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3/25/2014
George's Gift
3/14/2014
Pick Yourself
February (2014)
December (2013)
12/27/2013
Holiday Card
12/4/2013
Good Causes
12/2/2013
Frozen Assets
November (2013)
11/16/2013
Sally B.
11/10/2013
End Game
October (2013)
September (2013)
9/21/2013
Self Study
Groundhogs and Sheep
2/3/2003

The fact that New Hampshire groundhogs don’t appear in February is a fine example of Darwinian processes. Those that do stick their heads up get them shot off with dispatch by Granite Staters who see these varmints as direct competitors for garden broccoli. It’s open season here 365 days.

This is the last day of Bonus Weekend and the campus is empty. Proctor in Spain, however, is in full gear, and sends pictures from a recent excursion to San Sebastian up in Pais Vasco. Here we see four lads taking a polar plunge in the Cantabrian:

Having no common roots with Romance languages, spoken Basque may be a remnant of an ancient, primitive tongue. Basque sheep can be difficult even before we get in to language barriers. When a herd obstructs the road ahead, we send John to solve the problem:

The Learning Center with The Blackwater Ski Area in the background.
Summerfield on a sunny, mild winter morning.
A vacant Holland Auditorium in the middle of a vacant campus.
A snowblower working between MLS and The Parsonage.
Una siesta on the long ride home to Segovia.