Creative Non-Fiction Quest

Dianne and I launched Creative Non-Fiction three days ago and today sent the students out onto the ship to do some observations, based on Gerard's five hallmarks of CNF. This is a picture of that class. The students brought back a bevy of responses, which we're reading now. Tomorrow, we leave the ship after nine days onboard; we set out for an island tour of Honolulu.

When I'm not prepping for teaching, or exploring the fauna, I'm preparing for some large group presentations: in two nights for Community College on the New Urbanism, Learning Com's and Shipboard community (CC happens every night on board; the entire community on the ship is invited; in about a week I have a presentation to 700 folks for International Literacy Day; this is a part of the core course Global Studies, which meets every day on board for 75 minutes. And I must be ready Sunday to teach two classes, one on Japanese Literature and the other an exploratory exercise for Intergroup Dialogues. Dianne is attending two classes, the Anthropology of Religion and an Asian Art History class, which she co teaches CNF with me. So, we're busy but having a great time.