gardening and my favorite summer dessert

well, we were late getting our spring garden together (very late) but we finally got some yellow, red, and habenero peppers, tomatoes, and herbs into the ground. we’re hoping to get some other things (okra, arugula, squash, more herbs). we used the square foot gardening method which is an above ground, no tilling, no row, [...]

the birthday and the egg

So the chickens (Sunny, Kiwi, and Olive) turned 20 weeks old yesterday. And today we were graced with….our first egg! We were thrilled of course–and it might be why the girls were so excited this morning at 7:15. They were cooing and squawking every 15 minutes on the dot until about 8:30 or so. I [...]

the bar and the brew

andy has just finished brewing three beers and a cider and they are ready for summer evening drinking. one is a sierra nevada clone, another is a strawberry ale (from fresh louisiana strawberries), an auburn ale, and an apple cider. we hung a large piece of chalkboard and drew labels for each. See the pictures [...]

organizing and map-making and lists

to do list.

compile list of fellowships, detail, and transform into timeline
design summer class
tweak WGS website
map out the 3 possible dissertation projects
find concept map software (suggestions? please?)
meet with campaign manager for David Brown’s state house of rep race
design and build garden for front yard
design and build (andy) egg laying station for our chickens–olive, kiwi, and sunny
meet [...]

leather bound dissertations

is there an alternative to the leather? fabric maybe? or vinyl?
just curious….
surely others have sought an alternative but i can’t find any discussions on the matter.

good news in spite of absence

I know that the only people that still check to see if I post anything here are related to me but…
Finally! I’m ABD.
When you’ve been out of coursework for so long and the only accountability is to yourself….hearing that you’ve officially made it to the land of ABD is worth tons!
And this semester certainly ended [...]