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Sabbatical Journal: February 2008

I’ve begun to paint the interior of our house.  In so many ways this is a 3 dimensional metaphor of the sabbatical itself.  When I think of how wonderful it will be as it’s accomplished, I’m delighted.  But when I think of moving, cleaning, repairing, organizing, sorting, learning how to fix, etc- it’s almost too much to begin.  Organizing […]

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Sabbatical Journal: January 2008

So, what would be a good beginning to a sabbatical, a sabbatical for rest and to change highly productive and very unhealthy habits of over-work?  Travel.  So, best to marry someone from a warmer place and go home for the holidays and someone in the midst of his second masters (tuition-free) who has to bunch his vacation […]