Feb
20

Long Live Winter

20 Febrewery, 2011 Every January life violently returns to normal.  The maddening pace of Winter Break becomes a different kind of maddening pace.  Instead of waking up early to snowshoe to the top of the mountain for sunrise, I wake up early to drive across town and skate ski before class, then straight to the … Continue reading »

Jan
18

Bort’s B Log, Winter 2010-2011

12 January, 2011 Since things have been hectic in grad school I thought about leaving this story off at the 8 January post, but I’d be leaving out a crucial part of the story.   No account of the winter break trip would be complete without mentioning our run-in with Mr. Scott James Fitzer.  If you … Continue reading »