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Category Archives: novels
Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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Pandemic Staycationing
As far as I’m concerned, this is not a year for travelling for a holiday. Indeed, given some of the recent events, there hasn’t even been time to take any sort of extended break. However, we have been taking days … Continue reading
Posted in Cambridge life, dreams, jackdaws, novels, ornithology
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My fair book
Yesterday afternoon I participated in the Omaha Public Library’s annual author fair, featuring (mostly) local authors and their books. The highlight, of course, was my own table featuring the “new genre of Lab Lit” and my 3 modest contributions to … Continue reading
Lab Lit on the map!
A couple weeks ago I traveled to Purdue University to deliver 2 seminars. The first one, the “original invitation” was from the Dept. of Biology and was entitled “Lessons on the Biogenesis of Tubular Recycling Endosomes.” The second one, if … Continue reading
Posted in art, History, lab lit, novels, Purdue, Research, science, tubular recycling endosomes, West Lafayette, Writing
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A week of betrayal
Winter has finally arrived here in Nebraska; from mid-50 degree F weather just a few days ago, we hit a chilly low of 1 degree F early this morning. Even some of the local youth actually abandoned their gym shorts … Continue reading
My Life in Nebraska
Years ago, when I still permitted myself a very tiny slice of time for television, I enjoyed the antics of Judi Dench and Geoffrey Palmer in the British comedy series, “As Time Goes By.” In particular, I wholly identified with … Continue reading
Posted in as time goes by, author, Books, libraries, Nebraska, norfolk, novels, promotion, science, self-promotion
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If you think you are sick of me now…
I will write about topics that are dear to me, that have meaning. I promise. But not until the following blog. For now, those of you who dare click to read-on, will have to endure tales of my most recent … Continue reading
Posted in audiobooks, Books, novels
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More on creative self-promotion…
Shameless. Simply shameless. But last chance for 2012….
Posted in "Matter Over Mind", author, creative promotion, humor, lab lit, novels, self-promotion, Silliness, Welcome Home Sir
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Reverse genetics, ok, but reverse shoplifting?
Most of us in the biomedical sciences will be familiar with the term coined “reverse genetics-” namely the use of DNA sequences to understand the function of a gene by testing for phenotypes. But how about “reverse shoplifting?!” I recently … Continue reading
Posted in author, authors, humor, lab lit, novels, promoting, reverse genetics, reverse shoplifting, science, shopdropping
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