Monthly Archives: June 2009

Ox Head and Other Tools

Posted on June 6, 2009 by Ed Medley

All professional folk have their favorite tools.  Nowadays the tools of choice seems to be notepad computers, GPS units, IPhones and Blackberry PDAs with Bluetooth flashing ear pieces.  I rather like my ancient cell phone. The cell is pain to … Continue reading →

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Downsized

Posted on June 5, 2009 by Ed Medley

Downsized means smaller, shrunken, poorer. Maggie has downsized this week. She was sheared from her normal full-size mass of unruly maggie-shagginess to a new svelte style: cool, velvet-coated, sleek. She shed Age too- she looks 3 years old, not 13.

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Nothing of Any Import

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Ed Medley

My dear friend Margaret G~ and I chatted this week. She told me “Nothing of any import” was going on in her life. I was touched by those words: something is going on in her life, even if only during … Continue reading →

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Jahns Jottings (Mid-Jaunt)

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Ed Medley

I am now more than mid-way through my year as the 2009 Richard H. Jahns Distinguished Lecturer in Engineering Geology, awarded by the Association of Environmental and Engineering Geologists and the Geological Society of America (Engineering Geology Division). I was … Continue reading →

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