I wrapped up all of my teaching obligations for the semester, managed to get a fully formatted draft of the dissertation to my committee chair and then, yet again, move out of where I was living. Having discovered that Subarus are stereotyped as "cars for lesbians" and being quite proud of that fact, I realized of course my new car's name is Sappho, and Sappho and I embarked on a strange phase during which I don't know exactly where I am going or what I am doing. I was awarded a completion fellowship from the School of Life Sciences, which is basically the same pay as a TA-ship (including health insurance), which means there is no need for me to be in Arizona, and Sappho and I are on the road.
The first stop was the Binational Baja Botany Symposium, an annual event that is usually south of the border but was in San Diego this year. I presented the research I had done on the ancestral biogeography and evolution of the cacti I worked with, and attended at least 20 other presentations, all of which were great. Saw some old friends, made new ones.
From the Salvador Dali Universal Tarot
A full December Cold Moon
Let's go!
The marina in Point Loma, from the hotel balcony.
And so, now what?
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