Boar expert!

My writing here has lapsed again, because unfortunately when things get crazy this activity has to be the first one to go. (Well, that and the volunteering, which I have had to give up for the time being.) My anxiety got out of control last week for the first time in months, and […]

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A few sappy and/or happy things

1.  I’m sure the statement I’m about to make has limits, but there is nothing like a morning bike ride in Southern California’s February weather to remediate most levels of my exhaustion.
2.  There is a mother/daughter pair on my hockey team.  The mother is our team captain and is about my mother’s age, and the […]

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Life is not a highway, it’s a balancing act

There are not many “lifestyle” draws of going into science.  The pay sucks, for one.  For two, there is a distinct lack of glamour.  I know - spending all day staring at vials of insect larvae SOUNDS fantastic, and who wouldn’t want that for themselves?  But let me tell you, when your hair is never […]

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I vow that I will see a moose in Alaska.

Callie is the Jackie Chan of cats.  Included in her repertoire of stunts are a 3-foot leap with a 360-degree twist and a literal head-over-heels somersault across the living room floor.  And as of today we learned she can actually run up the television screen two steps before pushing off and pouncing on her feather […]

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“Better late than never” is my theme for the day

I haven’t made a New Year’s resolution in probably a decade or so, because I feel that if you want to do something to improve your life it has to happen when you’re prepared for it psychologically and emotionally, not when you feel obligated.  There are certain draws to beginning some sort of renewal process […]

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