our winter

So over the winter when I have not been posting on the blog - I have kept busy - my winter started with theater and ballet and went on from there to concerts (classical and otherwise) - then classes and travel- and many meals and social engagements - 

meals included Outstanding in the Field again this year-

and we also went to the rodeo- my first time-

and I went back to school.  This year I found many classes I wanted to take and although that is a big time commitment- here they are:

At OLLI (lifelong Learning) I am taking three winter classes - 

and three spring term classes- 

 back to school.... and symphony season  - and the Jewish Film Festival 

also saw a number of shows at Fogartyville this winter- here are just two 

got in two wine dinners during the weekend of the canceled Forks n Corks- 

saw a whole season of ballet - and performance by Martha Graham Dance Company - 

So I have been busy despite not blogging - or perhaps it is more - not blogging because of being busy... alas- it matters not because this is a taste of our winter activities and serves merely as my "memory bank for later" LOL....

Oh yes- and school

so while I was doing all those other things as well as moving I also was going to class.  I am taking a spring semester class at Ringling College - thirteen weeks regular spring term... three credit hours (if you are matriculated- which I am not LOL)

here is where we are headed LOL for my class on skyscrapers- it is basically from Chicago to Shanghai

First a bit about my school-
it is quite impressive and also very expensive (I am given to understand) but when you see where the graduates are heading on career paths I guess many would consider good value-

below a quote from Sony Pictures IMAGEWORKS

so you can see it is a school creating practical talent- and last year we learned in a lecture unrelated to Ringling College that the NSA has been hiring RC grads to do graphic interface of massive data collected that business types need help interpreting- so lots of possibilities exist for post college positions apparently...

Any way - back to my course- the name of the course is Skyscrapers: From America to Asia

so here have been the opening slides for the lectures so far-

each lecture has been incredibly full of information but a detail level no possible to do quick summaries here -

today we did FL Wright and the Skyscraper - but the slides have not yet been posted... so no cover slide yet- but we go on to the third and fourth skyscraper ages along with green movement and suburbanization (the opposition movements) before the end of class April 30th... so I have lots more to come in class and will let you know as it evolves... but thought it would be useful to show I have not been twiddling my thumbs here during the time i was not posting...LOL - as if moving wasn't enough!