Monthly Archives: December 2012

Winter Solstice, Dec. 21, 2012

We spent solstice night at the Downtown Fairbanks Winter Solstice Festival. Full photos here We saw Santa: And of course I did this: There was Coco the reindeer: We stopped at Bahn Thai and got dinner. Then we walked over … Continue reading

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Why they fall away

Just figured out why I am not a fan of vampire-led shows: vampires tend to be sarcastic, negative, depressing and far too “emo” for my tastes. I feel the same way about the living which had made me realize why … Continue reading

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How to react to death?

Co-worker lost her husband of 33 years yesterday to cancer. She’s been out of the office pretty much since I started back at work so that she could be with him since they knew it was coming. I never meet … Continue reading

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Adventures in Baking!

Thinking that when the recipes said “toasted pecan halves” that the instructions for toasting them would have been in the recipe. I was wrong. Hoping they will still turn out okay, considering this has been the most convoluted recipe I’ve … Continue reading

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A tragedy

Today’s tragedy instantly brings me back to the Columbine shootings in Colorado. I had recently moved to Colorado and at that time my daughter attended Columbine Elementary. I was at school at CU Boulder when I heard the news and … Continue reading

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The good kind of tired

So this is what being utterly mentally exhausted feels like. My brain worked hard today for the first time in a long time and it felt GOOD. And now my brain gets to go to bed 🙂

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