2011 in review

December 27, 2011

Blogdom, I hope you had a really wonderful Christmas, if Christmas is your thing. We’ve been hunkering down at home, getting over colds and contracting new ones, and preparing for the World’s Busiest Next Two Months. I go back to work tomorrow, and I’m sad to bid farewell to this vacation. I was going to [...]

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It’s all French to me (scalloped potatoes)

December 15, 2011

It’s 8:30 a.m., and I’m sitting at home in my bathrobe, nursing a cup of tepid coffee. I’ll be working tonight until midnight, so I’m not going in until lunchtime, when we’ll be having our staff Christmas party. I’m bringing potatoes gratin, which I pronounce differently than everyone else in the universe, it seems. They [...]

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Hey! It’s a new post!

December 12, 2011

So, I took an unplanned blogging break, the longest one ever in the history of this website. And the longer it got, the harder I searched my brain for something to write about. I’m writing today – just writing, no pictures – for the first time in about a month and a half. This is largely [...]

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Blog Share!

November 15, 2011

Good morning! It’s time for another Blog Share! The post below was written by someone else. Likewise, I have a post somewhere else on the internet. The full list of participants is at the bottom of this page.   Let’s start with an honest disclaimer. My in-laws are always nice to me. They include me [...]

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Awhile, crocodile

November 10, 2011

It’s been one. Awhile, I mean. So, I’m turning 31 on Saturday. The lead-up to my birthday has always been a time of Major Self Reflection, so this year has been something of a surprise. While there are things I’d like to work on, I’m honestly shocked by how very calm and happy I’ve felt [...]

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