Journal of a Sabbatical 2003 January January 3: like a split jib in a squall January 4: thousands of brant January 6: two short-eared owls January 9: eight days January 10: make that nine January 12: brant January 15: sneezing ringworm suspect and horned larks in the road January 16: three fat cats January 21: in harm's way January 22: chemistry experiments January 23: ice January 24: hip,happening,caffeinated January 26: short eared show January 27: sweeping the parking lot January 28: guns and butter January 29: birds and snow January 30: litter boxes and birds January 31: recovery and recovery February February 4: separate thoughts February 6: and a bald eagle February 10: tree sparrows, etc. February 11: the enormous turnip February 12: a national day of poets against the war February 13: enlightenment through washing litter boxes February 14: with all due respect February 18: chat room bedding February 19: SEOW February 20: the great cormorant show (among other things) February 27: cats,birds, books February 28: celeriac and edamame March March 3: brrr March 5: the sound of ice-out March 6: socially constructed selves March 7: at the chain bridge March 10: what's the difference between a duck? March 13: finally tired of snow March 17: instant summer March 18: another ice sound March 19: signs of spring March 24: ordinary life in spring April April 4: disequilibrium April 6: my first time April 7: so when does the snow start? April 8: ouch April 10: karmic joke April 14: rereading the rat part April 15: the joke goes on April 16: the power goes off April 21: with horns April 24: gleaning April 25: free - sort of April 27: they'll always have cod May May 1: editing the rat part May 13: this wouldn't happen with a milling machine May 19: forbush**2 + apocalyptic ice cream May 20: communal living May 21: warblers May 23: cold gray drizzle May 30: rotator cuff June June 1: rotator cuff: the adventure continues June 4: rotator cuff: reloaded June 23: enough already June 24: hhh June 30: luxury status July July 4: dissent descent July 9: the writing habit July 11: the UNIX garage July 13: heat wave July 14: apricots July 15: the silicon puszta July 17: horse and cart July 18: the red umbrella July 19: apricots July 21: red umbrella July 22: hello August ugust 5: put up a parking lot August 9: ravings of a humid mind August 10: festa August 16: in the presence of lego August 17: beach day September September 17: a different country September 22: the end of the world as we know it October October 2: too much turmeric October 3: cool change October 10: wow October 20: socks and sox October 26: a coney island of art and culture October 30: lost and found October 31: potential vs. actual November November 1: musings on some statistics November 2: not a trace December December 2: whoa, snow! December 10: before the deluge December 12: after the deluge

2003 Book List

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