Snug Harbor: Port of call for family musings
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Friends
We finally managed to visit some of our East Coast friends this weekend. Sad, but it took the threat of them moving to our previous home town of Austin TX in the immediate future to galvanize a very targeted weekend – going to see one family and one only. You know, it was great. No…
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Time Is Fleeting
Somebody once said that time flies, and boy are they right. It feels like only yesterday we were dealing with Family Christmas Drama and here it is the Ides of March. Maybe things will go better this year, it sure could not be that difficult if only important people can try to not die off…
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A New Year
We made it. 2010 now spreads out before us like a blank painter’s canvas, awaiting color and stroke to provide it feature and meaning. The questions posed … Which colors to use? What strokes to apply? How deeply to tread? Who to journey with? Please think kindly of us as we go hand in hand…
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Merry December
Well, we are nearing the point where I get to experiece my first real winter in over ten years. Wish me luck. To kick the month off nicely though, my offiice has ugraded me to my very own private cube. I feel so Office Space now.
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Introducing Lila …
We can officially claim to be settled into NEPA now. Both Ted and I are hard at work at our new jobs aand things at home become more like home every day. As a result of feeling this way, we went and adopted a little itty bitty kitty on Saturday. Introducing Lila … Lila is…
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Winds of Change
The winds of change is in the air. After a wonderful 10 years in Austin, Texas, we are moving! On Sunday we are packing up the cars and taking the T@B and heading to Pennsylvania. After graduating with my Ph.D., I managed to land a faculty position at King’s College, a small liberal arts school…
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Can we just be DONE with this?
2009 has been a year of ups and downs, and i’m almost done with it and ready to walk off. There’s some severely stressful times coming for the Bear Clan, as I affectionately call the grouping of myself, Maria, and our lone remaining kitty Burnadette. Maria’s starting her new job in August at King’s College…
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Of Loss
On Thursday I found out that my father, who was hospitalized on Wednesday, was moving to Hospice Care on Friday morning, with “not long” as the prognosis thence. This was a sad thing, but not unexpected. Dad had been in and out of the hospital all year and was in pretty frail shape. The years…
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Rest in Peace, dearest Loki
He passed quietly and with relief, yesterday evening. I miss him horribly. He has been one of the greatest companions a Bear could ask for since 1995.