a first!

i hate covering up aunt robin's loverly bday post--so scroll down and post there. but i did just want to share some good news. check out this table of contents for a forthcoming book on adaptation and pedagogy:

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Foreword
Deborah Cartmell

Introduction
Dennis Cutchins, Laurence Raw and James M.Welsh

Section 1: Mapping the Field
How To Teach Film Adaptations, and Why
Thomas Leitch

Section 2: Adaptations in the Classroom
Frankenstein’s Monstrous Influences: Investigating Film Adaptations in Secondary Schools
Nathan Phillips
Adapting Composition, Arguing Adaptation: Using Adaptation in the Composition Classroom
Natalie Jones Loper
A Monster Course and a Course of Monsters
Anna Bennion
Oh My, They’ve Killed Socrates! Teaching Adaptations via South Park
Katrina Bondari
Sighting the Whale and the Rights of Man: Teaching with Film Adaptations of the Novels of Herman Melville
Robert McParland
Teaching Adaptation via Intertextuality: The Stepford Wives, Post-Feminism and Avant-Garde Cinema
Walter Metz
Life Without a Primary Text: The Hydra in Adaptation Studies
Jennifer M.Jeffers

Section 3: Adapting in the Classroom
Pedagogy in Intermedial Adaptations
Freda Chapple
Adapting Wilde for the Performance Classrom: No Small Parts
Frances Babbage
“It Must All Change Now:” Victor Hugo’s Lucretia Borgia and Adaptation
Richard J.Hand
Never Seek to Tell Thy Love: E-Adapting Blake in the Classroom
Richard Berger
Adaptation and Creative Writing: Brokeback Mountain on the London Underground
Mark O’Thomas
Towards a Pedagogy for Teaching Adaptation
Laurence Raw and Sevgi Şahin
Writing the Adaptation: Teaching an Upper Division Course for the Screenwriter
Diane Lake

Section 4: Adapting the Classroom
Why Adaptations Matter to Your Literature Students
Dennis Cutchins
Adaptability: Questioning and Teaching Fidelity
James M.Welsh
Teaching Adaptation, Adapting Teaching, and the Ghosts of Fidelity
Peter Clandfield
Whose Life Is It, Anyway? Adaptation, Collective Memory and (Auto)Biographical Processes
Suzanne Diamond
The Numbers Game: Quantifying the Audience
Alexis Weedon
Teaching Radio Drama Adaptations
Elke Huwiler
The Pleasures of ‘Theatre Film’: Stage to Film Adaptation
Milan Pribisic


my first publication!! huzzah!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROBIN

I love Robin, our first born, with all the love a father can give.

I love the way she makes lemonade out of the lemons she receives from life.

I love her determination that has served her well in overcoming some bumps along her way.

I love the way she has made each day memorable in some very special way.

Robin had more experiences in her first thirty years than anyone else I know and came out the wonderful person I adore.

Robin's smile and laugh brighten every occasion and brings tears of happiness to my eyes as I remember all the times that smile, that laugh made my day complete.

Robin is a great mother, auntie and wife.

Her talents are manifold and she exercises them always.

I love you Robbie with all my heart, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Papa Bear turns 60!

Happy Birthday to the Papa Bear -
I love Richard because
* he is such a good man who will move heaven and earth to do what is right.
* he has taught me the best lessons which include - getting mad does no good, service to others is good for the soul, material things are just things and shouldn't have a hold on our hearts, don't put off a good deed....do it now even if it is a stretch.
* he does not give up easily on a good idea (this has been a tug o war at times, but I have learned the most from Richard here :)
*he is funny
*he is handsome
*he is a great Dad
*he is a great in law to my family
*he is a terrific worker
*he is a great doctor
*he is full of interesting ideas and is a great sounding board
*he is unafraid of big undertakings
*he is a great and creative cook
*he is wise
*he is interested in my ideas and listens well.
*he asks how my day went and is really interested in the answer.
*he lights up whenever he is with our children or grandchildren.
*he loves to hear good news.
*he is not all work and no play - he loves to have fun and is even willing to waste time here and there.
*he is intelligent and could always help the children with their most difficult homework.
*he taught me to "let up" and "chill" on my expectations for our children when they were little...straight A's in kindergarten weren't going to determine career success.
*he values family - past, present and extended
*he is my number one supporter - he is ALWAYS there to support and carry part of the burden of whatever cause, club, or church calling is in my basket!
*he is my favorite companion on earth
I am so lucky to married to my best friend....happy 60th birthday to the silver fox!

Oregon Zoo Photos of the Animals

Fun shots of the animals. I just noticed we were Northern Hemispheric on this trip.

Beaverton Bennion Clan

We went to the zoo. Below are pics of the kids.