Sample lessons as of late ...

Often, when I learn something exciting, or am working on a project that excites me, I become most excited to share more about it with others. It occurred to me that this blog would be a great venue to share my academic papers, informal classes, and other little lessons along the way.

For example, my latest project: CHEESE!! A housemate of mine and I are taking a two-class cheese-making course, learning to make both soft and hard cheeses. I've already begun experimenting ... click on the photo below to find your way to my photos ...

In the meantime, I am working on figuring out how to make it possible for folks to access a few papers I've written for my classes. I find them very interesting, though it is frustrating to put so much effort and interest into something with only a judgment at the end, rather than feedback that could turn into an actual conversation. I suppose I can only consider them exercises for the real thing one day.