Over the past several days, we fought and clawed and wriggled our way out from under a mountain of student papers. It wasn’t easy and at times a little painful, but we got through it and we’re finally breathing fresh air again. You will be happy, or perhaps completely indifferent, to know that some students actually seemed to learn a thing or two.

At any rate, our burden has been lifted and we’re feeling free.

There is a little bit of news to catch up on. There’s been a lot of construction activity on our property the past week or so (and absolutely none in a lot of places). And we’ve got lots of pictures and video to share with you, hopefully today. In the meantime, here are a few items of note:

• Susan Bromley’s most recent article about the Brandon-Enbridge agreement. Since this article– just this past Friday, we’re told– Brandon and Enbridge did sign their final agreement. We have not seen it yet. Enbridge started work again that very day.
• The Groveland Township fire department received an Enbridge grant, which they used to buy a new gas detector. We’re glad to hear this (especially since we told the Groveland Fire department way back in August that they should be applying for these grants. Every other township on the route should be doing the same!)
• Some important meetings will be taking place down in Indiana this week. Today, the Department of Environmental Management is holding a public meeting. We know that our friends from Save the Dunes will be there, as will, I’m sure, friends from the National Wildlife Federation. We hope also that landowners are taking an interest in these matters. We’ll report back on any developments as information comes our way.
• Finally, we have a moderately positive story to tell about Enbridge “responsiveness.” We aren’t ready to dress up in our camos and pose for any Enbridge-promoting photographs, but we do tell the truth around here, so in a separate post today we will give a bit of credit where credit is due.

We hope all of our wonderful readers are enjoying these balmy pre-holiday days!