Mastodawn

🎉 Happy news! It's official. I have a contract for my forthcoming book, Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution (current title) with @uwapress.bsky.social (2026). 🌌🌃💡

#lightpollution #ALAN #darkness #night #envhist #envhum #histsci #histtech #histSTM #sts

Sara Pritchard Jan 8, 2024

Proofs returned!
Excited that my _Environmental Humanities_ article will soon be out. Not an easy read (in terms of content), but I hope it will help inspire deep reflection and hard conversations.
#lightpollution #ALAN

Sara Pritchard Dec 6, 2023

I'm not sure if this "ask for letters of rec for the academic job market after at least one round of triage" is much better.
Now I get random, unexpected requests with short turn around.

Sara Pritchard Nov 20, 2023

Always amazes me how a run can help disentangle tangled thinking-writing 🏃

Sara Pritchard Nov 16, 2023

Onto next chapter... 💪
Academic triathlon...
#lightpollution #ALAN

Sara Pritchard Nov 14, 2023

Favorite phrase:
"I know you're on sabbatical, but ..."

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Sara Pritchard Nov 11, 2023

Compounded by astounding comments like (none are made up):
- "At least you don't have kids."
- "But you aren't doing 24/7 care, right?"
- "But online access makes so many things easier."
- "You should be grateful that you have more time with your loved one [with dementia]."
- "You should be grateful for XYZ."
- "Tell me one good thing."

Sara Pritchard Nov 11, 2023

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/09/well/family/caregivers-anger-illness.html

Tip of iceberg:
"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which calls caregivers the 'backbone' of long-term home care in the United States, has warned that caregivers face many risks — anxiety and depression, chronic health conditions and financial strain, to name just a few. Yet experts said many caregivers feel they cannot speak openly about their frustration and anger." ... (1/2)

Coping With Anger as a Family Caregiver

Looking after a sick family member can mean putting your own life on hold, often with little recognition or outside support.

The New York Times

Sara Pritchard Nov 7, 2023

Need. To. Write. One. More. Section. For.
This.
Chapter.

OUF

Sara Pritchard Oct 30, 2023

TFW you are citing a paper from the Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, and current Sara is laughing at what past Sara would have thought.

STS Cornell	https://sts.cornell.edu/sara-b-pritchard
Transforming Night: The History and Science of Light Pollution	https://uwapress.uw.edu/book/9780295755267/transforming-night/