Category Archives: personal life

Friday night of housecleaning?

Oh yes, I know how to live large! In more serious contemplation I think I might have to hire someone to come in once a month to do the major cleaning if I’m going to keep this schedule of weekday … Continue reading

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New Year’s Eve

Worked a few hours on New Year’s Eve then went snowboarding for the first time in about 15 years. Full photos here I have a really old Burton board that I have dragged around with me from Colorado to Florida … Continue reading

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Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, 2012

We spent solstice night at the Downtown Fairbanks Winter Solstice Festival. Full photos here We saw Santa: And of course I did this: There was Coco the reindeer: We stopped at Bahn Thai and got dinner. Then we walked over … Continue reading

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Why they fall away

Just figured out why I am not a fan of vampire-led shows: vampires tend to be sarcastic, negative, depressing and far too “emo” for my tastes. I feel the same way about the living which had made me realize why … Continue reading

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How to react to death?

Co-worker lost her husband of 33 years yesterday to cancer. She’s been out of the office pretty much since I started back at work so that she could be with him since they knew it was coming. I never meet … Continue reading

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Adventures in Baking!

Thinking that when the recipes said “toasted pecan halves” that the instructions for toasting them would have been in the recipe. I was wrong. Hoping they will still turn out okay, considering this has been the most convoluted recipe I’ve … Continue reading

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A tragedy

Today’s tragedy instantly brings me back to the Columbine shootings in Colorado. I had recently moved to Colorado and at that time my daughter attended Columbine Elementary. I was at school at CU Boulder when I heard the news and … Continue reading

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The good kind of tired

So this is what being utterly mentally exhausted feels like. My brain worked hard today for the first time in a long time and it felt GOOD. And now my brain gets to go to bed 🙂

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This is where I am at

I think this is the stage called acceptance. I’m ready to close the studio. I’m tired of the amount of work it takes to keep it open, the extremely small amount of money I get for all my work and … Continue reading

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Pseudo-tradition of the X-Files marathon

I’ve been a fan of watching X-Files marathons on Thanksgiving since they ran back in the days the Sci-Fi channel could spell its name correctly and marathons on the t.v. were the only way I could afford to see X-Files. … Continue reading

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