No maps for these territories

I was sleeping in this morning, enjoying the luxury* of 8-9-10 and counting hours, when I had this profoundly disturbing dream. I guess I’ve been vaguely thinking about corporate buyouts anyway, thanks to Tower; and apparently I’ve been thinking about work and collection development far too much as well, as you will see. —- I [...]

I love my new dentist already and I’ve never even met her. I called for an appointment as a new patient last week, based on the recommendations of colleagues and the Davis Wiki. Today, a letter shows up from her, welcoming me to the practice, explaining what the initial appointment will be like, and including [...]

I have a new cousin! er, half-cousin? what is your cousin’s child in relation to you? I think we’ve been over this but I don’t remember the verdict. At any rate, it doesn’t matter. Welcome to the world, baby Katelyn! She is gorgeous. http://web.mac.com/janehunt1/iWeb/Site/Katelyn.html

Here is the recipe, more or less, for . It is also in memory of my mom, who passed away (as I’ve mentioned before) ten years ago this month. As far as I know she invented this, at least in my family, though there are certainly many other recipes for spinach rice out there. Whether [...]

1) not being in school anymore (this was spurred on by the checkout clerk at the coop looking wistfully at my bottles of wine, including a bottle of port, and saying “I wish I could drink sweet wine, but I have too much homework to do, and it makes me sleepy…) Yay for only having [...]

This is the kind of gray, wet afternoon when tea and cookies and curling up at home under a blanket is really the only thing that’s called for. I can’t wait to get home from the reference desk and do just that. It felt really wintry today; actually cold out, and blustery. I turned on [...]