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Am now back from a week in LA, presenting and listening (and learning) at the National Reading Conference. The best thing about conferences is the connections you can make — seeing good friends again, and talking through new ideas and existing research. The very best are those conversations that happen informally (all right, all right — often in the hotel bar) when we’ve all had a chance to digest the many things we’ve seen. And even better, I realize how lucky I am to have friends from all over the country. We threw quite a party one night in honor of technology and literacy that made new friends all over the place. I saw many people I miss seeing more regularly and set to rest some old ghosts. So a bit of shouting out, namely –

• Congratulations to Ruby on her engagement to a good guy who gave her a stellar ring
• Thanks to Gloria for being a great roommate and co-host of the cocktail party at the end of the hall, and cheers to her first NRC
• Laurie, Sarah, Julie — you’re so close and I was so very impressed with your papers and thinking. Our field is in good shape with people like you coming into it — and I’m excited to see what happens next for you and all of us
• As always thanks to Chuck and Don and Kevin for all your support and thoughts and funny notes at the right times in the sessions

There will be another conference before too long and the high on this one will last for a while. I’ve got all kinds of new ideas to play with. *grin*

December 4th, 2006 | Category: Uncategorized | Subscribe to comments | Leave a comment | Trackback URL