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With the Faculty Development Grant I was awarded in Fall 2012, I was able to purchase a new 13" MacBook Pro, replacing the ailing seven-year-old computer I had been using; I will use the laptop not only for all of my actual writing, but also for project research. Maybe it’s stating the obvious, but as a writer, the computer is my most basic tool; and I’m grateful that I will be able to have a new working laptop set up and ready to go as I embark on my sabbatical semester in Spring 2013. I will be traveling for research, and also spending time at the Djerassi Resident Artists Program in Northern California.