From the monthly archives:

September 2005

For the birds

September 20, 2005

One of the first sounds that I heard this morning was the chirping of birds in the trees around our house. There must’ve been hundreds of them; I could hear not only a symphony of calls, but a continuous rustling as they moved, unseen, among the tree branches. I carried Sasha to an open window, [...]

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Architects on rebuilding after Katrina

September 17, 2005

In the timesheet program that my architecture firm uses, there are codes for tracking different aspects of the work that we do. As you might imagine, there are codes for design, drafting and site visits. At the top of the list of activity codes is one that might not seem obvious: ANALYSIS. When we begin [...]

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Happy birthday, Max!

September 16, 2005

Our nephew Max is four years old today. He was about six weeks shy of his birthday when I took this photo of him with the magically-walking-on-water stegasaurus at the Pacific Science Center.

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Feline Friday: Fall fashion

September 16, 2005

… And here Sergei is modeling the newest feline fashion for fall and winter: a lovely long-haired tabby wrap. Soft, fluffy and oh-so-warm, the tabby wrap is a lovely counterpoint to your favorite tuxedo or other formal wear. Work it, Sergei… you look gorgeous, darling… All the cool cats strut their stuff at the Friday [...]

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Mixmania! Driving playlist – Updated!

September 15, 2005

Today’s the day for posting playlists for Patriside’s music-sharing event, Mixmania. The theme was Driving, and I chose to put into my mix only songs that had some reference, however tenuous, to driving. This mix of singer – songwriter folk, country, pop, rock, funk and blues draws on a number of the genres we listen [...]

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Whose money is it?

September 14, 2005

To whom do the millions of dollars donated for Hurricane Katrina disaster relief belong? Does this massive amount of money “belong” to the charitable organizations to which it was donated? To whom does the money being channeled by all levels of government into the relief effort belong? Do these billions of (our tax) dollars “belong” [...]

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Planning for the unthinkable

September 13, 2005

In Sunday’s San Francisco Chronicle, Eamonn Kelly wrote one of the more thoughtful and thought-provoking articles I’ve read in the two weeks since Hurricane Katrina. Because I’ve been having a hard time writing about this disaster, I’ll yield to Mr. Kelly: U.S. must learn to think the unthinkable Storm damage shouldn’t have been a surprise [...]

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All better now

September 12, 2005

Tonight, after too much banging of heads – both Paul’s and mine – against my blog problems, I decided to reinstall WordPress. However, there didn’t seem to be a way to do that without completely wiping out everything on the server, reinstalling the software, then trying to figure out how to reload all my content, [...]

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