We went out this evening to the Breadstore, a pleasing little restaurant just off campus. Several of us were taken with the idea of their strawberry salad,
a good choice as the temperature rose again today, as did the humidity. This may be the last in this run of hot and humid days, tonight the clouds were piling up in the west, which made for a beautiful sunset, but is likely to end in rain shortly. As if to herald this change the breeze was blowing up as we left the Breadstore, cooling our walk back.
Suzanne Gannon joined the Bristol ‘home team’ for supper, and no doubt will be helping us tomorrow to fly post the Union building, to advertise our sessions, and particularly the Spotlight, which showcases several streams of work ongoing at the Centre.
There was some excitement on the walk to the Breadstore when we saw a Cardinal bird,
bright red and crested. It makes a pleasant change to see more wildlife, there seemed to be very few birds and small mammals about in
Earlier a different type of excitement as we discovered that the campus computer store had a supply of iPads. Ann, Sue, Suzanne and Glenn all fell to temptation and for the rest of the day were heard explaining to anyone who would listen just how useful a tool the iPad would be for their research. Glenn has added iPad setting-up and wi-fi connecting to the list of invaluable services that he provides to the UoB community abroad.
One of the things I have particularly valued over the last few days has been the sharing about what to expect from QI from some of those who have been here before. Its been reassuring for those of us who are QI virgins to hear from Viv, Jane and Artemi how their sessions have gone in past years, and to know that we will be supporting and encouraging each other in and out of sessions, while also having the space to develop our own ways of engaging with the conference and the wider community here.
Sue
Awake in the night (again) I come across this wonderful couple of blog entries from Ann and Sue and for some reason am reminded that in his first week in office as president Ronald Reagan urged the American people not to give money to the homeless or feed the squirrels (two sides of the same un-American coin?). He said nothing about red cardinals though.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to suggest that about October time those of us who are interested offer a workshop to CeNTraL students/colleagues who are considering coming to QI to encourage papers and help people thnk through the practicalities.
ReplyDeleteCould be a long lunch !