Susan Munroe

Finally!  Let’s get a big YEE HAW from the middle of Dubois, Wyoming (DOO-boys – pronounce it in the French fashion at your own risk).  The town is small (900 souls) and high (6,900 feet above seal level), but it’s got a library with wireless internet access.  I’ve been here for two weeks, and I’ve [...]

We’ve gained nearly four hours of daylight in the two and a half weeks that I’ve been here.  25 minutes per day.  The official sunrise for today was 8:52 AM; the sunset was officially over at 4:55 PM, an hour ago.  But, as the sun itself has yet to make an appearance above the horizon, “rise” and “set” [...]

I feel I should begin this entry with a moment of silence. Perhaps two. Maybe three moments will allow me to collect my thoughts and begin to put words to the last week.  In this quiet time, imagine that you cannot speak.  You can barely even think.  When you look out the window there is nothing but [...]

It’s like freshmen orientation for the coolest university in the world.  The students are older and the focus is neither intellectual nor academic, but on Sunday I looked around and found that I had been returned to the world of classrooms and cliques.  Like freshmen year, I’m on the verge of a new community, watching [...]