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had a light dusting of snow overnight. i would say it's nothing terribly exciting except that it's snow and therefore by default it's terribly exciting ( Read more... )

snowy windy day ~ beautiful indeed! and the perfect sort of day for hunkering down at the desk to get some work done. but i wanted to check in with my lovely lj peeps since you may not hear from me again until the new year and i wanted to wish you a Merry Christmas and all of that peace and love business before i vanish off into my own holiday ( Read more... )

If the condition of my desk is any indicator, I've had a pretty good weekend as far as productivity is concerned. I've really taken the pressure off myself with regard to certain specific goals. This weekend I mostly ran errands, changed a broken headlight (I'm so car-savvy), wrote Christmas cards, and worked on the annual Christmas story. This ( Read more... )

We got a dusting of snow ~ not quite enough for full coverage, but it's nicely chilly and mostly white outside. I hear it will be a mild winter, which is a huge disappointment. I am hoping the predictions are wrong (isn't the weather always contrary to what's predicted? Please ( Read more... )

hot cocoa and grilled cheese for breakfast. i guess, after an interminable summer and only the briefest of autumns, winter is finally here. we had a nice heavy snowfall yesterday and today it's blue and silent. alaska looks better and better all the time. i have my last weekend class (ever) today. the campus is gorgeous in the snow. i wanted to ( Read more... )

september 17, 1862 ~ antietam creekEstimates vary but center around 23,000 total Americans, Northern and Southern, killed, wounded, or missing during this one days fighting. [T]he count of those who lost their lives because of this single day of battle could exceed 7,000. No other day in American history produced a greater number of casualties. If ( Read more... )

we got sent home yesterday ~ the university shut down because of the blizzard. i still didn't get home until after 6 o'clock. and by then i'd had such a hellacious struggle to dig into my parking space that i was a swell-handed vegetable for the rest of the evening ( Read more... )

i stayed up, rang in the new year by telling the dogs to stop barking at the firecrackers, then promptly went to bed. 2006 was a year full of trials and blessings. more blessings than trials. i have much to be grateful for ( Read more... )

a nice Christmas present for America
The first battle of Gettysburg, from July 1 to July 3, 1863, ended with a murderous barrage of cannon fire that killed tens of thousands of American soldiers and changed the course of the Civil War ( Read more... )