I thought I’d just share a few updates on Plan G; think of this as sort of an update FAQ, if you will. 

1. Chris had been waiting to hear about two grant proposals that were pending in Europe, with decisions due on both in January.  Unfortunately, the news wasn’t positive for either one, so now the job hunting begins in earnest.

BTW, if you’re curious about what Chris does for a living, his website has been newly updated with more information about some of  his cool interactive visualizations of language data. You can check it out here: http://www.chrisculy.net. (BTW, if you do check it out and see a typo or click on a link that doesn’t seem to work, please let me know.)

2. So what does the job hunting entail? At the moment, this means lots of looking on the internet and sending out emails. All of that, of course, can be done from anywhere,  which means we’re able to stay put here in Vancouver for a little while longer.  We’ll be here until the end of the month.

3. On March 1st, though, the Plan G tour heads  south, at least as far as Seattle.  Seattle will then become our base for job hunting for at least a couple of months.

4. For my part,  I’m trying to work on my book project on early American women photographers (circa 1850-1925).  My first task is to set up a website with some information sheets (which I’m calling SnapSheets™) with photos and stories about all  the interesting women photographers I’ve discovered in my research the last few months. These are women who ran photography studios as early as 1850,  and did quite a lot with photography, but hardly anyone talks about them, and they never seem to make it into the history books.

Here are a couple of ideas/working titles for a website about these women – see what you think:

1. Title: Photos, Pistols and Parasols
Tagline: Celebrating early women photographers 1850-1925

2. Title: Enterprising Ladies, Adjusting the Negative
Tagline: Celebrating early women photographers with élan
(Note: the acronym of title #2 is ELAN)

I’m interested in getting feedback on those two names, so let me know what you think (either in a comment here or in an email).

Anyway, the basic update is that Chris and I are here in Vancouver for a couple more weeks. While we’re here,  we will continue to enjoy sampling the wide-variety of food on offer,  as well as the opportunity to catch up with more old friends and acquaintances.

And the view. We will definitely continue to enjoy the view.    Here’s what it looked like the other morning from our window, as a fog that had socked us in completely overnight finally rolled out as the sun came up:

Foggy Harbour, Photo #1

Foggy in the Harbour, Photo #2

Click on the following photo a couple of times to get it to the largest size, and then see if you can spot all the birds in the fog. In the addition to the 2 in the front, there is a string of birds in the cloud to the right above the trees.

Flying through the Fog, Vancouver

Nice, eh?

Yup, I’m definitely going to enjoy this view a little while longer.