Why yes, there are 4 bottles of sparkling grape juice in the departmental refrigerator for me. We're getting ready to write and perform toasts based on Am Revolution sources in one of my classes!

You can now buy a craft chocolate bar named after my University.

I took part of the day off from grading for a spa day. Now I feel much less stressed and I'm not wanting to grade!

A friend made a Christmas ornament with the cover of the JER issue in which my yellow fever article appeared. I love it so much!

Over the break, I made a wonderful Parmesan Pomodoro sauce. Tomatoes and parmesan reggiano rinds from Italy, of course. So good!

I wrote a letter on actual paper today and I'm feeling so wonderfully 18th century.

I've posted this on other social media, but not here yet: Last month I was pleased to see my yellow fever article finally in print. (Journal of the Early Republic, Fall 2024) Print makes it real!