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Happy Holidays

montanaron — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 09:42:19 +0000

To all my readers, friends, colleagues and family–may you have a very enjoyable holiday season and a prosperous and happy New Year.

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Vacation Time

montanaron — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:01:45 +0000

It’s the end of the fall semester, so, as usual, I’ve been busy with final assessments, grading, paperwork, meetings and other duties. But soon, however, I’ll be vacationing in Laos (mainly) to visit with my friend Nai and his family. Korea’s weather is starting to turn wintry cold, so spending some time in a more [...] Related posts:

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In Transit

montanaron — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 16:54:48 +0000

It’s now 2 p.m., Vietnam time, and I’m sitting in a restaurant/internet cafe, one of two in the transit area of the Noi Bai Airport in Hanoi. Incongruously, for this Communist country, it would seem, Christmas decorations abound in the restaurant–tinsel, fake candy canes, a plastic tree with blinking lights, and Santas and other decorations [...] Related posts:

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Saturday Drive, Merry Christmas!

montanaron — Sun, 25 Dec 2005 09:35:34 +0000

John, my boss, drove down from Rabat yesterday in his quest for snow. It was a chilly, rainy overcast day in Meknes, so we assumed there would be plenty of new snow in the Middle Atlas Mountains south of here. John wanted to drive up to Lake Afenourir, a protected bird habitat, about 26 km [...] Related posts:

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Blue Skies, Smilin’ at Me . . .

montanaron — Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:51:16 +0000

Not! It’s been a very rainy, very cold day in Meknes. It’s probably the first time I’ve really felt cold. As I posted earlier, I think, my apartment building has no central heating and I don’t have any heaters, thinking I could get by. Luckily, John, the RELO, called me today and asked me to [...] Related posts:

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Teaching, Conference, Holiday Season

montanaron — Tue, 22 Nov 2005 19:55:11 +0000

More info on the CPR and my teaching duties. The official start date is Monday, the 28th, and I’ll be teaching, for the time being, 6 hours per week, the same 3 classes, since it was decided to have only one group of students, which now numbers 49. So, that seems like an easy schedule, [...] Related posts:

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