On April 29, 2017 at 6:12 p.m., Anne died. Today, the fall of 2003 feels like a distant memory. I was working at Plimoth Plantation in my first year as a historical interpreter (read: professional pilgrim), and my mother called me to tell me about a litter of kittens the curator of a different museum …
Back in January, I first noticed that Charlotte was having some trouble getting around. This was rather uncharacteristic of my typically acrobatic alpha-cat, so I called the vet. There were a few test results that came back indicating some dehydration, and perhaps a minor infection, but not much more of an immediately obvious problem. …
Back in January, when the exams were looming large and the pressure was really starting to come to bear, Stephen and I decided to take a trip during Spring Break. I'm usually not much of a fan of traveling at this time of year, in fact. The spring semester, unlike the fall, is not punctuated …
Reading for comprehensive exams has had, thus far, two main components: reading the books (or the parts of them that are the most relevant for this purpose) and typing up notes on them. Granted, I have most of the books checked out from the library, and only a handful have ever been recalled since I …
Reference library help for the day.
So, I set an ambitious goal--get through one section of one bibliography focusing on the Reformation by the middle of next week. This means reading through more than one book a day. And, unfortunately, that didn't happen today. Today turned out to be busier than I thought. I had an unexpected project to take …
So, what's been going on this week? Here's Emily, providing me with what is, to her, much-needed notetaking help. This is Oscar. This is NOT our house. Oscar decided to go and visit the neighbors yesterday afternoon (observe door cracked open in the background). He is now under "house arrest." Introducing: the inside of my (tiny) office and …
This is Handsome. Handsome was, once, a foster cat. Now, you might be able to guess, he is not (look at that face? WHO could resist that face??!!).One of the first things I did when I moved to New Hampshire about seven years ago was seek out some new, local activities. I had lived in …
Medievalist in the Making 