My sorry #$$

I have a cold. This happens often when I make the trip this direction. An airplane is a flying metal canister full of germs. Plus, the climate change is so extreme – from bitter cold where nothing can live to a mild spring and festival of pollen – that my head is transformed into a …


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Premature Jetlag

I don’t know what day it is. Well, I do right NOW, I know it’s the 28th and it’s J’s birthday, but usually I don’t know what day it is or when I’m supposed to do stuff. You’d think this would be a problem, what with my working as a freelancer and all, but to …


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Snow Envy

I’ve posted a few new pictures from our recent adventures in the snow here.

It’s migration time again!

I’m flying back to Seattle on March 1. I had been tossing around the idea of staying for another two weeks, but unfortunately I have to meet with my downstairs neighbor about a sewer problem we’ve been having. How boring is that? The last month or so I’ve been surprisingly busy. I made that terrific …


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Austria, land of snow and cake

The weather has been pretty incredible lately. We still have a ton of snow on the ground and it’s a crime to squander the midday sunshine indoors. When the cloud cover burns off, around noon, we head off to play outdoors for a few hours. The days are getting a little longer, but there’s a …


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Schneebericht

You’ve been wondering, I know, if we have any snow left. I think this picture, taken today on the road to the Spechtensee, should answer that question.