Wow, it's been a busy few years.So what have Leah and I been up to? Since we last updated this blog, we've worked from home and gotten through quarantine, gone back to work, coached, done a lot of hiking, and worked on our house. We've buttoned down, learned to order groceries, celebrated birthdays and weddings online, …
Category: Adventure
Happy 2019, Goodbye 2018! And “Moo!”
An update as I travel! So midterm grading is done, Christmas has been celebrated, and New Year’s Eve has come. Right after opening presents and watching It’s a Wonderful Life (the holiday priorities) I flew out to visit my parents in Oregon. It was a fun trip, complete with ice fishing, cross country skiing, lots …
Surviving the Snowpocalypse / We Were in a Wedding, p. 2
What else happens when you are slated to be in a wedding? Well, besides getting besieged with snow and getting trapped with the wedding party in a hotel, you may also go to get a haircut in the days before. You’ll want to look your best, right? And then you’ll just happen to get the …
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Surviving the Snowpocalypse / We Were in a Wedding, p. 1
On Friday Leah and I stayed the night in Elkin, NC. On Saturday we were in a wedding, and it was the first wedding I’ve ever been a part of, in fact, besides my own. And the wedding went off without a hitch (well, I guess it went off with just one—ha!). Then on Sunday …
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My First Time Voting In Person
Two weeks ago was my very first time in a voting booth. Until last year I had always been an Oregonian, and in Oregon you vote by mail. My own personal bias is that this is a better system—research generally shows all-state voting-by-mail increases voter turnout, as it is very convenient, and I think it …
In Brief: Back from an Alaskan Honeymoon (Where I Found a Rare Stephen King Book!)
If there hasn’t been a lot of recent blog activity, Leah and I just got back from our honeymoon. Yes, we got married a year ago, but it was an ultra-quick family affair with neither of us taking time off. And by “a ago year,” I should actually say “eleven months and two weeks ago,” …
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Llama Drama
Leah likes llamas. We got married back in August, and though I’ll have to write about the wedding sometime, I bet right now you’re thinking “Wedding? No, tell us more about those even-toed ungulates!” So Llama Fact #1: Llamas are in the camel family. They have slender necks, long legs, and three chambered stomachs. Llama …
BATCH & NARRATIVE 