Monthly Archives: October 2007

Festive atmosphere at work today. Chili cookoff potluck for lunch, and many decorated bodies and cubicles. Pre-schoolers came through trick-or-treating – cute to see all of the little pirates and princesses. I can’t say I had a costume, but I … Continue reading →

Lisa (my boss) had a Halloween party last night. I’m not a big fan of sitting around and drinking, and I am especially not a big fan of sitting around and drinking with 30-40-year olds. But the party was at … Continue reading →

P.S. Had to wait three minutes for my blog to publish. Seems the connections are sluggish tonight, or the universe wants me to wait. Time for bed. No one can make me wait for that.

Many things reside in the netherworld of the future, a place where it is not wise to dwell lest we become distracted from the only true reality that is the present. And yet the present is informed by the future, … Continue reading →

Photos posted from past few days here. Kate returned today, and we finished finding stock tanks, driving crappy roads in the farthest corner of our field area. We ran into Ryan and Nick surveying roads on ATVs – quite a … Continue reading →

Looking for stock tanks can be exciting – especially in the mountains. A few adventures from this week… (my camera is at work – I will post some photos when I bring it home for the weekend) Monday, October 16 … Continue reading →

I arrived at the hot spring at about 3:30 and set up a slightly illegal camp out of sight of the road (camping is only allowed in the established campground there, but the campground is closed for the season). As … Continue reading →

I wrote a first draft of a personal statement for grad school application this morning. Now I am about to head out to find a place to camp near Granite Hot Springs. Weather is unseasonably warm (barely freezing at night) … Continue reading →

Kate was ill today. I spent the morning helping Chrissy collect water samples then went out in search of wells and water pipelines. I found about twice as many as I expected based on my map of the area, so … Continue reading →

Just added a new photo essay. Check it out here. Bright sunny day has quickly melted all traces of snow. We are planning on taking a hike – perhaps to Photographer’s Point – to make good use of our holiday.