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Tiana and Eric · 5M ago

Christmas Week

This is kind of a random puzzle that we did last night, but we like it a lot. In fact, Tiana remarked, “It’s too bad we didn’t do a cuter puzzle for Christmas!” It’s been a while since Tiana and I have just slowed down for a quiet evening of not watching a show or going [...]
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Tiana and Eric · 5M ago

To Stay or to Go

Above is a picture of some dirt in our back garden that I tilled whereupon I set out the placement of some hyacinth and muscari bulbs. It was a really cold day today, so I had to work really quick before my fingers became too frozen. Ideally, it’s a bit late in the season to [...]
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Tiana and Eric · 7M ago

Changing Winds

I took this picture a few days ago. The sun has been shining bright and steady over the last week or so as the University of Nottingham fills up with eager undergraduates. I have been spending part of my time in the department, but also a portion of my time reading and working in our [...]
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Tiana and Eric · 8M ago

Moving to a new academic space

Thus far I haven’t really shared much information or pictures on this blog regarding my academic activities–mainly because I have been busy just trying to read and think through my project, but also because I thought I may just leave that to my other, personal blog. But for now I think I’ll share so
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Tiana and Eric · 9M ago

Continuing to Alter Course

I commented not too long ago on my Facebook profile that I had lost 50 lbs since moving to England. In one sense, it’s been just adapting to the English way of life that I’ve set out for myself, and in another, it also has consisted of a lot of hard work. When we moved [...]
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Tiana and Eric · 9M ago

Blackberry Harvest

Had a very lovely day of doing language work and reading yesterday, mostly outside. The weather was gorgeous, and our blackberry bush in the back of our garden was filled with berries. I probably could have picked another couple of bowls worth. The mug there was given to us from our friend Aaron Ric
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Tiana and Eric · 10M ago

Ethiopian Food: Our House Smells Amazing

Our house smells amazing because I just made some Niter Kebbeh, the name for the amazing spiced butter used in a many Ethiopian dishes. For my birthday, our good friends Kate and Catie got me this Ethiopian cookbook (pictured above). We already had some Berbere (spicy stuff used in nearly any hot di
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Tiana and Eric · 1Y ago

Germany, pt. 4: Freiburg

It’s been almost a month since I’ve been back from Germany but I’ve been so swamped with work that I haven’t had the time to think about finishing up our blog series on our visit. It’s a rainy Saturday, we’re doing housework, waiting for the mopped floor to dry, and so I have some time. [...]
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Tiana and Eric · 1Y ago

Germany, pt. 3: Baden-Baden and Wintersdorf over Christmas

On Christmas eve and for the next two nights, Tiana and I stayed in Wintersdorf, Rastatt (near Baden-Baden, just a few miles away from the Black Forest) with some couchsurfing friends of ours. Back in 2008 a woman named Christine stayed with us in Nottingham, and a couple years later, she returned t
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