Ada Lovelace Day

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Especially this year, it’s important to honor great women in history.  And today we honor Ada Lovelace. She was the daughter of the poet Lord Byron, but her interests were in the areas of science and math.  Granted, this may be in part because her mother didn’t want her to become a poet and pushed these studies, but Ada excelled… Read more »

Reflections of Portland

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As I mentioned last week, my husband and I recently took a short trip to Portland. When I told people where we were going almost everyone had the same reaction “Are you sure you want to go there? Isn’t is dangerous?”.    A couple folks were worried about travelling in general, but most people were only worried about us going… Read more »

Sight Day

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Our sight is something a lot of us take for granted.  Sure, we might wear glasses or contacts, and yes, we know our prescription is likely to change as we age, but we assume we’ll always have the ability to see. Today we think about those who can’t.  Some were born blind.  Others lose their sight due to illness or… Read more »

Getting Out

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By the time you are reading this I will be on my way home from a few days in Northern Oregon visiting family and friends. I will admit I was not entirely on board when my husband first suggested this trip. In fact, originally he was going to go alone.  But I made the decision that my mental health is… Read more »

I’m So Touched and So Blessed!

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A few weeks ago I wrote about my struggles- mostly involving my mental health- with working from home.  If you missed that, you can see it here https://beckypalmer.wpengine.com/my-5-stages-of-working-from-home/ What happened afterwards has been truly touching.  Sometimes I wonder if anyone actually reads what I write or if I’m just shouting into the void.   Turns out yeah, folks do read this!  And… Read more »