I always hate saying good-bye to people. Not because I’m sad to leave them (though that may be the case), but rather because most of the time I don’t know how I should be saying good-bye. Hug? Hand-shake? Little wave? Air-kiss the cheek? One cheek or two? I […]
My latest acquisition in the fight against possible RSI is this wrist brace. I have to make sure it’s not fastened too tightly around my wrist, or it seems to interfere a little bit with circulation. It has made my wrist (I just bought the right brace so far, to see […]
This past week in Illinois I think I spent more time with a baby than I ever have before (not counting when my sister and brother were born). I got to spend lots of time holding, feeding, and burping my nephew (though I draw the line at diapers), and trying not to let his […]
As we crossed from Vermont into Quebec two weeks ago, it was as if we had unexpectedly been transported to Central Illinois. The dense forested mountains were very suddenly replaced with flat, unending fields of corn. The only sign that we were in fact in Canada was the presence of numerous placards in […]
Christ Church Cathedral reflected in the windows of the Place de la Cathédrale office building:
The Montreal skyline at night, seen from the roof of our hotel, Le Cantlie Suites:
Every day we had a really big breakfast. Here’s my friend Candy and me, at Eggspectation, a “resto-cafe-bar”. I had a huge waffle covered with […]
Well, my wrists haven’t been feeling any better, despite buying an ergonomic keyboard. I’m not sure why they’re giving me trouble, because I haven’t been typing any more than usual, and while I’ve been playing a good amount of music lately, it’s still less than I was doing in college. I’ve tried icing […]
