(Continuing from the earlier part 2) That was not the end of that exceptionally pleasant day. I went down several streets in the French Quarter…
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New Mexico is a very strange place! It has been consistently so through the years, as far as I know. Many years ago, when I…
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Texas has somewhat of a bad reputation in the rest of the country. For example, I told some of the folks I know that I’d…
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Jumping back in time, some thoughts from a few days ago while in Gainesville: It’s a lovely morning in Florida — yes, I made it…
Continue ReadingCaving & ruminations on complexity
Writing this just after finishing the cavern tour in Sonora. Carlsbad’s caverns are much larger, of course, and the rock formations are more… clustered by…
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Friday the 13th has always been a lucky day for me, oddly enough. I got my first horse on Friday the 13th, and 13 was…
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Woohooo! I have not only scored a drop-in campsite at the Grand Canyon, but I have also showered and laundered! No worries, I shall modestly…
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I ended up not being able to get my original room for a second night, so I had to go across the road to the…
Continue ReadingThe ASWM Conference! part 4
Oh, again! Almost forgot: the bus driver on the way out to the hotel was an old Asian man, and on the way back was…
Continue ReadingThe ASWM Presentation! part 3
There were some amazing names present at the conference — women whose writings I’ve read and been moved by; women I’ve read about as ground-breaking…
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