We made opening day (October 10) at the Texas Renaissance Festival this year. We hadn’t done that in a decade or more! We went prepared fore wet weather, as a cold front passed by during the night. We didn’t have any rain all day, though. There was quite a bit of water in the low [...] Read more »
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Break out the funny hats and the cheap champagne! Cook up some salsa and snacks!! It’s Party Time at the Underground!!! With the month about to wrap up, I thought I’d bring in some “short bites” that won’t make a full article for the Underground: The Austin Chronicle reviews a new book by a local author, Ms. Gesine Bullock-Prado: “Confections of a Closet Master Baker.” Today’s the day; the day the best damn calorimetry team you ever heard of packs up and leaves Washington DC for home… Tim and Derek had seen a lot of stuff on Tuesday, but they were ready to see another full day’s worth of sights today. We grabbed breakfast at the motel, then squeezed into the shuttle van with about a dozen other brave souls tourists headed downtown and hung on for the five-minute screaming session ride [...] Read more » Today I visited with my sister-in-law, Dr. Liz. (I’d give you her full name, but since she got married I can’t remember all her last names.) I know, that nickname makes her sound like some sort of relationships therapist or something, but actually she’s a gim-crack polymer scientist working in tissue engineering. She’s also a [...] Read more » I’ve mentioned John Carey, our driver in Ireland, quite a bit the last few posts. Time to pay him his due in writing. The short version: He did a phenomenal job for us, and we’re grateful for his active assistance in forging strong memories during our trek. Today was very hard. Just getting out of bed, after yesterday’s mad dash (and six extra hours due to time-zone relocations), is Very Hard. Realizing we’re not in Ireland anymore, well, that’s the Hardest of All… |
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