In spring semester 1986 I took my first sabbatical leave.

In late October, 1983, I first met Sally Winkle at the home of Olivia Caulliez,

Gonzaga Universitygranted me two years’ credit for my experience as Assistant Visiting Professor at Oregon and South Dakota, so I went up early for tenure in academic year 1981-1982.

In early August 1978 I set out with our loaded van for Spokane—

In a way, the replacement position at the University of South Dakota was another step back.

The insecurity of my employment status was beginning to take its toll on our marriage.

We packed up our VW bus and left Vermont on 12 August 1974 on the first of what would turn out to be at least a dozen transcontinental trips,

My MA thesis on the Irasburg Affair, completed in December 1971, won the Vermont Bar Association Prize, but I never collected my $50 prize.

Steffi and Trina spent the academic year 1970-1971 with me in Burlington at an apartment at 43 South Winooski Avenue, within walking distance of the UVM campus.

One of my colleagues at Lake Region Union High School was young Howard Frank Mosher,