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What are we up to?

Here's what...

[8-Nov-2004]

Yesterday we saw the Northern Lights! We were in the backyard watching. They were bright florescent green with red and blue streaks through them. Then we went to Como Park but they weren't so bright.
-- Amalia

[23-Oct-2004]

We're back from our Geek Cruise!
A two week vacation, with a Mediterranean cruise as the centerpiece. We've added a Image Gallery to the website so we can share the snapshots.

[23-Sep-2003]

We spent the weekend up north on the Iron Range. The leaves were just starting to turn color, and the weather was brisk but not cold. We went to Ironworld Discovery Center, and also visited the Soudan mine. We got an extra-special tour of the underground physics lab.

[23-May-2003]

I finished writing my book at the end of April, following the Samba eXPo. The book is now in production (which means countless hours spent arguing with the copyeditor), and should be available in early August.

In other news...

• The mouse problem seems to have abated a bit with the coming of spring. That's good news, though the cats seem quite bored now.
• Last year while all the work was being done on the house (and the book) there wasn't much time to do basic upkeep on the yard, which means we're spending a lot of time outside catching up. It's nice to be outside, but there's a lot of work to be done.
• Aled and Amalia are both doing the soccer thing. I don't know about Rachel, but I'm completely useless as a soccer parent. My car could fit inside most of the others in the parking lot, and I can't tell a puck from a field goal.

[16-Feb-2003]

Something's gone a bit whonky in the house. We don't typically get wintertime mouse infestations but this year they're nesting in the basement. The cats managed a record-high three mice in one day today.

[19-Sep-2002]

I found this on the web: Erwin Hertel Violin, New York, 1951. This particular violin was made by my grandfather ten years before I was born.
Perhaps--some day--if Amalia keeps playing...

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