Chrissy's Photo A Day

Well, those magic medicines kept me up all night. Was it the cough syrup? The powerful antibiotic? The steroid? I don't know. I was up A...

Gonna feel better now. Had my 2-year review today and I felt like a zombie. Went to the doctor right afterwards.

Woke up and looked out the window and my first thought was "OH NO! Not SNOW again!!??!!" Then I realized it was a tree in bloom. ...

Joined my department meeting on Skype on my iPhone in bed. I have awesome colleagues. This day on 3-29 2007 2009 2010

I am sick. Stayed in bed ALL day long. Ugggggg..... This day on 3-28 2007 2009 2010

Woke up to coat of snow, sore throat, sniffles, and slight fever. First cold of the season coincided with the last snow (or so we hope). ...

  Wrote all day. Actually finished my paper for NARST. It's not perfect, and it's not publishable as is, but it's done enough to...

Had a long coffee "meeting" with a colleague today- a very productive and enjoyable use of two hours. This day on 3-25 2007 2...

Up before dawn for a classroom observation, rushed off for my MRI, home for lunch and then up to the office for an hour to gather some stuff...

  Telephoto lens... peering out the front door. I had a disturbing dream last night that my mother adopted me and I met my birth mother. ...

  IRB meeting, group advising, responding to all sorts of emails from students, ranking 9 papers for a best paper award, teaching my night ...

I went to see Daniel Pink speak this morning to a group of about 1000 teachers in a mega church. I've never been in a church so huge- i...

  First day of spring, 2011. I wanted a balanced day and decided to garden, sew, and work on my paper. So, I pruned the lavender shrub by t...

Note to self: It's OK to stay in bed all morning when you have a migraine. It's OK. Just do it and don't give yourself a hard ti...

  Bloodroot. Beautiful but toxic. Living in a symbiotic relationship with bees and ants to pollinate and spread and cultivate the seeds. ...

  The day started off dark and overcast. I took pictures out my window with my telescopic lens of birds in far-off trees. "Look at da b...

Squirt gave me a ride to school after he finished his big project (only a draft...) and was on his way to visit Bosnian Kaos #3 (the one o...

  They speak, these cookies. They say, "lemony yummy" and "mmmm minty chocolate" and "caramelly coconut"! And...

    Gardening is a dangerous hobby. Today I had to perform surgery on myself (left handed at that) to remove a large splinter that penetra...

Today, on the other side of the world, 1000 souls departed this place in one fell swoop. I grieve for the pain, loss, worry. The edges of te...

  The day started out dark and gloomy, but I got up and ran anyway. Drank my kombucha and ran. In the rain with my hoodie over my head.   ...

Today started out early with a meeting which required me to get up before the sun. I don't like that. At least there were two boxes of ...

OK, here's the game. It's your turn to write an entry for my blog. Here is the photo I took today. What is the story? Prize for the ...

Dan and I went for a long walk late this afternoon after a day of writing. Then, on the way to Whole Foods to grab some dinner and do some s...

I decided that I needed to spend the day working on my paper for NARST. I analyzed data and got into the writing. Really, I spent all day o...

The first crocus is a good sign of spring. We have bulb greens all over the yard and I can't wait to see what they will be. Today I o...

Aza and I spent the morning shopping for Jes to get her things on her wish list and cheer her up. We had fun doing it, and took the box to t...

March is finally here. Perhaps things will be turning a corner now that the long winter is almost gone. Today I had an appointment with my ...

There is a knock on my bedroom door. It is 5:30pm. Me: yes? Come in.. Squirt: Mom, what are you doing? Me: lying in bed Squirt: I can se...

  Dan hung some pictures today because we had to rearrange pictures in our house. Here are the two that are now in my office. It's nice...

Tonight I ran/organized a Family Science Night for over 100 kids and their families at a local elementary school. I had 15 student helpers a...