Monkey, the cat, passed away two nights ago in his sleep. He was an old and ornery thing, but i loved him nonetheless. He was just two weeks away from being taken to Arizona to live on a farm with a wonderful healer woman and...
When my partner was accepted to Oxford University's Geography Department, i was ecstatic. I had visions of hanging out at the Bodleian Library or the Radcliffe Camera. I thought i might bury myself in the David Nicholls Memorial Collection in Regent's Park College (Jason's assigned...
Jason and i have moved to Oxford. He will be studying geography for an MSc in Nature, Science, and Environmental Policy. I've brought my camera along to document our trip and to give me something to do between long bouts of dissertation and paper writing....
I found this gem while browsing what has become my favorite onlinecollection. It is a letter to Cathy's. Librarian about the work of responding? About four years ago, I had an idea for a story for children. It seemed like such a pleasant idea that I...
My colleague, Katie Gillespie, researches the life-course of bovines. That's a very simplistic view of what she does. But it is the easiest way i know to open the conversation to what that even means. She is, particularly, interested in the the life of the...