Showing Off....

Saturday, August 23, we had 25 people over from the English & Philosophy Department for a cookout and to show off our summer work. It was like a church meal, in that we provided the meat and buns and plates and cups and plasticware, and asked the rest of the department to bring side dishes, desserts, and specialty items. It was good to bask in the glow of warm appreciation for our work, and it was good just to have a time of fellowship away from the department. Both of our new full-time faculty were there, and one of our two one-year full-time replacements was also. It was to run from 5:00 to 7:30, but folks stayed till after 8:00, and that was OK.

We received some sprinkles of rain in our area an hour or so before the event, but it cleared by start time. We heard that Carl Junction & Webb City got a deluge for a good half hour. We had only a brief shower.

A good time was had by all. It was the first of many such events in the future, we hope.