The first of September usually still feels a bit like summer, with a hint of fall, but today with the power still out (post-Irene) it’s an even more unnatural season. The dark sky reveals a hint of the Milky Way, and the crescent moon seems extra-large and bright.
Life has been busy, and family duties drew me away from blogging updates in the spring and summer. Now with a new season it feels like time for renewal, for fresh ideas and new directions.
I’m lucky to have steady work — AVweb and Robb Report keep me busy, and since my last post I’ve been to the Sun ‘n Fun air show in Florida, the Rhode Island show at Quonset, and the big one — EAA AirVenture, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. I was scheduled to go flying in the Zeppelin, which was making its first appearance there, but weather intervened and I never did get off the ground. In a few weeks I’ll be heading to another aviation event, a pilots’ convention, but just for a few days, and a short drive away, in Hartford.
I also wrote a story for Roger Williams University’s alumni mag, which should be out anytime now, and I’m working on another short feature for their law school mag. I haven’t written about lawyers before and I have to say these are very smart people and a lot of fun to talk to.
This summer I taught an online course for Northeastern University, a seminar in Science, Technology, and Society. The theme was sustainability, and we looked at how technology has transformed our relationship with nature, from the start of agriculture to urbanization and on to the challenges we face today. We just finished up this week, and now it’s time to start Intro to Environmental Studies at Rhode Island College! It was kind of nice to have the start of the term delayed a bit by the hurricane.
