Archive for April, 2008
stuff!
This is a bit silly: below is a picture of all the stuff I accumulated during my trip.] That includes stuff I bought on the trip as well as stuff waiting for me when I got back here. Missing from photo: one pair jeans (currently in the dryer), two fleece pullovers and some yarn (currently […]
Home. Yay!
(I think the title says it all.)
The following is from December, 2006, or so (originally a holiday present to Mechaieh). I don’t think I ever posted it here, which made it difficult to find when I wanted it. So this is for posterity. Bloodstone, Bronze Ribbons, and Bone Roses I can see you hoarding, dragon-style, Sitting and sifting mixed treasures through […]
sugarcrash
I think I need to start taking my blood sugar more seriously, remembering to carry food and also to actually eat it. After all, my Dad is diabetic. I’m in training all week, and the hotel where it’s being held is not doing well by us in the matter of food. (My standards have been […]
Rotterdammerung
I think what I will do tomorrow, instead of going to Rotterdam in the evening and taking the metro to the church where I will be attending a friend’s confirmation at 7PM, is to head over earlier in the afternoon, rent a bike, go see the Cubic Houses (which close at 5), head over to […]
navigating
It’s going to be a navigation-heavy weekend (also, a pleasant and social one). Tonight someone I row with has invited me for dinner. Her husband is also a rower, and the family lived in Taipei for a few years so there will be plenty to talk about. Getting there might be tricky; it’s not all […]
dinner with Maria!
Tonight I am going to do something very silly: I will take the train to Amsterdam to have dinner with Maria, who’s there on business. So the evening will probably be 1/3 ride up, 1/3 time there, and 1/3 time back – or else I’ll get far too late tonight, which I’ll regret tomorrow. Either […]
two bits
Two bits of rcent writing. I’ve posted this one here before, but it sprouted a second verse. (Each verse attacked me after a different row on the same canal. I’m thinking maybe I’ll be given a third verse before I leave, for early summer. Maenads, maybe.) Spring on the canal Persephone proceeds, neither heralded by […]
the lady is receiving
It’s been a pressie sort of week. One day early in the week there wa a note from a friend about “birthday tribute” so I get to look forward to finding out about that when I get back. Yhe same day my manager came into town, bearing certificates for cake for the two of us […]
hodgepodge update
Whoops, it has been a bit since I’ve written. Let’s see, since the last time Rudder found out / decided that he would b leaving this past weekend after all – they couldn’t get him a flight next weeked so he had to take the one that was already booked. We had steak dinner at […]