It’s the season of gamboling baby cows! A smile on my way to work in the morning. And would I be frowning if they were gambling instead? Obviously, that would depend on how they pulled it off. Card-playing cows are difficult to frown at.
Well, the New Year is almost upon us, and so it’s time again that I’d like to look back at the year and see what I did with this blog and website in 2024. I did the same thing last year (which you can see here if you’d like) and, because I am lazy, I think I’ll stick to the same format as last time. Then, anyone who wants to do a side-by-side comparison of the two years (or am…
Well, once again it is the time of year when I’d like to post up how my writing progress has gone for the year (and, if you’re curious, you can compare this year’s progress update with last year’s here). Progress updates are a funny thing. They imply a need for quantifiable achievement, and it is definitely true that I do like to tabulate things, probably more than other people would consider healthy (hence, the bottom of this post with my…
Today I need to write something positive, just cuz. So, here’s a blog post about some random ‘favorites’ of mine…with certain follow-ups. First up: Favorite Colors Yes, kindergarten is over thirty years behind me, and yet I am still going to tell you about my favorite colors. I really, really like colors, okay? …Which means I can’t possibly have a favorite. But some colors I adore are: So, what’s more wonderful than gorgeous colors? Gorgeous color-combinations. A single, flat color…
Guess what amazing and rare thing I did today? I properly indexed and labeled the lab book I finished with a few days ago. This is a task I haven’t managed in over 2 years (and I’ve finished with 8 lab books in that time period). Feeling hopeful there really is a Light at the end of the Burnout.
Quick update for all those who don’t regularly stare at the top menu-bar of this site: I recently posted up two new static pages for the site! One is a Stories page. It has a list with links to all of the stories I currently have out and available (all 1 and ½ of them!). And the other is an FAQ page. It is currently populated with answers to three questions nobody’s ever actually asked me before! I am doing…
It’s definitely spring time when the gutters around the edges of the parking lot are filled with drifts of pink petals.
Happy Solstice! The 2024 new year is coming soon, and with it, I’ll be hitting the 1-year mark of having this blog. Therefore, for the final, regular (non-weekly-garden) post of the year, I’d like to do a look-back of what I’ve done with this blog over the course of 2023. When it comes to any sort of hobby, I’m definitely prone to, and enjoy, tabulating the various stuff associated with it. And so, without further ado: General Accomplishments 1. I…
Okay. We’re closing in on the end of the year. Which is the first year I’ve had this blog. Which I started in large part because I wanted a place to be able to talk about my writing (and my garden). You’ve seen my garden, so now, the least I can do is tell you how my writing’s gone this year. The short answer is: Not as great as I was hoping. But, I didn’t do nothing. So, I’ll give…
Okay, so ordinarily outreach astronomy isn’t my jam. I just really don’t have a bent toward teaching, though I am ever grateful for all those out there who do. But this recent Annular Eclipse had an interesting confluence of events for me that made me realize again that, of all of the sciences, I’m grateful my path took me to Astronomy. I do think that Astronomy is super great. It’s also a lot more accessible than you might expect, both…