Scenes from a Christmas in Manhattan

When we looked at the forecast we realized we needed to wear ALL of our clothes.  We had this fantasy that we were going to wander up 5th Avenue, looking at the holiday window displays, with a hot chocolate in our hands.  But the reality is that our hands were too cold to take out… Continue reading Scenes from a Christmas in Manhattan

Cleaning Out My Office

This is something I posted on Instagram (@curioussparkledirt) one week ago and I want to share it here. Today my amazing husband helped me clean out my grad school office. And then dealt with me afterwards. Nothing makes a person grumpy quite like returning to the shrine of their undiagnosed neurological disease. You might be… Continue reading Cleaning Out My Office

Math Wasn’t Always Black&White

HIDDEN FIGURES IS FINALLY OUT!!! This has been on my calendar for oh gosh...a year? And it's finally here!!! I went during opening weekend and the showing was SOLD OUT. We laughed and cried and got so angry. And at the end EVERYONE CLAPPED because it's about damn time we start honoring the folks who disappeared… Continue reading Math Wasn’t Always Black&White