This was written during my long flight… I do all my movie-watching on airplanes. I am watching one now which inspired me to pull out my phone (in Airplane Mode, of course) and start reviewing immediately while I watch. If you infer that I am less than captivated, you are correct. This is a WEIRD…
When this is posted, I will have arrived in Australia. Here is my icon at YVR airport. Since I will mainly be blogging from my phone, the posts will tend to be shorter but more frequent. That is in part because I can only put one photo on each email. I spent the day doing…
As always, I am trying to pack exactly the right things and no more. This trip will be generally a warm weather trip – springtime Melbourne and late-spring Brisbane and Sydney. Also, it is a civilized place where they speak English, so I can easily get anything I might need. I do have one business-related…
Here’s a photo of the St. John River as it flows by Fredericton, New Brunswick. Nice fall weather here. I am busy, busy, busy at a conference – being president, involved in committees, chairing sessions, handing out awards – all very important. Also eating too much, and exercising and sleeping too little. I would be more…
During the next 5 or 6 months, we’ll have a lot of days that look like this… Driving to work And the view from my cubicle…
This car roams in our neighbourhood. There used to be another similar one, but I don’t know if the same person has owned both of them. These photos were taken at the local beach, so perhaps the owner is collecting more for the next car. Look at the variety of shells, and the care taken for…
I was YouTubing with my sister-in-law, who took me to a famous Russian baritone, Dmitri Hvorostovsky singing “Kak molody my byli” which means “When we were young.” Watch it through to the end, to get the full repetoire of facial expressions. A little searching found a great blog about Dmitri and Russian schmalz . Follow the interesting links on the post.
We are going to visit Daughter #2 who graduated in May, went to Australia on vacation and decided to stay a year or two. We’re taking some of her clothes with us, since she has a respectable job and needs more clothes for work. I went through her collected belongings (which my husband drove 1000 km to collect…
Seeing Clarely 