Coming up for air

To misquote a famous poet, "November is the cruelest month." This one has been from my perspective as a blogger, anyway.
The demands of planning two big campus events have caused my dispatches from paradise to become fewer and farther between. That doesn't mean our Lake Havasu City campus has become any less paradisaical - the opposite, in fact.
The campus is proud to welcome to our gallery the traveling exhibit "Our Fathers, Our Grandfathers, Our Heroes: the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II." We're just the sixth site in the state - and the only in northwestern Arizona - to host this important educational exhibit, which recounts the story of how Navajo Marines used their native language to baffle the Japanese during the Pacific War.
The exhibit's curator, Zonnie Gorman - daughter of an original Code Talker - will kick things off with a lecture Dec. 1 at 3 p.m. in our 600 building. That will be followed by a reception to mark the exhibit's opening from 5-7 p.m. in the gallery. The public will be able to view the show through Dec. 18, when we close for winter break, and from Jan. 4-8.
On Dec. 3 the campus will transform into a holiday paradise as we as we host our annual lighting extravaganza, MCC Shines. The merry open house will happen Dec. 3 from 5-7 p.m. and include music, treats and photos with Santa with the climax of the evening being the moment Santa flips the switch that turns MCC into a twinkling fairy land. OK, maybe I'm overstating things, but it ought to be a lot of fun.
With great events like these going on, I'm counting on December being better.