A good win

Last Wednesday afternoon, I received some once-in-a-lifetime news via text. “Carolyn did it! She won the Nobel!!” The text, which came at 4:31 pm Irish Time, was from my friend and former colleague, Asia, and indeed, it was true. My former boss, Prof. Carolyn Bertozzi, had just been awarded the Nobel Prize for Chemistry. It …

Welcome Spring

My thoughts are a jumble these days, thus why I have not done much writing.  If you could open my brain, it would look like that corner drawer in your kitchen, overflowing with nails and screws, dried up glue and birthday candles, tangled string and electrical cords that belong to something, pens that don't work …

The Wind Cries Mary(ann)

The last time I saw Jamie Cullum in concert was October 2006, at The Murat Egyptian Room in Indianapolis.  It was mere days before I was to meet Frank, and I was definitely in a bit of a funk. It had not been a kind year, in love terms, and the lead up to the …