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Respecting food, respecting ourselves; or Put down that Hot Pocket before you...

Photo by wonderfullyrich on Flickr Regret what, you wonder? No, not the searing pain that accompanies biting into the microwaved pastry filled with molten lava. No, no. To those who are passionate...

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I was lost but cows might help here

Let’s say I’m lost in the woods, and this time I don’t feel like improving my predicament by building a house, this time I want to find my way out of there. What’s a directionally challenged girl to...

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Kangaroo rats go high-tech – and help inform environmental policy

Photo by mariozama on Flickr If you need a cute, unique posterchild for conservation, look no further than the kangaroo rat. Imagine a gerbil rendered in the anime style – huge eyes, disproportionate...

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Life after grad school…

… isn’t all that different. Yet. I’m sure it will change a lot once I actually start work in The Real World, but for now, I’m still going to be spending most of my days in the lab doing a lot of the...

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Role models

Over the last month and a half I’ve had the pleasure of hosting two stand-out examples of responsible parenting. These role models, however, happen to be doves. At first I was skeptical why a pair of...

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A visit to the “bird farm”

If you think having a pair of doves nesting on your front porch is cool, imagine living with a herd of goats and alpacas, a flock of chickens, dozens of parrots and other exotic birds, and some...

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Three months later

I haven’t been very active in my usual online spheres lately. No blog posts in three months, only the occasional jaunt into FriendFeed, and random peeks at the ever-growing Twitter stream.  Here are...

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A quintessential California weekend

After some weeks of cooler weather and intermittent rain, Chris and I wholeheartedly embraced a weekend of warm sunshine to spend outdoors with friends. Ben and Lisa had flown down from Seattle for...

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Tycho: The First Eight Weeks

Photo by Jonathan Lambert Well, we finally did it. We got a dog!! (Ok, we got engaged and married, too, but back to the exciting stuff…) I’ve been pining for a dog for at least a couple years now, with...

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Dog Days of Summer

Ice cream at Tulmeadow Farms in West Simsbury, CT It’s hard to believe, but summer is almost over. I no longer debate whether the house stays cooler with the windows open or closed. There is almost a...

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