December 27, 2009:

A writer's vacation is often filled with. . .yup. . .writing. I worked on the graduation speech for the MFA students at Hamline University in Minneapolis since I will be there mid-January which is creeping ever closer. My first pass on it was about five pages. My second ran to seven. I assume I need to speak about 15-20 minutes which means at least twelve pages. Sigh.

Adam and Betsy took the children to the Amherst College Natural History Museum and lunch out. Then Heidi and I took the girls (...