Chloris and Zephyrus have, at long last, decided to grace Seattle. Beautiful blue skies, the verdure of growing things, and warm weather are long overdue! I’ve had a busy day. Popped off to get my passport photo and file my passport paperwork. I had visions of a ghastly wait akin to the DMV, but in reality, [...]
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Thursday Thoughts and Goals
Posted in Academe, Food, Life, Trifles, tagged goals, Pimm's, writing on 10/05/2012 | 2 Comments »
Let’s see how I did on the goals for this last week: Get my hair cut! (DONE! Well, not yet. My appointment is tomorrow evening, but close enough for jazz.) Submit my passport paperwork next Saturday! (ALMOST! Need to get my photos done which will happen AFTER my hair cut, but this is close enough [...]
Fantastic Languages, Fast Horses, and Fancy Dress
Posted in Cambridge, Food, Trifles, tagged derby day, tradition on 06/05/2012 | 2 Comments »
So much for keeping to my schedule! I’ll have to do better about this going forward. Yesterday was a good day. I spent the morning working on the pronunciation of Latin consonants and vowels. Fortunately, for many of the consonants, the pronunciation is similar to French. The long and short vowel sounds are different, but [...]
