After a thoroughly relaxing month off (well, minus the day that my bike was stolen off our car in Missoula, Montana...but that's another story!), I'm back in the office as of today. As usual, the complete break from work really cleared my head and gave me some good new perspectives on where I'd like … [Read more...] about Travel: Back from Beautiful British Columbia!
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Completely off-topic: Make a chocolate salami as a holiday treat
I took last week off to mountain bike in the Utah desert with my family (it was stellar, thanks for asking!), so I thought I'd ease back in to real life with an OT post. I like to cook, and I also like to combine creativity and cooking. Past off-topic posts on this theme have included: How to … [Read more...] about Completely off-topic: Make a chocolate salami as a holiday treat
OT: Bicycling from Martigny to Bolzano
The Thoughts on Translation family just returned from our summer vacation: a week of family time in Switzerland, then a three-week bike trip through the Italian Alps, from Martigny, Switzerland to Bolzano, Italy (actually Trento, a little south of Bolzano!). As usual, feel free to skip this post if … [Read more...] about OT: Bicycling from Martigny to Bolzano
OT: two ultra-easy holiday gifts to make
It's that gifty time of year again...and if you, like me, have a surplus of artistic ambition and a deficit of artistic ability, but like to make stuff and don't want it to look like a preschool art project, here are two really easy crafts that make fun gifts. I have some more complicated things in … [Read more...] about OT: two ultra-easy holiday gifts to make
OT: Mountain biking in southwestern Colorado
The Thoughts on Translation household just returned from two glorious, computer-free weeks of vacation which we spent mountain biking in southwestern Colorado. If you have zero interest in mountain biking or the Colorado mountains, it's OK to stop reading here, and be assured that the discussion … [Read more...] about OT: Mountain biking in southwestern Colorado