Voice Mail Archives

Past editions of Voice Mail, Beth Dunn's newsletter on writing and voice.

Posts about grad school:

the past is another country

the past is another country

I'll be boarding a plane in a few hours to San Francisco. My company is sending me to a week-long conference that regularly draws over 20,000 attendees. I'll be very busy, and it's tremendously exciting of course, but it does feel a bit strange to be going to a conference and not be presenting anything -- usually I'm involved in some form of public speaking or teaching, so I'm feeling a little at loose ends about it all.

It runs in the family

It runs in the family

I graduated from grad school yesterday, and was officially granted all the rights and privileges, as they say, of the degree of the Master of Business Administration. It was a glorious day, all bright blue sky and golden sparkling water on the Boston waterfront.

energy efficient

It is way too cold in my house. I am all wrapped up in two blankets with my fleece pullover pulled over my chin. I keep trying to convince my boycat to come sit on my feet to warm my toes but he is having none of it.