Nancy
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Note 3 – Packing – It’s Going to be HOW Cold?
Most people who know me have heard me remark, “I was born in the South for a reason. I can’t handle temps below 70°F!”. Although I must admit that I, too, am weary of the weeks of 100°F+ heat that we’ve had in Texas this summer. And now, we are going to ICE-land! Really? From…
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Note 2 – Half the Fun is Planning
Half the fun for me in taking a trip is the planning. First, a follow-up to a my comment in Note 1 that this is our first “really big” trip post-pandemic. We did go on a “big” 12-day trip last fall to Greece with a half-day in Turkey. It was a fully escorted 10-day tour…
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Note 1 – Getting Started & Where to Next
In my working years, I had a technical blog which I intended to convert to more personal entries upon retirement. Somehow, I never got around to doing more than one post announcing my intentions. Fast forward six years and here we are – we have traveled, we each experienced the loss of a parent, we…
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Title IX and Me
NOTE: This post was originally published on June 24, 2012, on my technical blog. Saturday was the official 40th anniversary of Title IX which stated: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education…
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Reflections on Documentation
NOTE: I originally published this on my technical blog on May 2, 2011. It seems still relevant today! Did you know there is a specific “computing” definition for the term “documentation”? I never really thought about looking it up – until I decided to write about this topic. From http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/documentation: 1. the use of documentary…
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Lives Well Lived
NOTE: I originally posted this on my technical blog on Dec. 15, 2010. In the past three weeks, my family has experienced the deaths of three friends and/or relatives. While we mourn that these three are no longer with us, we rejoice in knowing that all three are now home with Jesus Christ and we…
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