The more I grow, the more I realize that home isn't a place, but a sense of being.  The holidays were great.  There was warmth, laughter, and a whole lot of good food :)

Here are some more pictures I failed to post! Click on the links, I don't want to re-post :)

Party at the Lopez's  (Upland)
Pineds' family is amazingly vibrant.  They sure know how to ( Read more... )

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I was reading a NY Times article on the Israel-Gaza war today and it struck me how narrow one article could be, and how words can offer a glimpse, but not the whole story.

From: New York Times: In Israel, A Consensus That Gaza War Is A Just One

But voices of dissent in this country have been rare. And while tens of thousands have poured into the ( Read more... )

After 5 years in the field, Nines knows what she's talking about.  If you've ever wondered what goes on behind the bylines, maybe it's time to find out. :)

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For some odd reason, I found myself researching glaciers. Contrary to my belief, they aren't all in Greenland.  One of them is actually in Argentina, South America.

Geologists say glacier formation don't happen just once, it's actually a part of a very long cycle and, if humans weren't perpetrating a manufactured global warming, we'd be facing ( Read more... )

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