It is now 8pm in Birmingham, England. I've been up for 33 hours and won't be able to get to bed for another two hours. I traveled from Dayton to Chicago to Brussels and on to Birmingham. I had very little trouble along the way. I even ended up with an empty seat next to me on the transatlantic flight. What a godsend. I happened to meet up with a couple on their way to Woodbrooke and we shared a taxi. The taxi was too tiny for me to be able to sit back on the seat. I sort of hung on the edge of the seat. My leg feel asleep by the end of the trip. It was hugely expensive; we're told it was probably twice what it should have cost us.

There are many colleagues here at Woodbrooke for FAHE representing Earlham College and Earlham School of Religion. Then there's a handfull of Earlham alums. We've had a good beginning. Now if I can just get some sleep. Even my laptop batteries are about dead.