Final talk

Today I gave my final speech in the Senate Chamber on "Silences in Russian". There were fewer people present than at my talk for the Department of Linguistics. But they were interested in the subject and asked a lot of questions after my talk. Some came up with intriguing topics for a new project, such as The History of Silence. Afterwards, we went to Earls near campus. The Ukrainian-Russian-Polish-Austrian group enjoyed some very good food and excellent Australian wine. I am glad that my academic duties are over now, so to speak, and I and my family will enjoy two days in the Rockies. We are off to Banff tomorrow morning.