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Thanksgiving

Tomorrow is the day that, here in the US, we celebrate a holiday called Thanksgiving. Other than the preferred food (turkey which I find sort of bland), it’s a wonderful occasion to silently appreciate all the small and large things that actually are going well. There are many of them, not least, for me, is the pleasure of communicating with readers, new and old, here. Thank you. And Happy Thanksgiving!

Blogging break: now over

I spent my last week at the MBL taking a break from blogging–and taking in as much science as I could. We took the scenic route back to Washington, heading across Connecticut on old US-6 and then on to Scranton and Harrisburg and finally into Washington. I think we avoided the worst of the traffic and certainly all of the famed tolls on the coastal route along I-95.

Now back in Arlington, I’m getting ready to commence the new academic year. Tomorrow we’ll go look at the new Nikon A1-R confocal microscope up at their place in Baltimore and then Tuesday I’ll be back at the Institute to catch up with the faculty, postdocs and students.
I’m looking very much forward to teaching this next year–two courses: one on neuroscience survival skills and the other, in the Spring, on the functional role of the mammalian hippocampus.
In the meantime, thanks to my loyal readers and I promise to blog regularly through the Fall.
Jim