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Holidailies Intro
The bad news is that I have a ton of catching up to do.
The good news is that I've signed up for Holidailies, so intend to post daily from December 1st through January 2nd.
It's traditional to start Holidailies with an intro, so here's one.
I'm Miriam. I starting writing an on-line journal around 1996 with Areas of Unrest and moved on to Livejournal and Dreamwidth later on. Back in those early days, I lived in Los Angeles. I moved to Northern Virginia in 2002 and still live in that area. I am vaguely thinking about retirement communities. (I've been retired for a little over 5 years now, after 35 years in the space industry.)
My great passion is travel. Depending on what you count as a country, I've been to between 93 and 125 countries and territories. I have not ignored my home country either and have been to all 50 U.S. states (plus Puerto Rico and the U.S.. Virgin Islands). And I've been to at least 18 of the 63 National Parks. (There are a couple I'm not sure about.)
Other things I do include:
I read a lot and go to the theatre. I am an unrepentant coffee snob. I love baseball and my favorite teams are the Boston Red Sox and whoever is playing against the Yankees, who I usually refer to as the Source of All Evil in the Universe.
Most of this journal is public. I do lock some entries involving my family, health, neighbors, and almost everything about the person I refer to as the Gentleman With Whom I am Conducting the World's Longest Running Brief Meaningless Fling.
And, since this is holidailies, I am Jewish. Acceptable spellings for an upcoming holiday are Chanukah and Januka (in Spanish). Hanukkah is an abomination. Also, my family always ate our potato latkes with sugar, not applesauce or sour cream.
The good news is that I've signed up for Holidailies, so intend to post daily from December 1st through January 2nd.
It's traditional to start Holidailies with an intro, so here's one.
I'm Miriam. I starting writing an on-line journal around 1996 with Areas of Unrest and moved on to Livejournal and Dreamwidth later on. Back in those early days, I lived in Los Angeles. I moved to Northern Virginia in 2002 and still live in that area. I am vaguely thinking about retirement communities. (I've been retired for a little over 5 years now, after 35 years in the space industry.)
My great passion is travel. Depending on what you count as a country, I've been to between 93 and 125 countries and territories. I have not ignored my home country either and have been to all 50 U.S. states (plus Puerto Rico and the U.S.. Virgin Islands). And I've been to at least 18 of the 63 National Parks. (There are a couple I'm not sure about.)
Other things I do include:
- crafting (mostly knitting, crochet, and various types of embroidery, but I've also done nalbinding, bobbin lace. And I do paper crafts like bookbinding and surface design, too.)
- storytelling
- genealogy
- puzzles and trivia and board games
I read a lot and go to the theatre. I am an unrepentant coffee snob. I love baseball and my favorite teams are the Boston Red Sox and whoever is playing against the Yankees, who I usually refer to as the Source of All Evil in the Universe.
Most of this journal is public. I do lock some entries involving my family, health, neighbors, and almost everything about the person I refer to as the Gentleman With Whom I am Conducting the World's Longest Running Brief Meaningless Fling.
And, since this is holidailies, I am Jewish. Acceptable spellings for an upcoming holiday are Chanukah and Januka (in Spanish). Hanukkah is an abomination. Also, my family always ate our potato latkes with sugar, not applesauce or sour cream.