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Time marches on
My eldest niece announced to us this week that she is engaged ( Read more... ) -
Domestic vacation
Today’s the first day of my spring break, which I plan to spend on a domestic vacation: sewing, relaxing, doing stuff around the house and yard that I don't seem to get to while I'm teaching ( Read more... ) -
"Wellness," part 2
To be honest, I was dreading the biometric screening. I didn't sleep well the night before, and I was steeling myself for a heaping dose of fat-shaming. (If you haven't seen me for some time, like since college, well--I've put on a lot of weight ( Read more... ) -
"Wellness," part 1
My employer announced a new wellness initiative at the end of last year. If we signed up for an exciting! new! wellness! screening opportunity, our insurance premiums would stay the same. Otherwise they would go up $300 ( Read more... ) -
Galileo's Dream
I recently read Kim Stanley Robinson's new novel, Galileo's Dream, and I think it might be his best that I've read. I really enjoyed The Years of Rice and Salt, so when I read about the new novel I figured I would enjoy Robinson working in a historical mode ( Read more... ) -
Goodbye to 2009
2009 has been a momentous year personally ( Read more... ) -
Overdue update
Boy, I have not posted here in a long time. Sorry about that. I think most of you will have seen my somewhat more regular facebook updates. The quick synopsis ( Read more... ) -
Letter to our former neighbors
(I meant to post this shortly after we moved, but got distracted ( Read more... ) -
Phase 1 of the move is complete
The movers came today and took our stuff away. Everything from here on out should be more fun ( Read more... ) -
The Undecorator
I am become The Undecorator. Stuff is coming off of walls and shelves and out of cabinets. Brown Cardboard Box is the new decorative scheme. Walkways through the house have narrowed to barely viable passages, cluttered by boxes or stuff waiting to be packed. On the plus side, most of the books and board games have been packed. I think we're making ( Read more... )