and also signed Alice Chang up to be chair of the mathematics department.
One day I had a lunch for Matt Botvinick (Psychology), Olga Troyanskaya (Computer Science and LSIIG), Susana Draper (Comparative Literature), Angus Deaton (Economics and Woodrow Wilson School), Mike Littman (Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, and Jennifer Widner (Politics and Woodrow Wilson School).
and also signed Alice Chang up to be chair of the mathematics department.
This seemed to make everyone happy so the next week, the teachers decided to give the kids the day off, so I went walking along the canal from Erwina, Pa. to Frenchtown, NJ
with Ben and John as we walked over the ice
that broke almost like glass shattering
before we came to the path to Uhlerstown
and looked back at where we had come from
and where we were heading
and so went on to the next lock
up the icy hill
and admired the covered bridge from the side
as well as from the front
and we read the history of the Canal and the town (which had changed its name from the other sign
but we still looked down at the road going forward towards New Jersey
and stopped to break the ice that had accumulated on the field
throwing rocks as we did.
Next thing we knew, we were at the bridge
and making our way across to New Jersey
with some artistic photos of the bridge grillework
before we went to the Frenchtown Cafe
and made our way in where we found this collection sign in the bathroom
as Ben
John
and I
ordered our drinks
and then Ben's sandwich
John's burger
and my quesadilla arrived
so that after a photo of the Frenchtown Inn
we were ready to once again capture the grillework on the bridge
before getting to the road signs on the other side
and the sign welcoming us to Pennsylvania
where the road was closed
but Ben and John ran down it
as we admired the field once more
before we saw the geese
and the requests for silence
as we got back onto the tow path and took pictures of the canal
along with its ducks
and headed down the path which had less snow but ski paths
and made our way to the lock mechanism
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and then we made our way back
past the fork in the canal
where the waters merged
and recorded the path we had been on
as well as the story of the canal.
