Quick Successions: New Mexico Edition

I got to a biennial conference in southern England in the summers. So, I get to see a lot of "1066 country." I try to see something new every time I go. This time I went to Battle Abbey with a group of my colleagues. It was a very warm that day, but we managed to get around the see the Abbey as well as the town. Behind the Abbey is the Battlefield where the Normans conquered the Saxons. Inside the Abbey there is a souvenir shop in the bottom, a place of worship at the top, guest quarters on the backside with large windows, and to the side was the place where the monks lived and trained. 

Not long after school got out we went to Utah to see family.  The first week of June, Hannah had summer camp. She went to a bilingual science camp called Crazy Colors. She learned lots of Spanish as also did stuff with the physics, chemistry, biology all related to colors. Before dropping her off to camp, we picnicked in a lush green space downtown. Huge grassy areas are rare to New Mexico and therefore, all the more treasured.  Here is the camper on her first day. She really had a ton of fun and we plan to look for something similar in the future.  The week after her camp, I taught a class on campus. It was about assessment. I have taught this sort of class before, but not for several years because I was assigned research in graduate school rather than teaching. The teaching did was all linguistics. But I had a lot of fun with the teachers in the class. They were kind and hard working even though 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. for a week is a grueling ...