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Five Things About Me #sol22 24/31
Something About Yourself: My work bestie calls the Myers Briggs “astrology for STEM folks” which should probably make me feel a bit sheepish about loving it so much, but it doesn’t in the least. I’m an INFP, and the image that accompanies the INFP description will tell you everything you need to know about me. […]
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What I Wish I Had Known Then #sol22 23/31
I intended to write a different post this morning. I made my coffee, planning it out in my mind. But when I sat down to write, I found myself thinking about a colleague who has a very challenging class this semester–and about my own past challenging classes–and about what I wish I had known then. […]
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Unfortunately, Fortunately #sol22 22/31
Unfortunately, it was another night of extreme insomnia. Fortunately, being awake gave me more time to write in my notebook and comment on slices. Unfortunately, I walked out of my new doctor’s office before I even got examined because multiple unmasked patients were coughing in the waiting room and the office itself was filthy (garbage […]
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A Portrait of Potato #sol22 20/31
Officially her name is Sweet Potato, but we call her Potato. Unlike our other cats, she hasn’t accrued nicknames. A friend suggested Tater or Tot, but my husband said no. Sometimes it’s Potatoa, pronounced like Krakatoa, and precisely because she too can erupt with the chaotic energy of a volcano. She is a tiny six […]
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A Bowl of Vanilla Ice Cream #sol22 18/31
Once upon a time, I thought that a bowl of vanilla ice cream was a sad thing. I have always been sure those surveys naming vanilla as America’s favorite ice cream flavor were wrong. Could there really be people–and so many of them!–who would choose vanilla over chocolate?! Or strawberry or peach or coffee or […]
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Top Ten Favorite Books #sol22 16/31
My top ten all-time favorite books list probably has about 35 books on it. Because I regularly catch myself saying things like “That’s a top ten all-time favorite book” about at least 35 different books. Making a top ten life-time favorite list is impossible because there are different lists for different reading moments. My top […]