Monthly Archives: May 2010

Smooth sailing, bargaining, and some stalemates

As we make our plans for this summer and for our move to England, some pieces are falling into place.  We’ve nailed down a complex plan for the summer that should give us lots of time with family: I think … Continue reading

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last chance to bird in Ithaca

Seeing as I will soon no longer have the chance to enjoy birdwatching around Ithaca (I’m pretty sure Oxford will have far fewer species to see), I’m making sure to get a good bit of birding in before I leave. … Continue reading

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Miscalculation

Today I was hunting for wild rice recipes, since we seem to have hoarded a bunch of it.  When I came across a recipe for wild-rice stuffing I was thrilled, since it called for four cups of rice, half of … Continue reading

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What Ithaca has taught me

– There are more kinds of soy-based protein products out there than I could have ever imagined.  And many of them are pretty good.  And Ithaca produces at least half of them. – Along similar lines, vegetarianism doesn’t mean rice … Continue reading

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Delightful

Tonight Katherine and I went to a dinner for my reading group.  I’ve known some of the women in that group for four years, and we’ve covered a lot of ground in our talks about life and theology.  This was … Continue reading

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Before leaving

I need to write two conference papers and rewrite a chapter so that I can submit it for publication. So far, I’ve written one of the conference papers. Erin

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Heidi, Erin, and Katherine

Erin

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Barbecue at Stewart Park

On Saturday evening a bunch of friends from church hosted a barbecue for those of us who are leaving.  Good food, good friends–and a lot of babies.  I don’t usually like to post pictures of other people’s kids (cute as … Continue reading

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Great weekend

Heidi (a frequent commenter here and my best friend since fifth grade) drove up from DC to spend the weekend with us.  It’s been oppressively humid and rather warm, but we managed to make two visits to the Farmer’s Market, … Continue reading

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