July 23, 2008
General items:
raingear and sturdy shoes
binoculars
bird identification guide
flowering plant field guide
trees field guide
something to do if it rains (or go to Baadeck Yarns for knitting supplies)
For a trip where you’ll have the wherewithal to cook your own dinner:
crab/lobster “crackers” to crack the shell (depending on the season: lobster season, snow crab season)
a big ol’ pot to [...]
July 22, 2008
My in-laws are celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary.
True to form, they wanted to celebrate together with us: their daughter and their son and daughter-in-law. After a little bit of discussion, they decided on the location for the celebration - Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. It’s a fitting destination, the family camped here together often. Prior to [...]
February 10, 2008
So, I got some paperwork in the mail on a class action settlement for foreign-exchange surcharges and conversion fees for credit and debit transactions. This settlement covers the period from February 1996 to November 2006. There were 3 ways to submit a claim:
Easy refund $25.
Total estimation refund. 1% of typical foreign transactions. Input needed: # [...]
January 19, 2008
This past week my husband was overseas on business. He’s back now, I’m grateful for his safe return and the chocolate he brought, of course, but I’m also grateful for the time apart.
A Sailor’s Suitcase, originally uploaded by Bob AuBuchon.
I am grateful for the little pleasures of having the house to myself: sleeping diagonally across [...]
December 25, 2007
“Never tell them where it hurts. Keep your bullet safe inside.” Richard Buckner, Devotion and Doubt.
I’m a physician’s daughter. Any shred of hypochondria was ridiculed out of me. My dad treated even minor injuries with disrespect.
Dad: “You twisted your ankle? Let me see.” (takes ankle and wrenches it)
Me: (whimpers in pain)
Dad: “Not broken!”
I twisted [...]
Dave’s grandfather John loves cruise vacations. He has been on something like 30 cruises with his wife. They couldn’t cruise at the end, her Alzheimer’s made traveling challenging and unsafe. Since her death, we’ve gone on two cruises with him. The first was especially hard for him, as all the memories of their time [...]
November 23, 2007
My nephew
My niece
My brother-in-law’s deep fried turkey
My sister’s homemade non-canned green bean casserole (from Cook’s Illustrated - subscription required)
Hot and numbing beef roll in our take-out meal from Tasty China in Marietta
Dave’s bacon, avocado, leftover turkey sandwich, a play on Zingerman’s Tarb’s Tenacious Tenure. Hingerman’s Barb’s Tenacious Tenure anyone?
Going to the Marietta YMCA with my [...]
September 23, 2007
We flew up north this weekend and stopped to clear Canadian customs in Sarnia. After a brief stop, the engine of our Cessna-182 had uncharacteristic trouble starting. We got it started, and continued up the coast of Lake Huron to Tobermory.
On our return, the cold start at Tobermory airport was easy, but we had worse [...]
September 5, 2007
Mystery bone - from above, originally uploaded by dunrie.
I have a doctorate in biology. But I studied plants and insects. And neither plants nor insects have bones, so I’m officially excused from having to know what this is.
We first thought it was a cranium, but it didn’t seem to have the characteristics I’d need [...]
September 4, 2007
The big one, originally uploaded by dunrie.
My sister-in-law is doing graduate research on Christmas Island in the Pacific. The food choices are limited (tuna, tuna, and more tuna), and she has a funny blog entry about the forms of tuna they’ve eaten, including tuna salisbury steak and tuna patties with gravy.
Well, Dave and Nate [...]
not particularly objective musings on odds and ends - Dunrie Greiling, Ann Arbor, MI 48103