Hello
Welcome to my blog. I am tired of having these conversations in my head, so I will write them down... a little about me. I am a 30-something (oh god, really???what happened to my 20's?), scientist,...
View ArticleThe day the mares all went crazy...
Just another fabulous day at the barn in February. For those not in the know, that means it was windy, cold, cloudy, with a chance of bolting horses. Ok, more specfically, mares. Today, all the...
View ArticlePolitical Rant- You've been warned!
I am losing my patience with the political discourse, these days. I try to listen to both sides of an argument, but that has been really difficult when the many of the arguments consists of God,...
View ArticleAnd in other news... NASCAR
I love NASCAR. No suprise to some, maybe to others. I thouroghly enjoyed today's Daytona 500, with a 20 yearold, who nobody had ever heard of before, winning the race. On the drive into work the other...
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Stall Swap Drama
Oh, how I remember being naive. It was just last year, when I thought, "Jeeze, Young horses must be sooo much easier to tae care of!"Insert Foot into Mouth Now.The lovely Gray Mare has been mostly...
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Beamtime, lovely beamtime
I mention beamlines, beamtime, and all things having to do with beams constantly. I suppose it would be good to clarify what the hell I am talking about…I work in a synchrotron. It is a grandson of the...
View ArticleMom's Chili- Whose Mom, I don't know...
This is a recipe from my sister's friend. I fgured I would share it, because it is amazingly simple and wonderful. Bonne chance!Mom’s Chili (Not sure who Mom is)1 can (28oz) Crushed Tomatoes1 can...
View ArticleScience getting in the way of life, and vice versa
Sorry it has been so long between posts...even my boss is complaining!I have been up to my eyeballs in "science" meaning the stuff you do to dress up and publicize your work, when important people are...
View ArticleTo Be or Not to Be In a Lesson on a Weekday....
First off, I love the barn where I board the fourlegged kids. It is a wonderful place to keep horses. There is really only one issue that seems to have reared it's ugly head again, and it is the issue...
View ArticleTeen SciMom
I have read some wonderful posts on being or not being a Science Mom (SciMom) over at Labspaces.net, especially those by Jade, and Dr. Girlfriend. I felt I should tell my story. On Being a Teen...
View ArticleNew Rule: Nobody Leaves!
A couple weeks back, I was using a a new and different beamline. It was quite the fantastic adventure- familiar in some ways, but yet exotic and challenging. It had been a long day- it had been “take...
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The Calloway Chronicles
My most senior horse is 25. His name is Calloway, and he is quite infamous in our area for being an outright bastard when he was a school horse. We met when I was leasing a suddenly lame horse at the...
View ArticleWorkin' on a weeknight!
A monday evening post, since I am doomed to be up late working on a country report with the kid… I was planning on writing a post about about how people are herd animals, but that may have to wait,...
View ArticleA letter to my family..
Hello! I am writing this to let you know that I am happy , healthy and living a great life with my kid and boyfriend. You may have heard otherwise. That is unfortunate. I am finally living life as an...
View ArticleLivng life as a "big girl"...
I am not small, never have been. I am not obese, more like tall-ish, heavily muscled with a protective layer of fat. I probably will never fit into anything from Express or Hollister without a hunger...
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Crystallography in a very small nutshell
This blog is for all my horsey friends, and anyone else who would like to know what I do, with a minimum of large, gangly sciency words. I have used some convenient analogies and simplifications-The...
View ArticleParenting skirmishes…
When my daughter was in 2nd or 3rd grade ( I am not quite sure which one now, it’s been such a blur) she had a teacher who we will henceforward refer to as Mrs. Z, since I have willfully banished her...
View ArticleCrystallographic Equestrianism
My gray mare is growing up, and it is so satisfying to feel it in every stride. She has such a greater understanding of what I am asking for now. The clarity is what makes it fun. There...
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An excting day...
I love freejumping my mare, it is so much fun to watch her figure out the answers to the questions posed by the jumps. On last Saturday, we posed the question of vertical-bounce-vertical-one...
View ArticleBlackOut against SOPA & PIPA
I swear I will write a real blog soon, but until then, I am blacking out my blog in protest of SOPA & PIPA.
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