For the last couple of years, my church has been engaged in supporting a neighborhood in Northfield that has been threatened by large corporate housing management company. The community is mostly Hispanic and many don’t speak very good English. There is also a Spanish church that meets at my church. Occasionally my church will have Read More…
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Reflection after 10 years of marriage
Around this time of year, Bryan and I set aside some time to talk about how our marriage is going. Recently I’ve been thinking about several formative events of our marriage that I think can serve as little pieces of wisdom for those looking for lifetime partners. I am choosing four of them and framing Read More…
Bye, bye, my little boy
We put Stormy down this past September. It’s hard to believe he is gone. I had him since he was 1 year old. I think he was 15 or 16 years old, so he had a good long life. I had wanted his sister, Mystique, who had a calmer personality. I think things worked out Read More…
My Weird Yummy Muffins
It all started when I wanted to take dessert to a friends house, but I didn’t want to get to the store to buy anything. We had recently picked up fresh veggies from the CSA including radishes, which I really don’t like. So I looked up desserts you could make with radishes as a way Read More…
Sweet Shadow
I got Shadow from the Longmont Humane Society as a companion to Stormy. Storm had never been by himself. He had grown up with his sister Mystique in CO Springs. As a grad student, I worked long hours in the lab and Storm made is clear that he was unhappy with the situation. So after Read More…
Apple Pie!
I love apple pie so much that when I decided to make my first apple pie from scratch, I researched it for two weeks before I tried. In particular, I read lots of recipes, especially on crusts, that had very high ratings. I learned very quickly that the most helpful reviews came from reading the Read More…
Charlotte Presents Her Work
Charlotte presented her research on Polymer Lenses at the American Physical Society March Meeting. The culmination of many years of vision and hard work on her part. Charlotte worked for me 11 of her 12 terms at Carleton. She started before she even had a physics class at Carleton. Apparently, she was terrified to contact Read More…
My Time On The Stage
I love theater. When I was in high school, I was heavily involved in the music program. As it relates to theater, I mostly did pit orchestra. Pit orchestra was hard! The key frequently changed. Going from 3-sharps, to 4-flats, to 6-sharps over 10 measures (or less!!!) was not unheard of. The time signatures weren’t Read More…
I thought you hated pink!?!
People who know me, know that I hate the color pink. I don’t really know why I hate pink…Maybe because I want it to have more personality. To me, it is a washed out, de-saturated red. I want it to have a stronger identity. That is not to say that I like red either. It’s Read More…
Marty Meets The Balloon-Animal Guy
So this is what happens when you ask a balloon animal person to make you a laser…
