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The Blizzard of 2013

Posted on February 11, 2013 by newenglandkiwi

It might have caught the attention of some of you that we had a little bit of snow here in New England over the weekend. We actually got off pretty lightly here in Western Massachusetts, and by “lightly” I mean … Continue reading →

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Size Occasionally Matters

Posted on September 20, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

One of the things that creeps up on you after a while living in America is the realization that the place is actually a lot more normal than its reputation would have you believe. In fact, the place in America … Continue reading →

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Type A

Posted on July 23, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

Tonight’s our last night in New Zealand, and we spent the day doing a bus tour of the Christchurch CBD Red Zone and driving around the eastern suburbs, of which more in another blog post, because it was frankly too emotionally … Continue reading →

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Star Trek and Sealife

Posted on April 23, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

I arrived back from Atlanta yesterday afternoon, my brain so fried by a week of conference action – science conference and fandom con – that this morning I incubated two tubes in the wrong incubators entirely. But I think I’ve … Continue reading →

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New York: Part Three

Posted on March 13, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

The last time we went to New York, we didn’t have to deal with any security, mainly because we didn’t really go anywhere with controlled entry. This time, we visited both the Empire State Building and Ellis Island, which have … Continue reading →

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New York: Part One

Posted on February 28, 2012 by newenglandkiwi

One of the things I like to tell people about Western Massachusetts which is both strictly true and kind of misleading is that we’re “only three hours from New York”, which makes it sound like an exciting day trip we … Continue reading →

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Powerless

Posted on November 1, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

Last winter was a record-setter for the northeastern United States – winter snowfall records were broken just about everywhere – so when the forecast indicated we’d be getting six to ten inches of snow on Saturday evening, even though it … Continue reading →

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Fall

Posted on October 3, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

It’s officially fall autumn dammit autumn here in New England, now the autumn equinox has been and gone. I was interested to discover the other day that I am not the only one who thinks the American season-marking system is a … Continue reading →

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You Can Be A Woman

Posted on July 5, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I’m a microbiologist, and I work in a microbiology lab, but my supervisor is actually technically an oceanographer – that’s what he got his doctorate and so forth in, and that’s why our lab works with deep-sea microorganisms. It’s also … Continue reading →

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The Art of Science

Posted on May 26, 2011 by newenglandkiwi

I’ve talked quite a lot on this blog about the American weather, wildlife, the house we live in, and the places I’ve visited, but it occurs that I haven’t really talked very much about the place I’m spending most of … Continue reading →

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