it's a boy!

His first picture. Everything seems to be normal, and the technician said that my due date was probably more like January 10th.

steve and jessie in the paper

The Minneapolis Star Tribune interviewed me about my interviewing Steve. Confusing? A little. But they took a cute picture of us.

Jon got a cool award in Toronto

from Sandy's email:

"This was the conference where J. got award for best student paper of 2004.Don't ask me even the title! But the group that actually understands what he's doing truly liked it! (Of course, he got NO $$$, only a free lunch ticket! So who says there's no such thing as a "free lunch"?)"

Congratulations, Jon!

Parents' Perspective in the Post!

Sandy and Linda were featured in a wonderful article in the Washington Post today.

Congratulations!

movin' on up

Steve has just been named Chair of the English Department at Macalester. It's a big honor with big commitments to go along with it, but I'm pretty excited for him and know that he will be a terrific chair. On the down side, this means that he has to postpone his leave that was scheduled for next spring. On the upside, he gets two course releases next year, which means he'll be teaching two classes in the fall and one in the spring.

In other, less exciting news, I am now experiencing "pregnancy-related nausea," the newer, more accurate term for morning sickness. Oh the joys of the human body!

Steve in Avatar Review

Five poems in Avatar Review's Spring 2005 issue.

Also, our official Estimated Date of Delivery is January 2, 2006. Miraculously, I am still not experiencing nausea. I could, however, sleep all day.

we have news

We're apparently pregnant. Yes, we are excited. No, we don't have an exact due date yet, but it'll probably be around New Year's. I'm off to the doctor tomorrow, at which point we should have a lot more information.

Photos from Amy

Click on any picture to see larger versions at my Flickr page.

Pesach photos

It was fun seeing everyone who was there, and we missed all of you who weren't.

Steve's latest endeavor

Randall Jarrell on W. H. Auden, edited by Steve along with one of his students, is now available. Don't stampede each other trying to get to the bookstore. ;)

Millard Cass Memorial

I have added all of the tributes that were sent to me in the last few weeks. You may view the memorial here:http://www.accommodatingly.com/puh.html
If anyone has any other photos or thoughts to add to the site, please send them to me.

our travels

We just returned from the Women's Final Four in Indianapolis, where we had tons of fun and saw some seriously good basketball. We were also pleasantly surprised at how nice Indianapolis is. There are beautiful parks and museums, and lots of good restaurants, plus our hotel (which we used Priceline to book) was lovely and convenient to everything. We also happened by accident to be staying in the hotel with the winning team.

Steve now heads off to Georgia, where he is visiting Agnes Scott College for the weekend. Jessie will stay home, keep the cats company, and try to catch up on all of her household and work related projects before heading to Connecticut on the 20th.

How's everything with you all?

Jessie in the new Ruminator Review

My only credited byline this month is a review of Maria, Full of Grace. I had my fingers in other areas as well, but anonymously.

You'll have to scroll down this page to read the review.

welcome

This is a blog created for the purpose of keeping the many members of our extended family connected. The family tree includes members of the Burt, Cass, Bennett, Gershkoff, and related families.

If you would like to set up an account to post, just contact jessie.