Wilderness Road Ride

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Did the 29 mile loop in the Wilderness Road Ride over the weekend.

Hard at work on the paper (Identifying Ideal Sites for Disturbance Dependent Piedmont Prairie Restoration and Oak Regeneration using a Spatial Decision Support System).

Pretty maps.

A break from paper writing and a new haircut.

New friends, Ken and Ginger. Ken is a new chiropractor in town and Ginger is our lovely new fiscal technician at CMI.

When I wrote my last post on Sunday, I had no idea of the horror that would strike my community the next morning. The changes of this week were of course devastating rather than the exciting that I had hoped for. But once again I turn to my family, friends, and faith to pull through. My thoughts and prayers are with all those most directly affected by this tragedy. I saw a glimpse of how strong our Virginia Tech and Blacksburg communities are while attending the convocation (in the stadium overflow) and spending time in and around campus and downtown Blacksburg today. I love this town and the people that make it a unique and special place to live. God bless us all!

May we be safe
May we be happy
May we be healthy
May we live with ease of heart with whatever comes our way in life

Listen to Nikki Giovanni, University Distinguished Professor, poet, activist

"We will prevail!"

Moving on. . .

Well, you got to keep trucking on. Perhaps easier when you have such great family and friends, and faith that there is something bigger and better out there. In the last month I've picked up knitting, reconnected with some old friends, and visited family for Easter.
I'm looking forward to finishing my major grad project and moving this summer. I may put an offer on a condo this week. It feels like some exciting changes are just around the corner.

Check out the trendy knitting . . . brother, the iPod was free.

Easter Dorr 2007

The food was delicious . . .

The kids had fun. . .

The adults had their turn. . .

but used their kids for the hard to reach eggs.



Prizes!