Category: Personal

  • I descended a dusty gravel ridge

    So I’m working full-time again. As of January 2 of this year, I am the substitute Technical Services/Electronic Resources Librarian at a college in Brooklyn. I love my (challenging!) job and my (fantastic!) coworkers and I hope this stint will lead to a permanent position in the (awesome!) department… but what I’m really here to…

  • Winter, please never come

    Because of how warm it is for this time of year (55°F!), my landlord didn’t blast the heat today so it’s chilly in my apartment. So much so, in fact, that my cat crawled into my sweater with me: Yep.

  • And the world looks just the same

    I’ve been jonesing for a new bike. Despite how much I love my current one, I find myself wishing it was lighter, faster, better. I test drove a road bike — —with drop-down handlebars — for the first time —back in September and was pleasantly surprised by the bike’s geometry. The position that bike had…