than the pink ones around our neck of the woods. 

135/365 Sunday, 05/15/2011

I was going to post a picture from the documentary we watched as the pic of the day, but then decided to post this one of a pretty sunset that I took standing on my porch instead. 

126/365 Friday 05/06/2011

A spring time shot of downtown Albion. This is one of the nicer - if not the nicest looking building on the main street-the home of Park's drugstore. 

124/365 Wednesday, 05/04/2011

I had to run a couple of errands downtown on this day, so on the way back I took a picture of a historical marker commemorating a local story about "Mother's Day in Albion." Here's the Wikipedia entry on "Mother's day" which mentions the Albion connection.

63/365 Friday, 03/04/2011

I took this coming home from my errand. A greyish but warmer day in Albion. The snow is melting.

34/365 Thursday, 02/03/2011

This was a cold but sunny day-I had to run an errand at one of the Albion buildings and so I took advantage of being outside (if only briefly) and took this shot. I worked as a German professor at this college for 7 years, from 2003-2010. My first year I was a Visiting Assistant Professor, i.e. not on the tenure-track. The next year I was hired as a tenure-track professor. Everything came tumbling down for a whole plethora of unsavory reasons when I went up for tenure in 2009.

I could have stayed on for one more year, but after all that had happened I decided to resign at the end of 2010. I am glad I did, even though I forwent an extra year's income (and even more important-health insurance!) But I'm still glad I did quit because I think I have been able to move on much quicker than would have been possible if I still were working there. Money is important but it isn't everything!

Friday, 01/07/2011

Had a great time yesterday catching up with a former Albion College student (Hi Diana!) who was back to  Michigan for a visit before returning to her graduate program in Marine Sciences on the East Coast. It was also fun to meet in 'Relli's" one of the few places in town that most if not all Albion students will (fondly I hope) remember.