This week has been quite frustrating.  Because of a hip injury, I spent most of last Monday at the Union Hospital, and then the rest of the week confined to home on crutches.  Fortunately, living on campus, I was able to teach my classes (in my somewhat crowded living room!), my correspondence and paperwork were delivered and collected by the janitor twice each day, and I was even able to conduct the Head of House interviews in my living room on Tuesday afternoon.  Chairing Wednesday afternoon’s staff meeting was, of course, not possible in my home, but relocating the meeting to Room 106 meant I could drive to the Courtyard and walk the short

distance to the meeting using crutches.  As you might imagine, my number of e-mails - already high under normal circumstances - skyrocketed this week.  On the positive side, being largely confined to home was a good opportunity to clean out some stale food from our kitchen cupboards.

By Friday afternoon, my hip had recovered to the point that I tried walking without the crutches.  Although still very tender, walking did prove to be possible.  With the confidence of that experience, I walked to the Courtyard yesterday evening for the biennial North American Cultural Evening.

And I was so glad that I did!  The two-hour long cultural performances were vibrant, energetic, diverse and thoroughly entertaining.  They gave an excellent insight into the varied cultures of North America as well as providing amusement, commentary, laughter and reflection.  Unfortunately, after standing for two hours taking photos, my hip began flaring up once again, but I don’t really mind as I would not have missed the performances for anything!

I have assembled a gallery of 66 images of the cultural performances - please have a look at the images of this sensational event HERE.