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A Girl in Shop Class
The other day, I was listening to an interview with Neil DeGrasse Tyson on NPR’s Science Friday. (side note: I am madly in love with Neil DeGrasse Tyson. If I wasn’t already married, I would woo Neil). Anyway, he got … Continue reading
The Mystery of Where We Come From
My husband and I do genealogy as a hobby. My husband more than me because his relatives are much more organized. He got a head start with a cousin who’d explored that particular branch of the family in great detail. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, genealogy, Unusual Hobbies
Tagged 1940s, army, family tree, genealogy, lew gill, mystery, old photos, world war 2, ww2
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Dance Camp – Last Thoughts & Talent Show
For some reason, the first few days of dance camp seem to go by more slowly, maybe because there are so many days ahead, it seems to be wonderfully endless. We’ll just keep dancing and dancing, learning new steps and … Continue reading
Dance Camp – Once-a-Year Friends
Stockton CA, where Folk Dance Camp takes place, is fairly close to where I live (about an hour-and-a-half drive). That means that many of my local dance community also attend. It’s nice to see at camp the familiar faces of … Continue reading
Dance Camp Traditions
Yeah, dance camp is about dancing. Like yesterday’s dances–a smoking hot Israeli dance I barely kept up with (Orot Ve Ashan), or the cool Bulgarian during the afternoon workshop or the tricky English Country dance, Chocolate for Breakfast. The delightful … Continue reading
Posted in Traditions, Unusual Hobbies
Tagged crazy hats, folk dance, hats, stockton folk dance camp, traditions
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Dance Camp International
One of the coolest things about international folk dancing is that it’s, well, international. Not only are the dances from all over the world, but the dancers themselves, both the instructors and the campers, are from all over. The picture … Continue reading
Posted in Unusual Hobbies
Tagged canada, china, culture, folk dance, international, netherlands, peace, punjabi, romania, turkish
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Dance Camp – Costumes!
The general schedule of classes here is four sessions in the morning from 8am to about 12:30, then lunch, then cultural assembly and workshops from 1:30pm-5pm, then time for dinner (or naps if you haven’t gotten one earlier). Some … Continue reading
Posted in Unusual Hobbies
Tagged costumes, folk costumes, folk dance, international folk dance, stockton folk dance camp
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I Fib Not, Fibonacci
I can be a real glutton for punishment. For instance, in college, I majored in math with a physics minor. Then I went on to earn an MS in computer science. I avoided continuing on to a PhD because it … Continue reading
Posted in Introduction, The Writing Life, Unusual Hobbies
Tagged acrostic sonnet, fibonacci, fibonacci numbers, physics, poem, poetry, quantum physics, queing theory, shakespear, sonnet
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If Only They Pooped $$$
Owning a horse has been a glorious dream of mine since I was a wee thing. More than one Christmas I asked my parents for a pony. Christmas morning, with a heart full of hope, I’d race out to the back … Continue reading
Posted in Introduction, Unusual Hobbies
Tagged dream, equestrian, farrier, hobbies, horse, legend, lesson, riding, shoe
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Breadapalooza
On Saturday, my son Ryan and I engaged in a bread-baking extravaganza. I’d requested the day as a Christmas gift–I wanted him to teach me how to make artisan breads. As an extra-special, wonderful bonus, he and my daughter-in-law, Dani, … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Science, Unusual Hobbies
Tagged artisan, autolize, biga, bread, economics, italian, poolish, potato rosemary, proof, rise, rustic french, yeast, yeastonomics
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