That is about all we do around here with the Boy. Our Daughter reads and writes incessantly, except when her writing is cessant for playing tennis. The soccer, however, definitely takes up the most time. We spent a gorgeous Saturday with our State College Celtics in DuBois. The boys did […]
This past spring we took a group of students out to San Francisco. The trip would not be complete without a visit to Alcatraz. I have already posted the “Bird, man.”
These are a pair of Wasserspeiern or gargoyles from the Münster in Freiburg. The story I was told is that the buildings across the way were the headquarters, if you will, of the guilds of the town. Each guild gave to the building of the Münster…except one. That one was […]
I am back from my trip to Freiburg, Germany. It was a very productive time and on the last day, yesterday, the sun broke through just long enough to get some pictures at the flower market taking place in the Freiburg Münsterplatz. This statue, presumably of St. George, since he is […]
After a great 2.5 days with colleagues I am headed home. I am currently in Frankfurt Flughaf after an easy 2 hour train ride and awaiting a mere 14 hours more of travel.
I am very fortunate to be able to travel for Penn State this summer. I was recently named as chair of Freiburg “Faculty Implementation Committee,” or “FIT.” Last spring a memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed between PSU and the University of Freiburg. This is a university-wide agreement and we […]
This is a family portrait that I took this winter. Our photography faculty were kind enough to give me access to the studio.
Today was the last day of school for our kiddos. For the boy it was a half day and for the girl they had a pool party. (A bit brisk apparently.) After a few pictures of the kids getting on the bus I snapped one or two of my wife’s […]
On mother’s day we met my mother and my 93 year old grandmother just over the Potomac River in West Virginia. On the way home we stopped at the Antietam battlefield. My daughter loves history and we had recently gone to Gettysburg. While at Gettysburg I dropped my D7000 so […]