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December 31, 2019


endings and beginnings
posted by soe 1:25 am

Like many of you, I’m hurriedly trying to wrap up loose ends that have been lingering through this year so they don’t follow me into the new year.

Simultaneously I’m also working on putting things into place so that I start 2020 off on the right foot.

Unless I should be starting it off on the left foot.

Hmm…

Either way, I’ll definitely begin it in motion — maybe with a pirouette or by doing a step-ball-change with some jazz hands thrown in for flair.

In the meantime, I need about a dozen hands, preferably doing things like typing or binding off a shawl in order to get things done around here before we head to the movies this afternoon with friends.

I wish you a peaceful end to 2019 and a new year filled with joy.

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December 28, 2019


final 2019 weekend planning
posted by soe 1:45 am

Rudi and I returned to D.C. tonight, but my holiday time off continues for several more days. I’m hoping to balance productivity with utter laziness. I’ll let you know how it goes…

Here’s what I’m thinking the weekend might include:

  • Sending out my Christmas cards.
  • Coordinating with our two friends about our NYE movie marathon plans.
  • Watching a movie or two.
  • Reading.
  • Taking a walk or a bike ride. (I’ve been very sedentary the past week.)
  • Buying milk.
  • Baking.
  • Going to the library, the bagel shop, and the farmers market.
  • Sleeping in (but keeping in mind that if I miss the sun tomorrow I’ll be sad).
  • Tidying.
  • Checking out a museum exhibition.
  • Enjoying some holiday light displays.

How about you? What are you hoping to do this weekend?

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December 25, 2019


to you and yours
posted by soe 2:59 am

Have a very merry Christmas!

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November 30, 2019


sunset on thanksgiving
posted by soe 1:50 am

This shot is through the front window of my folks’ place. They get some very pretty sunsets.

Thanksgiving Grasses at Sunset

The sun has set on Thanksgiving, and we’re moving on to Christmas. My parents picked out their trees today, and I’ll go see if I can find one tomorrow.

The Virtual Advent Tour kicks off tomorrow. Have you signed up for a date yet? We’d love to have you join us!

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November 12, 2019


nerd love
posted by soe 8:26 am

Nerd Love

My phone battery died while I was waiting for Rudi to call to say he’d made it safely to Salt Lake last night. (I’m not the only person who has dreams that they plug their phone in, am I?) But that means a few other things didn’t happen, because then my dozing on the couch turned into sleeping on the couch for most of the night.

Whoops!

So you get a morning-written post instead of a night-written one, insubstantial as it is.

But I leave you with this thought for today: I wish you love and happiness, whether you find it in a box of Nerds or in a nerd him- or herself.

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November 10, 2019


potomac sunset
posted by soe 1:20 am

I had to be at National Harbor, a Disney-esque (in its plasticness, not in being entertaining) resort and conference center just south of D.C., for work yesterday.

There were several breaks in my day, and, while I was trying to do office work during some of them, I did succeed in getting outside for the last light of the day. Here is the sun setting over the Potomac River.:

Sunset at National Harbor

I hope you’re having a nice weekend!

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