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We’re leaving for Nova Scotia a bit earlier than we expected, so we’re racing around the house (and Sydney’s racing to the garden) to get everything ready to go: garden, food, cat, clothes, bills, correspondence, work–and trying to keep a … Continue reading →

Our charmed travel continued today, when our return trip took only a few minutes longer than our drive to the city.  We got home nice and early, got to unpack and have dinner, and then headed to the garden–where Sydney … Continue reading →

I’m currently on a little academic high: my paper went over very well yesterday (and my advisor was impressed), and I just learned by email that I had another paper accepted to a conference in November. Sydney, meanwhile, is still … Continue reading →

After a surprisingly quick drive in (4 hours and 20 minutes), we’re now in our hotel room on West 57th Street in Manhattan. Lincoln Tunnel was a bit clogged up, but the roads were pretty much wide open everywhere else. … Continue reading →

It’s the day before I’m due to give a paper in Manhattan, and I’m starting to think we’re going to make it, crazy as it seems to take an infant into the city.  We have clothes for for all three … Continue reading →

Taco Salad – Lettuce (from Sydney’s little garden next to the house) – A mixture of beans, onions, peppers, all from Sydney’s garden last year – Cilantro, which Sydney found growing yesterday at the same part of the garden where … Continue reading →

Sydney (according to report) successfully presented his second paper of the week.  Now we’re hoping for a bit of down time and gardening and papering time before we head off to another conference next week.  Then we’re taking a break … Continue reading →

A stuffy nose has meant that Katherine has been shorting sleep this past week and needing constant holding every other day.  And it’s rained most of the time, so walks have been sparse; having been caught out in the rain … Continue reading →