Sunday Letter, October 24th, 2010

Good Afternoon

Now that Sarah has created this family blog (thank you Sarah) and  Jessie explained to me how to join (thank you Jessie - Sarah, I completely forgot about the 2nd email with the invite) I can now do my Sunday Letter in this medium.

We just finished having a fantastic weekend with the boys.  We split wood, they made robots from  the materials at The Scrap Box, we had a fire (the weather is beautiful) and  we had an allround great time.  Sarah and the girls came over with Roxy, and the kids discovered that Roxy likes to chase a ball... lots of fun.

My own week was somewhat sad, as one of my students died in an auto Crash  while on a color tour.  The student was Chinese and just 22. Her parents (and the other person who was killed) came from China and the U had a dinner for them Fri.  I was one of the speakers.

So Mom and I cane back from Glen Arbor on Monday.  Sunday evening we had dinner with an old student of mine, Kevin Sietz, who had just retired as a VP of BCBS.  Kevin and his wife have a magnificent home overlooking Lake Michigan,  I was green with envy, and "its not easy being green!".  

Also this past week I had three presentations - one on supervision, mentoring, and coaching 

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 my class, and then another on Leadership on Friday. This is the ppt.  I am not sure how to post a file as yet.  Advice would  be most welcome.)

Needless to say I am not getting much done with respect to my books and articles.

The leaves are almost gone  and we can see so much more now - it is always a surprise. 

  Today it is so warm (75) that Mom and I will be eating out on the Deck! I am thinking that this unusuakl weather might actually presage a tough winter.

Lots somng up - the  initation of the School of Social Works 90th Anniversary - Friday 11/19.  But before that I am going to "Dayton to give a talk, then after thatto Houston.  So lots going on.

Love to all.. Dad/John