http://www.acmeme.org/blog/ en-us 2009-03-28T20:17:56+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003036.html It is day five of life in Vienna and I'd like to introduce you to my new friend, the Umlaut: Ä Ö Ü While these dear characters may look like emoticons gone wrong, they are in fact the workhorses of... argus 2009-03-28T20:17:56+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003035.html Two milestones on this New Year's day: Enola rolled over from her tummy to her back today. Milestone #1: Front-to-back rollover. I was upstairs, and John told me about it. Thus, Milestone #2: The first milestone I have missed of... argus 2009-01-02T01:32:24+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003034.html It's always hard to sleep on Christmas Eve, even as an adult. Getting wound up for weeks usually culminates for me in tossing and turning more appropriate to a seven-year-old than a geezerly 34. This year I wondered at my energy at 11pm for happily settling Enola to bed, helping Dakota (the 13-year-old lab) settle down, for lying in bed savoring the memories of the lovely dinner we had. argus 2008-12-25T06:35:41+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003032.html Like a breath I knew would come I reach for the new day Hope is my philosophy Just needs days in which to be Love of life means hope for me borne on a new day You are the new day argus 2008-11-05T05:26:48+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003031.html What hubris to think I was going to keep the blogging going! In fact, we just got parted from network connectivity more than I wasn't able to keep going on the typing. Enola Electra Yoder-Danewitz was born at 10:49am yesterday.... argus 2008-09-10T12:34:33+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003030.html Ok, now I'm starting to understand why the pain is considered epic. Contractions getting serious. We walked up to Shirley's and then around the block with Dakota, which I think may have shrunk the spacing a bit more. I'm back... argus 2008-09-08T23:30:46+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003029.html 1:06 I'm sitting at FSI right now on a parking lot median. I am doing this because John is inside taking class. I woke him at 4:55 this morning and said, "I don't think you'll be going to school today."... argus 2008-09-08T23:23:06+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003028.html 12:57 Definitely in labor. I woke at 2:30 this morning because of one of the contractions. Quietly felt the next one in bed, then got up to see if more would follow. As I began tracking the contractions this morning,... argus 2008-09-08T23:19:03+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/003022.html The roads you travel so briskly lead out of dim antiquity, and you study the past chiefly because of its bearing on the living present and its promise for the future. --Lieutenant General James G. Harbord My grandfather, James Hutton... general argus 2008-02-05T11:42:16+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/001140.html Sounds: The clang of our metal compound gate shutting, the strange mechanized whir of the power transformer reacting to its constant diet of irregular city voltage, and the click of our keyboards as we compute to kill the time while... yemen argus 2006-11-18T18:19:46+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/001097.html I've been incredibly frustrated, like many countrywide, wanting to help with the Katrina disaster, and not being able to find a way to do so. Today I went to the Armory to try to invite a family to our house... philosophia argus 2005-09-05T20:00:58+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/001083.html John and I have lived inside for months, it feels like. The heat has finally arrived that I've waited for since 2002. We can't go out for long or the mosquitos eat us alive, day or night. We haven't set... urban planning argus 2005-08-14T14:34:12+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/001071.html Aother cool, rainy summer day. It's worrying to think that this summer might be as wet as last. I want my droughty (and quite doughty) Virginia back! The rain feels very primeval and slows me. I'm uploading recent pictures of... philosophia argus 2005-06-04T20:55:58+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/001039.html Seasons changing. Wonderful wonderous stuff. John called me at work today to say that a river had developed in our backyard. Rapids of flooding whisking past our gully, pushing leaves and acorns through a narrow passage and then on to... general argus 2005-03-29T02:32:03+00:00 http://www.acmeme.org/blog/archives/000953.html It has been a simple Christmas here at the Danewitz/Yoder household. We've seen the relatives, exchanged the presents, eaten the sweets and savories. I hope you all are well. Since the election, I have experienced a clarity that I did... philosophia argus 2004-12-26T04:30:48+00:00