Early in my graduate career I received the advice to be like a duck–remain serene on the surface all the while paddling like hell underneath. Serenity has never been a strong point of mine, so I’ve come up with a compromise: swim like an otter–dive underwater, paddle like hell, then come crashing to the surface in a completely different place, lolling on your back like you don’t have a care in the world. I’m hoping that the relative quiet here on this blog feels like that to you, dear reader.
Swimming metaphors aside, I’ve been working pretty hard to get the Maeander Project off of the ground. Between project funding and organization hustle and my dissertation, things have been a little crazy. All that aside, I have an incredible debt to the many people who have donated at Kickstarter:
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/colleenmorgan/the-maeander-project-a-digital-archaeological-land
We have 34 backers and are just shy of our half-way point at $2,257.00 out of $5,000.00. We may be getting matching funds, so it’s really important that we make that $5,000 mark–we don’t get any money if we don’t raise it all.
I also want to thank the people who have generously re-tweeted our fundraising link, and who have posted on their own blogs, including:
Sorting out Science, in the #120 edition of Four Stone Hearth
If I missed anyone, please let me know! Our fundraising drive ends on July 15th. If you can’t spare a dollar, spare a link?
Colleen Morgan 
Me thinks you’ve done it! Kickstarter is showing a healthy $5,232 in pledged donations! Well done.
Sorry about my premature congratulations. I’m sure with the experience gained and refunding, you’ll be go for next year. Well set up using Kickstarter as well. Very professional looking site. Proud of you Colleen.