The story so far...

First round of exams - which is why I haven't posted. Reading them is very tiring and time-consuming, as I try to explain - 75 times - why Student X didn't get full-credit for that identification - I'm tired of writing "Why is this important?" and "How did this event change the history of the colonies?" How much would it cost to get a stamp of this? So many of them don't understand the concept of cause and effect (despite the fact that I explain it in lecture MANY times in the course of the semester, and the book is quite clear that increased British control of colonial shipping => smuggling => increased British interference => colonial resentment => revolution...

When I sneak away and work on The Magistrates of Hell - which is almost ready to go out the door - I feel guilty.

And I'm behind on preparing lectures. And making the dog's dinner for the pet-sitter to give her, and making my own bento-box dinner for at school this evening, and cleaning the guest-room for my dear friend who's coming to visit.

I'll post when I can.