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November
2011
My primary
weekend and evening hobby, after cooking and reading, is working
on my family
tree. This research has been most enjoyable! Along the
way I've communicated with lots of distant relatives and sources
who have graciously shared valuable nuggets (and large chunks)
of information. Found new relatives in San Francisco, Mississippi, and right here in Arizona! Laura and I finished our flooring and guest bath remodeling
project and are quite happy with the results. At work, going into my fourth
successful year at Corrigo and Intuit!
April
2008
Exciting
career change news: I have joined the team at Corrigo, supporting
their partner Intuit in selling the Intuit
Field Service Management ES software to QuickBooks Enterprise
Suite customers.
April
2005
Our new
house is truly blessed! We have a momma hummingbird and nest
in the olive tree at our front door; we have a momma Gambel's
quail in my garden beneath the collard greens--with 6 or 7
eggs. The cactus are proliferating, the wildflowers are blooming;
it is simply gorgeous here.
November
2004
This year,
we are doing lots of work around our house. Pulling out two
and a half tons of cactus and oleander, carting them into
a roll-away dumpster for removal. Indoors, we are planning
to remove some walls and make a bigger pantry/laundy room.
We are about to learn how to hand apply texture to the ceilings
and then paint the rooms. Great fun! A year ago at this time:
for one weekend in October almost everything in our former
house was under blue tape and plastic, including the kitchen.
June
2003
Once again,
June is upon us. That
means dry, hot days. The birds are mostly quiet, saving every
ounce of water and energy for the cooler morning hours when
they search for food and water. The retirees have gone back
to their homes in the North where it is cooler. The university
students have gone back to their homes. The roads are almost
empty; it takes barely 30 minutes to get to work! Occasionally
a small, thin cloud will appear in the middle of a harsh blue
sky. At 7 AM, a cloud provides momentary relief from the sun's
intensity. A dry, hot wind comes up in the morning, pushing
away the precious cooler night air.
February
2003
Several
people have written me about the question I posed in the CCFA
magazine regarding bone density issues and alternatives to
Fosamax. I want to thank those who have written so far (one
of them is a fellow SCDer for 2 years and doing great!!!),
and will share any knowledge I gain from their collective
knowledge on Nirvana
Of Peristalsis! In the interim, for those who are new
to this site, check out the post I made after I got a second
opinion from an endocrinologist.
March 2002
I attended a local CCFA meeting last month--very interesting
in a depressing sort of way! Everyone said there were foods
they absolutely could not eat (grains and sugars were near
the top of almost everyone's list) but everyone said their
doctors had told them "food
has nothing to do with IBD".
April 2000
Sylloge ran a "5k
Contest", just to see how much one could do with
a web page (or site) in under 5000 bytes. My submissions:
A sustainable page for a sustainable planet:
when faced with limited resources, how will one allocate
them?
A haiku:
my minimalist 1158-byte file. When I started thinking of
written works of beauty, the haiku immediately came to mind.
Ongoing
Additionally, I continue to dedicate time to maintaining the SCD Web Library (SCDIET.ORG),
and occasionally post to Nirvana
Of Peristalsis. My
SCD Flog has been picked up by NPR's
The Connection, MSNBC, and other sites.
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