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Cupcake Friends 26 Aug 2013 | 11:40 pm
Instead of blogging in a timely fashion, I have been knitting a bunch of cupcakes and putting faces and hats and things on them. Check them out over at my etsy shop!
Arrested Development. 17 Jul 2013 | 12:54 am
In a week it’s my birthday. My thirtieth, to be exact. It’s supposedly a B.F.D. type of birthday, yet I don’t have the strongest feelings about this number. I know I should feel happy, because the alt...
One way ticket to Mars 23 Apr 2013 | 09:53 am
Today, my dad and stepmom and I talked about whether or not we would take a free one-way ticket to Mars. “No way!” both my parents chimed. It seems like the shadiest of deals, if it did pan out: so th...
Knitting March Madness 6 Apr 2013 | 03:16 am
What I’ve been up to in lieu of posting about India like I promised (sorry): Purple wildcat not included.
Children, here and there 28 Mar 2013 | 08:14 am
Last night I stayed up past midnight (a big deal as I get older!), to have a Skype chat with my former students. They were alternately happy to see me, and amused by their own reflections in the Skype...
In Defense of Marriage 26 Mar 2013 | 07:14 pm
Been busy as a recently “funemployed” person, watching endless games and commentary about the NCAA tournament. (Rock chalk Jayhawk! Go KU!) Will return to India postings in between rounds, I promise. ...
Beggar Belief 17 Mar 2013 | 01:00 am
As it happens, there are a lot of poor people in India. (Such profound and cutting-edge reporting, I know. Where’s my blogging Pulitzer?) There are quite a few rich people in India, too. As a tourist,...
No Country for Women 10 Mar 2013 | 03:47 am
I was already pretty nervous about coming to India. Then, as I was packing for the trip, came news of the Delhi bus rape. “Nirbhaya,” as the Indian press calls the victim (since she cannot by law be n...
In the Tea Leaves 4 Mar 2013 | 01:08 am
아이고! It’s been almost a month since I’ve gotten back, and acclimated and settled into Texan daily life, which largely consists of eating way too much and visiting malls. And procrastinating blog write...
India, with Reservations 16 Feb 2013 | 03:40 am
I’ll admit it – I was ever so slightly terrified of India, before, during and after making the decision to travel there. This was in spite of the fact that by this point, I would consider myself a sea...
