The Adam’s family house really…

does exist, and my friends Ian and Caroline own it! When in New Haven in May I helped them prep the house for a HGTV film crew who produced a special for “If Walls Could Talk” I also got to attend my friend Kristy’s grad ceremony from Yale’s School of Public Health.

Here comes the clown…

and what a way to bring smiles to friends and family. Not sure what sparked my urge to take my mother’s clown suit on my trip back east, but I certainly had fun surprising friends. I think everyone should own a clown suit. When you are having a bad day, put the suit on, don the wig, funky shoes, and whatever else strikes your fancy and hit the street, go grocery shopping, get the mail, etc. No one will know who you are, so be wild and crazy, for no other reason than you are in a clown suit and have been given great liberty.

Orange Alligator Adventurees…

strike again…this time on Assateague Island in time for Cinco de Mayo. Joe, Julie, Laura, Steph and I did a short camping trip to Maryland’s coast area. It was rather cold, got sand blasted at night, and the wild ponies interrupted a couple of meals, but otherwise my creative companions compensated well with making pad thai and sushi…yum and a half.

Starting the snow bird lifestyle…

early sounded appealing. In early May I flew to Florida to check out the school that had just offered me a fellowship to start my PhD. In the three days there I managed to get a feel for the city of Gainesville, the University of Florida and my new home come mid-August. I’ll write more about this PhD thing later.