Moose drool

So here I am in Montana. Breathtakingly beautiful. I opened the curtain behind me so I can gaze out at the mountains when I'm not chatting with the scientists. Tonight is my last poster session. Everyone's used to me being here by now (my stuff does not fit a standard "poster" session." Everyone who wanted got a free beer so I'm nursing my Moose Drool. It's brown and lovely.

The air is crisp and smells of pine. I wish I had more free time to wander, but it's nice just being here. Learned something new about myself, too. When I was a kid, I thought I'd want to live in the mountains. Now I'm not so sure. It's wonderful to see them, but I don't miss them like I miss the ocean.

Tired now

Doesn't look like I'll get my crop art finished in time. I'd need to drop it off on Friday, since I won't be in St Paul on Monday. Shoot. I left it for too long. But I've got a cool idea for next year. A seed diagram (in seeds!). Please don't tell me if it's been done before.

One down, three to go

Yesterday ended the first in a series of four (soon to be seven) workshops my project (www.nisenet.org) is holding around the country. This one was here in St. Paul and turned out better than I hoped (I was worried we were not prepared enough. We weren't but we muddled through pretty well anyway).

Next week I'm off to Montana (outside Bozeman) for a week at a Gordon Research Conference. Then I'm heading to Durham, NC the next week.

I'm going to have do some serious sucking up to the cat.