Monthly Archives: June 2008

It’s been a great morning, and this despite not getting a lick of work done. I woke up to the desire to scrub down my kitchen.  I don’t ask why or whether it makes sense when this happens; I just … Continue reading →

Cornell’s been working through a massive email outage that started on Sunday and has continued, for some, up through today.  The funny thing is, most of the email servers are up and running–and have been for days.  There were three … Continue reading →

I suppose Iowans will be glad that the storm moved on. Here’s our lawn today:

The university email system has been down since Sunday morning.  After spending lunch with a number of administrators, I can see that they are absolutely at a loss for things to do at work without it.  Me, I’m not terribly … Continue reading →

Our housemate, Christi, recently got six chickens, so now this is a house of 3 cats (all confined to the house), 6 chickens (which roam the yard in the day), and 3 people. I am the only one of the … Continue reading →

It continues to be a scorcher in these parts, with today’s high at 94 degrees.  To take a break from oozing into the couch cushions, Sydney and I went to campus, where the coolest spot I found happened to be … Continue reading →

It’s currently 90 degrees, a temperature we’ve seen every day for the last few days, and the forecast shows the temperature will only go up this coming week.  Gross.  Neither Sydney nor I is a hot-weather kind of person, so … Continue reading →

I was trying to be really on-the-ball this year and had my taxes done before March, since I didn’t want to be doing taxes when Sydney got home from England. Cornell, however, had other plans for me, and sent me … Continue reading →

I just got back from my visit to Iowa, where I saw my best friend from high school get married.  Way to go, Heidi and Mark! Erin

Now that I’m home from Iowa and the conference is over, I can finally turn my attention back to the garden. It needs it. Today I decided to empty the coldframe. At least almost. I transplanted sixty tomato plants of … Continue reading →