Monthly Archives: June 2007

After a few days of cataloging new books, filing all the new additions from recent classes (yes, yes, and trips to the library book sale), Sydney and I have finally reshelved all of our books over the three new bookcases.  … Continue reading →

You know how you’re always advised to dress nicely when traveling, so that you get good service?  Well, make sure that you also wear something that you can run in.  I thought I would dress nicely to see Sydney again … Continue reading →

After 2 1/2 weeks away from Ithaca, I’ve come home to husband, cat, and my grown-up life.  As much fun as it was to be a kid at my parents’ place once again, it’s nice to be back in my … Continue reading →

Aww, honey, we have some weather in common!  My county in Iowa is under a tornado warning for the next few hours.  Of course, we were all outside, enjoying the cooler weather and watching the clouds gather. I didn’t realize … Continue reading →

New things to learn: not only does New York State have tornadoes, we have an average of six of them per year. Tompkins County has had five tornadoes in the last 57 years. It is rather ominous-looking outside. Also, I … Continue reading →

I didn’t know we had tornadoes in New York. But there’s a tornado warning for our county for the next twenty minutes. I do know the weather’s been, shall we say, interesting … Sydney

A local fire chief is now in a body cast with his back broken in two places, thanks to another driver not appropriately pulling over as the fire chief was on his way to a bike accident site. I drove … Continue reading →

I picked seven alpine strawberries today. Granted, that’s still only about a tablespoon of food. But it was a good-tasting tablespoon-full! Sydney

Traveling has funny consequences on your body.  I think my stomach flipped out when it realized it was in the land of fast food and rib joints.  And yes, Sydney, even the salads have meat on them: bacon and whole … Continue reading →

I spent a good chunk of yesterday doing a clean install of a new operating system on my computer (Fedora 7, in case you’re interested). As I was reinstalling software, files, and so forth, I stumbled across two handy add-ons. … Continue reading →