My NOTES originate in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where I have lived since 2020. I was a professor at Penn State for 41 years and in higher education for 51 years. 
These NOTES span topics that reflect a range of ideas, learnings, and challenges that I encounter daily as I sit at a table with my computers in front of the large windows that look over trees, birds, and daily neighborhood activities from my 4th-floor condo in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
David L. Passmore
Figure 1: Pittsburgh at Dusk
© 2022 Fiona Teufel
(Photographed before fireworks display on 4 July 2022)