It's March Now

Another quick note from the not so frozen north.

We're getting rain this week, suggesting that mudseason may, if only temporarily, be fast approaching. Chinese new years was fun. We had a gaggle of people over for dumpling making and telephone pictionary, and, I think, a good time was had by all. We sent out a Chinese Newyears update (not much news, i guess) -- if you didn't make it on the list, check it out HERE, then send me an email and asking to be put on the list. I'm sure we're both very sorry.

I've been doing more work for The Scope, you can see recent articles HERE and HERE, and it seems like that will probably keep happening.

Emily got a beautiful blue french oven recently, so we've been using at every chance we get. The food that comes out of it is delicious, as a rule, which makes it fun to cook with.

The Little Red Cup Tea Co might be bringing product to market sooner than we might have though, so keep your ears open for that.

Until later then,
Martin

Snows of Winter

While all you in the south lands have been dealing with or reading about world ending snows in the mid Atlantic states, we've been getting our share -- about two feet last weekend, and more tonight (slated to turn into freezing rain).   Last week's storm came with the storm surges of the decade, carrying away fishing stages and sheds from some of the prettiest places in the city (places we'd considered trying to live).  Someone in Emily's department reported that waves were lapping under his floor, and over his roof (which, while it doesn't make a lot of sense, is certainly worrisome.

Emily is still biologist-ing. I'm still trying to hack it.  She's working on GIS mapping and getting ready for thesis writing next year, I'm hoping to do a story about the seal hunt, and planning on covering the Juno Awards, hopefully.  I've also found a new spelling of my name -- Connolley -- which you can find on this new article.

As a bonus, here's Emily, talking about science.

Radio Silence

So it's been a long time.  I was on a roll there for a while, and then I stopped posting completely.  What happened?  I got busy.  Really busy.  For the past 2 months I've been redesigning and building the new Atlantic Business Magazine website (abmonline.ca).  It was a departure from writing, and something new to learn, and ultimately, it was a great experience (still is, actually, you're seeing the beta version -- I've got the next few weeks to finish up a couple details).  I worked with Tall Brian on the project (I had to deal with the magazine, he had to deal with me) and it was great to be working with a friend.   It was also tiring.  We both worked all day and all night for weeks in a row, and it's good to take a breather now.  



If you're interested in the Newfoundland Dairy Industry, you might want to take a look at that article as well.    Finally, I redesigned my site and would appreciate any criticism.



A lot of people ask about the weather up here.  We're north, but not really that far north (around 48 degrees).  We also live on the Avalon Peninsula, where it does rain in the daytime not withstanding arthurian naming.    Newfoundland is where the labrador current meets the gulf stream, so we get a lot of storms (winter is a bad time to be in the water) but it's also not super cold.  Temperatures hover around freezing, trending a few degrees above or below depending on the week.  That said, the wind is wicked, and it's damp.  So the cold gets under your coat and in your socks. 

This weekend we're having a homemade doughnuts and hot buttered rum gathering, loosely linked to Emily's birthday, which is today.   Doughnuts were something we made once, last year at the hut.  The hot buttered rum just sounds delicious.

I'll have to report how it goes.

m.a.c