I'm delighted to be back in Chicago and very much looking forward to Meadville's January convocation and intensive classes. I'm happy to have arrived a day early to get a bit settled in. I have spacious living quarters this time at a brownstone apartment owned by the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, just one block from where our classes are being held.
I feel like I need to do some decorating to make this rather drab and empty apartment come to life as a cozy home for me for the next couple of weeks: