The Canadas

 

 

 1996

 

Spring

 

Florida

Brenda Henry’s Visit

Washington, D.C.

A Taste of Teaching

Ph.D. Exams; or, The Whale

 

Summer

 

A Visit from Jerry and Marge Henry

Williamsburg, Virginia

Ocracoke, North Carolina

Staunton, Virginia

Indiana

Lexington, Virginia

Take Us Out to the Bulls Game

Journal Will Publish Mark’s Article

Hurricane Fran

 

Fall

 

Ashland, Virginia

Charleston, South Carolina

Savannah, Georgia

Washington, D.C.

Updated August 7, 2002
© Canadas 2002

Exams, Job Hunting, and Other Adventures

Having lived away from our families in Indiana since 1992, we took advantage of the new World Wide Web and began posting news and pictures of our life in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, where I was working on my doctorate in English at the University of North Carolina.  As it turns out, we had a lot to report.  In the spring, Lisa continued working at UNC’s Department of Nutrition while I wrote my dissertation, taught composition classes at Carolina and Duke, studied with fellow graduate students in a group called the Junto, and took my Ph.D. written and oral exams.  After I passed those exams, Lisa and I enjoyed a wonderful summer in Chapel Hill, where we relaxed at a house we rented out in the country and took in the many pleasures of one of the country’s premier college towns.  This idyllic life took a turn in September, however, with the arrival of Hurricane Fran, which left us without power and running water for several days.  In the fall, I began looking for a position as an English professor, traveling to conventions in Savannah, Georgia, and Washington, D.C.

 

Over the course of the year, we had the chance to make several pleasure trips, as well.  We spent my spring break in Florida, for example, and celebrated our seventh anniversary with a trip to Ashland, Virginia.  We also had some great experiences in Ocracoke, North Carolina; Charleston, South Carolina; and Stauton, Lexington, and Williamsburg, Virginia.  In addition to visiting our families in Indiana, we had the pleasure of entertaining our parents and one of Lisa’s nieces in North Carolina.