This week I’m disgusted and frustrated after spending hours shopping for clothing. Ted and I in recent months have needed to add to our wardrobes. This need for new clothes was in part driven by the appearances we are making at conferences and meetings. I also hadn’t bothered to buy many outfits during my years […]
Entries from January 2006
Life would be easier if we were nudists
January 9th, 2006 · 3 Comments
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Christmas pudding (authentic Australian)
January 9th, 2006 · No Comments
For Christmas, our Australian friend B. gave us a pudding made from a recipe kept in her family for generations. I don’t think I’d ever had such a pudding. To reheat it before serving, I boiled for half an hour. It tasted like a moist version of fruitcake, although I’d much prefer B.’s pudding to […]
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A hypocrite’s guide to surviving the holiday season
January 9th, 2006 · 2 Comments
[Editors note: Although the holiday season has passed, I thought I would publish this post in retrospect, as a reminder to myself, as a result of the effort I have already put into the piece, and as preparation for ten months from now when I may re-post portions of it!…] I try to ignore it, […]
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Coming clean in the new year
January 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments
I have a confession to make. I probably have quite a few things to confess. But the one I was planning to describe today involves this weblog. I have cultivated a bad habit of writing posts in draft form and then failing to publish them. When I have an idea, I like to play with […]
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Comments are broken but help is on the way
January 3rd, 2006 · 2 Comments
A kind reader informed me that comments are not functioning on my blog. I don’t know how or when this happened. I have received a number of spam messages in recent weeks including some with strange formats that may have affected my anti-spam plugin. I’m sorry for the malfunction. Ted and I have planned to […]
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