Category: General

  • Well, begin the next great chapter!

    Hi there intrepid readers, it’s been years since I checked in, maybe I’ll be better, who knows? Here we are, finally fully relocated to North Carolina, after a long stretch of having a separated household. In the spring Mrs Bear landed a new job, teaching in Charlotte at Northeastern University, which she started at came…

  • Autumn Again

    It’s been a full summer. Maria’s had some great time off and done some fun geocaching adventures. She also wrote a work-book for one of her class-sequences at King’s, which is now being applied to her entry level students. Sure to  have some revisions as she goes but there is hope to be able to…

  • Settling into PA

    Well here we are. Who knew that we would find a place in so short a time, all of three days after arriving in Wilkes-Barre! We’ve been very busy these first days, now all of 1.5 weeks into our relocation, we have in a very short span managed to do a lot of things… Drove…

  • and life continues

    Good Stuff Maria’s accepted the job in PA, if you hadn’t heard, so the Bear Cave will be relocating to points northerly. Maria will be starting up there in August and heading up there late July / Early August. I’ll be following, probably. Starting sometime this spring/summer I’ll be doing the Real Job Search as…

  • Pennsylvania?

    Is it possible that we will move to Pennsylvania?  That is the current question of the hour.  I just got back from an interview at a small, Catholic liberal arts college in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania.  I think that it went well.  So we begin to comtimplate what it would mean to move there.  The biggest concern…

  • Another week another wackiness

    Well, word from the home front is both bad and good. That would be home as in Mom and Pop. Seems Dad has another “episode” which landed him in the hospital. This time in a trauma center in Baltimore, and thankfully for a lot shorter time. Within a few days he was back at Brinton…

  • New Digs

    Adjusting to change can be difficult but sometimes it’s just good.  I say this because we are starting to get settled into our new digs and are enjoying the view.  I thought I would share with you the view I had on Friday.  This picture was taken around lunchtime.

  • Happy New Year!!

    I can’t believe that 2009 is here already.  While it didn’t start with a bang, it’s going to be interesting none-the-less.  I wanted to start the new year with a new entry that wishes everybody a Happy New Year!  Hope your year is as amazing as I expect ours to be.

  • Change is in the air!!

    October 28, 2008 marked the beginning of big changes in our lives.  It was the day that I successfully defended my dissertation.  As the next phase of our lives begin, we have sold the house that we have lived in for the past 9 years and are adjusting to being back in an apartment.  Additionally,…