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❄ ❄ ❄ 2010 Holiday Letter ❄ ❄ ❄
Over the years, between this web page and my weblogs, I've accumulated a variety of stuff which is scattered in different places on the web. So I'm working on building an index to everything here. Here's what I've assembled so far.
Informational
Articles
Tips
on Choosing a Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan
Losing
Weight in
the DPP
Easy
Healthy Recipes
Slovak Keyboard for MacOS
Travel
-
Slovakia
Journey
to
Slovakia 1999
Return
to Slovakia 2001
Videos
of
Slovakia
Driving
to Levoca
Visiting
Torysky
Easter
Sunday in Torysky
Wooden
Churches of Slovakia
Dancing
in Torysky
Photos
of my
May/June 2002 trip
to England
Note:
The site
originally hosting
these photos went out of business in 2007. Happily, though, a site
called Winkflash managed to retrieve most of the photos and they are
now available on the Winkflash site. My only regret is that I had
originally put in text commentary on many of the photos, and
all of that text was lost in the transfer, but at least the pictures
are back again.
First
Days
Hidcote
and a walk to Stanton
Winchcombe,
steam trains, and Sudeley
Cotswold
Farm Park, an evening walk to Stanton, Chedworth Roman Villa,
and horseback riding
Buscot
Park and Bourton House
Warwick
Castle, Cheltenham, and a hot-air balloon
Snowshill
Manor, Golden Jubilee, and farewells
Gardening:
Turning
Toward the Light (my garden
weblog)
In
the Garden
(photos
of my
garden from 2000)
Index
to Landscape Design Papers
Nostalgia:
Letter
from J.R.R.Tolkien (from
Radcliffe, 1963)
My
Year in Duluth, Minnesota
Fannish
Articles:
First
Night Debriefing Report (from
Noreascon IV, 2004)
How
Louisville
Changed My Life (August, 1991)
My
Life as a Faned
(March, 1990)
Old Holiday
Letters:
2009
Holiday Letter
| Some pictures from my
garden, taken during the 2000 season. |
(Written in 2000) For the past year and a half, I have been a research subject in a long-term study aimed at preventing the onset of type 2 diabetes. As a member of the "Lifestyle" group, I have been encouraged to exercise and lose weight, and have lost over 50 pounds so far. In this section, I'll tell you about the diabetes study, and about the techniques I have used to successfully lose weight.
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11/01 Machinka I don't have many pictures of Machinka because it was hard to get here to hold still long enough! (And because she's jet black, it's hard to get a clear one.) The picture on the left was taken at 10 months and here are some of her baby pictures |
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10/01 Prospect Hill in the Fall In June 2001 I went back to work at Vignette Corporation. They had moved from Reading to Waltham, right next to the Prospect Hill Park, so I tried to walk in the park every day. Here are some pictures I took when the fall colors were at their peak. (Be sure to scroll down to the fantastic view of downtown Boston!) |
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05/01 Camden Maine Here are a few pictures from my trip with Alex to Camden, Maine, in May, 2001. |
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10/00 Lake Quannapowitt in the Fall In 2000 I worked near Lake Quannapowitt in Wakefield, and I frequently walked along or around the lake for my daily exercise. It's a beutiful spot, and particularly lovely in the fall, as these pictures will attest. |
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10/99 Building a Wall For many years I've been worried about my front retaining wall, which has slowly been tipping over towards the driveway. This year I found Enzo, an excellent stone mason who built me a beautiful stone wall. These pictures start with 2 tons of stone piled in my driveway and end with the completed wall. |
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10/99 Running in the Tufts 10K I capped off a year off healthy eating and exercise by running in the Tufts 10K race for women with my friend Becky. Here are some pictures taken at the 2-mile and 4-mile marks by my friend Alexis Layton. |
