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In yesterday’s post I mentioned that my work on the ABS project has been stalled due to the work I am doing on grant applications for my upcoming sabbatical.
Today I think it is fair to say that the ABS project has been temporarily derailed due to the work I am doing on grant applications. Grant applications take a lot of time to write. And since every grant-giving institution requires something a little bit different in its application, it makes it hard to write a boilerplate essay and use it for every grant.
I finished a big proposal today and have one more big proposal to write. I had hoped that I would be able to complete these applications without having to intrude on the time I am devoting to the ABS project, but that is not going to happen. Moreover, sometimes life intrudes on work. My daughter’s volleyball team is preparing for what we all hope will be a nice playoff run and my wife and I are in the process finding a team for her 2015 club season.
I WILL get the train back on the track. Stay tuned. In the meantime, “time” is punishing me.
I do, however, have some good news to report. I just learned that one of our team–Katie Garland, a public history graduate student at the University of Massachusetts–was just appointed to the Religion, Historic Sites, and Museums” working group at the next annual meeting of the National Council for Public History.” Nice work, Katie.
