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Monthly Archives: January 2011
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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Oh, So Cuddly
As I write this, I’m babysitting my nearly 3-month-old granddaughter. She’s asleep at the moment, hence my ability to compose a blog post. I am not exaggerating, nor am I the least bit biased when I say that my granddaughter … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Science
Tagged babies, baby, cuddling, grandbaby, granddaughter, grooming, mangabey, monkey, vervet
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The Second Thing to Go
The memory, they say, is the second thing to go as you get older. And I don’t remember the first thing. My memory is pretty average. I’m quick to come up with the stuff I use/interact with on a regular … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Science
Tagged alzheimer's, amyloid, choices, PET scans, science, studies
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The Future is Now
Last night, my husband and I used Skype to meet some of the folks our older son, Eric, works with and teaches in Osaka, Japan. It was so very cool to have a chance to meet his boss, his co-workers … Continue reading
Posted in Cool Science
Tagged 3-d, holo, hologram, holographic, holographic skype, japan, osaka, skype
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Patience & Dinosaurs
Waiting for stuff has always been a challenge for me. I want it now, whether it’s the cover art for my upcoming book, TANKBORN (which my editor has teased me with), or the new graphics for my website update, or … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged advance reader copy, arc, dinosaur, eodromaeus, eoraptor, galaxy games, meat-eater, patience, plant-eater, TANKBORN, time machine, time travel, tu books, waiting, wolf mark
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Fear No Science
I am a self-confessed science geek. I had great fun in my high school science classes and devoured science fiction short stories and novels. In college, I found physics and chemistry pretty fascinating. I always zero in on the science … Continue reading
Posted in The Writing Life
Tagged baby brain, brain, brainstorm, connection, science, scientist, synapses, synaptic
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