Twenty Years Ago…

February 7, 2013

Twenty years ago today (January 31) my first husband, Rick Tenenoff and our co-workers Mark Rich and Dave Mankins were kidnapped and never seen by us again. There was sporadic contact with the guerilla rebels the first year and many efforts to obtain their release over the ensuing 8 years. However, these efforts were unsuccessful […]

Linguistics Class

June 17, 2010

These are the students that were in my class this past semester. They are currently on a summer break. We will all be getting together in August in Oklahoma to begin a practicum. They will use the skills they learned in the classroom to do a preliminary analysis of the Cherokee language. We will all be […]

A One-Eyed Summer

September 17, 2009

This summer has not turned out as we had planned. Near the end of May I noticed a new distortion in the vision in my left eye and was diagnosed with a macular hole. This was treated with a surgical procedure called a vitrectomy. Then, there were several complications and more surgery followed by numerous […]