January 7, 2016. It's dark these days when I get home to Casselman, and more so today as I was late getting out of the office. But it allows me to appreciate the gentle lighting of Paroisse Ste-Euphémie, the signature church in the centre of town. Accomplishments today: - updated by ORCID profile and added publications That doesn't seem like much, but I only list as accomplishments the things I finished. It was actually a pretty productive day but I still have a bunch of half-done things on my desk. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1ITGW08

January 6, 2015. This is the new shower curtain I bought yesterday. It's for the downstairs shower, which is what I use after riding the trainer. Third day in a row on that, which is good. I haven't seen the fitness and weight benefits yet - that will ...

January 5, 2015. Very cold and crystal clear this morning as an ice fog shrouded the city and coated the trees with hoarfrost. I had a quiet day spent digging into the technology for a bit. Accomplishments today: - installed Python on my desktop, set u...

January 4, 2015. First day back in the office after the break and it was a productive day (albeit one with four hours of meetings). This is the scene from the parking lot as I headed home in the evening. Accomplishments for today: - used the trainer th...

January 3, 2016. Worked on using Facebook Graph with my Perl script, but this did not go well at all. I also spent some time setting up the room in the basement, and sorting photographs. Accomplishments for today: - set up the trainer in the basement F...

January 2, 2016. I planned to get a bunch of stuff set up downstairs. Instead I spent the day puttering online. Also, I had intended to list daily accomplishments, but completely forgot. But hey, no time like the present, and these daily posts are a go...

January 1, 2016. The first day of the year, the first New Year in our new house. This is the front lawn of the house, and I've only just now noticed that we have yet another spruce tree on our lawn, just like in Moncton. Makes me feel happy. From Flick...

July 30, 2015. Another installment in the ongoing saga of the downstairs toilet. This is the packaging from the latest repair. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1JOOLiw

December 31, 2015. We went from store to store in search of 4mm machine bolts (for the televsion stand) and finally found one here, at the Lowe's in Orleans. I toopk the opportunity to take a Kubrik-esque photo of the lighting aisle. From Flickr http:/...

December 30, 2015. The cats' characters have all changed a bit since we moved and since we lost Bart. Polly has become less active, more skittish. But she also lives on this stool or the counter just behind it, always within a couple feet of Andrea. Fr...

July 30, 2015. Another installment in the ongoing saga of the downstairs toilet. This is the packaging from the latest repair. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1JOOLiw

December 31, 2015. We went from store to store in search of 4mm machine bolts (for the televsion stand) and finally found one here, at the Lowe's in Orleans. I toopk the opportunity to take a Kubrik-esque photo of the lighting aisle. From Flickr http:/...

December 30, 2015. The cats' characters have all changed a bit since we moved and since we lost Bart. Polly has become less active, more skittish. But she also lives on this stool or the counter just behind it, always within a couple feet of Andrea. Fr...

December 29, 2015. After several days of serious relaxation, I got to work today. Andrea had painted the office walls, then I went to work converting a pile of boxes and stuff into a workable office. It's still in a very primitive form, but it's almost...

December 28, 2015. With the right framing, anything can look good. This is basically a ditch between two parking lots, the Costco on one side (where we restocked before the coming storm) and a furniture stor on the other. There are some nice bridges ov...

December 27, 2015. We got the first real trace of winter today, a soating of ice and snow that left every surface white. It was over by the end of the day, ending in a multicoloured sky highlighting our garden sheds. From Flickr http://ift.tt/1ToDMBL

December 26, 2015. We went to see Star Wars today. It was exactly what I expected it to be (that's not praise). This is what the house looks like when we arrive home at night. I do love the lights. Next year I will put up Chistmas lights with a bit mor...

December 25, 2015. We had a quiet morning, then went for Christmas dinner at the Lac Leamy Casino with my mother and Bernie, my aunt Marilyn, Effice, and a bunch of other people (sorry, I still don't know everyone). We had to wait a couple hours for a ...

December 23, 2015. I got the lights uo, then we went to see James Bond today, which I thought was better than the critics allowed (they wanted to see a cartoon like Iron Man but what they got was a good taut spy thriller in the best tradition of Bond)....