We are approaching that time of year where I can get a parking space right outside of my office and wear shorts and sandals to work because no one is here. #SchoolsOutForSummer

HAPPER CALLED GAME.

BALLGAME! #gocubsgo

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

Go green!!

feeling like I just got in under the wire, but my student loans were forgiven a couple of weeks ago! I of course missed the email.

“In a lot of ways, it takes us back to our late 20s and 30s, being players. And the stories just continue and pick right up as if I saw them last week." The Cubs are thrilled to have Ryno in camp this spring, and a couple of his old friends made a surprise visit this weekend. Story ⤵️

My childhood heroes.

Very excited to welcome @prorogers.bsky.social to @wakeforest.bsky.social today!

I got to be in my happy place this weekend. Even though it was snowing. Montpelier is always centering for me.

Just another day on campus….#godeacs

My office building is directly next to the athletic building, and my window looks out on a parking lot…I spend a lot of the day watching student athletes’ cars getting parking tickets. Not feeling confident this person who parked in the handicapped spot, already with a ticket, is gonna make it.

The Internet Archive has to date downloaded 500 terabytes of US government websites, which it crawls at the end of every presidential term. The whole archive is fully searchable. This effort's housed by a donation-funded nonprofit, not a branch of the US government. blog.archive.org/2024/05/08/e...

Well the flu is not fun.

Any day UNC loses is a good day, particularly when one of my teams beats them. Great win by the Deacs!! #godeacs

Didn’t realize the deferred money could be invested by the dodgers. This essentially means they are taking interest free loans from the players who they’ve convinced to defer their salaries. What a sham. apple.news/AiK9iDDe6SXi...

A new special issue of the Journal of Field Archaeology on heritage and climate change: www.tandfonline.com/toc/yjfa20/5... Guest edited by Elinor Graham, Vibeke Vandehei Martens, and Sara Ayers-Rigsby.

I’m getting real tired of the dodgers.

The Ryne Sandberg video got me. That man was my hero growing up, hands down, no competition.

Huge thanks to New South Associates, who is providing expertise, equipment, and training so I can build this skillset in GPR, and get Black cemeteries in our community the GPR they need. This is part of a North Carolina Humanities Grant we received to document 4 acres of the Odd Fellows Cemetery…

GPR. GPR. GPR.

Still processing this one, that I finished last night. I might have to reread the last chapter. Would recommend!

I am super excited that renowned scholar @prorogers.bsky.social is coming to @wakeforest.bsky.social for our 1st book talk in African American Studies. It will be at the @zsrlibrary.bsky.social on Feb 13, moderated by my colleagues Claire Crawford & Daniel Henry. events.wfu.edu/event/book-t...

Oh man. Legend indeed. Few people in the world loved this beautiful game like Bob Uecker.

2 hour delay tomorrow. For goodness sake. I've been willing to give North Carolinians some slack because I know they don't have the infrastructure to handle snow, and I understand ice. But come on now. It's basically gone. Our kids need to go to school.

Someone go get this job. Any opportunity to hang out with Ed is one you should take.

I want to bump this again. Two former @wakeforest.bsky.social students attended #SHA2025, and each expressed immense gratitude for SBA as 1st time conference goers. This is the kind of mentorship and fellowship SBA provides. 🏺Join or Donate: www.societyofblackarchaeologists.com

“I’m never going to know anything when I grow up” says my child upon learning that, once again, she has a snow day tomorrow. Folks, they’ve had 2 days of school of the seven since winter break ended. And one of those was a field trip to the children’s museum.

I am a very proud member of SBA, and would encourage you to support this important organization. Its essential that those of us who advocate for Black students and colleagues put our money where our mouth is.

@americanair.bsky.social. Figured this was pretty cut and dry. You all clearly bashed my literally brand new Solgaard bag, making an enormous dent on the reinforced metal corner. Like, this takes some work to make this happen. however, you've decided that it's not damaged enough.

On a plane full of archaeologists headed to #sha2025!

Anxious to get to #sha2025 tomorrow. Still have a slide presentation to put together, but papers are in to discussant, and really excited to just see everyone. I miss you all.

Shouldn't everyone have a right to their past? Check out Dr. Jessica Yann’s story on how she completed the first-ever human Ancestral remains repatriation to the Bahamas. anthropology.msu.edu/msu-complete... #repatriation #Bahamas

@mellonfoundation.bsky.social, via the Public Knowledge program, is launching another round of open calls for proposals from community-based archives, this time for general operating support funding. Read the solicitation here: www.mellon.org/article/call...

Who’s headed to #sha2025?

I hate when companies don’t have telephone support service. I’ve been trying to trouble shoot an issue with my kids christmas present via whatsapp and its taken two weeks. I have to reexplain the problem every couple days. Responses take days. Could have been resolved w one phone call.

Just finished Josh Ritter’s The Great Glorious Goddamn of It All. Really enjoyed it. The 2nd book I’ve read about an old man reflecting back on his lonely, strange, conflicted life. The other was The Horse by Willy Vlauin. Would recommend them both. 🪓 🌲

Well my new year started with one of my 8 year olds, unprompted, thanking me for doing some yard work today.

Probably the last book I’ll finish this year…my third of Amor Towles this year. The novella, Eve in Hollywood, was fun. I’d read more stories about Eve if he wrote them!

My whole family just jammed on holiday songs. Two ukes, clarinet, fiddle, cajon, tomtoms…all varying skillsets, all having a wonderful time. Highlight of the season so far!!!

Current mood:

Today is the absolute last day to submit your abstract for the Middle Atlantic Archaeological Conference in Gettysburg this March! Due to scheduling, there are not going to be any extensions this year so if you want to present, make sure you get your abstract in by midnight. #archaeology #maac2025

This is a big move. Excited to see the Cubs getting active.

We had a great time introducing and teaching our community partners about the research database for the Odd Fellows Cemetery. Its in its early stages, but we’re beginning the process of inputting almost 10,000 individuals and their death certificates into this database.

Really love using Esri’s Briefings Tool, which is in Storymaps. Its fun to give presentations and not have to leave the slideshow. I can embed maps, websites, and other things so I can stay in one place.

Welp, this is probably not good for the archaeology profession.

This was not the ideal night for me to not sleep.

What a season for these Demon Deacon women. Very proud of our student athletes who continue to prove that they can compete at the highest level while attending the smallest power-4 school in the nation. No small feat. #GoDeacs 🎩 ⚽️

MUSEUM IN A BOX IS HERE.