It’s been wonderfully, crazily busy around here, what with the houseful of guests all last weekend, the (double) birthday on Monday, and then the last three days on baby-sitting duty. And today it’s Granddad/Pater’s birthday,…
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July is almost over, and I have to be back on campus August 15th, which means my research leave combined with my summer vacation? almost over! And with it will go all hope of catching…
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It’s been busy ’round here. But we’re not just changing beds and cooking meals and washing dishes. We’ve had some lively conversations, consumed numerous bottles of very decent wine, eaten some wonderful meals together,…
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Friday afternoon Daughter #3 arrived, Saturday morning two of her friends, Saturday afternoon another one, then Sunday morning her husband. Shortly after that, Daughter #1 unpacked, with her husband and our granddaughter, and we all…
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We’ve had grey day after grey day after grey day here. We’ve tried to sympathize with the crazy heat toppling the rest of the country, but we haven’t had a day above 24 degrees Celsius…
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