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Sunday, January 03, 2010

Friday, January 01, 2010

Christmastime with Neil in Palm Springs

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Monday, August 03, 2009

Help my sister is trying to Hug me.

Poor Kira, she was always such a good "big sister" letting Trevor play with her barbies, her ponies, yada yada. This is the thanks she gets. He won't even mug for a photo with her.

Trevor and Company. This is Trevor with the student director, Connor Creagan, AFTER his performance in Geneseo Central's production of LOVE, DEATH and the PROM. The play was a series of vignettes about High School Life. He of course played a football hero, named "Mark" and a Cad, named "Don". He is our hero/cad every day and we love him!

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

SUMMERTIME!!!!

Morgan and Amelia

Sunday, June 14, 2009

Me and my shadow...

Memorial day weekend in a rainy Rapid City. My sister had her granddaughters for the weekend. This is my great-niece, Morgan, who became my buddy and literally followed me everywhere. Ohhhh it was so cute! I will probably have to return to my Black Hills in a few weeks.

Linda and Nathan 25 Years.

It is so hard to believe that we got married 25 years ago, May 26th. We are at dinner here in York, NY. I would have NEVER predicted that my hair would be longer than it was on our wedding day, that Nathan would be totally bald, that we would have had three children, or that we'd spend our 25th in NY.

Connor runs at Honeyoe Falls Lima

200 Yard Dash. Connor is beginning to lose the "stickman" look!

Thursday, April 09, 2009

Family PICTS.

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Sonic HedgeHog Gene and KIRA?

Kira is going to have a busy and fun summer chasing down information about this Gene at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN this summer. This sounds like a very fun and challenging summer for our girl. Congrats on your Internship Kira!

How Shh Got its Name--Sonic hedgehog is, in fact, named after the character from the popular Sega Genesis video game. The original hedgehog gene was found in Drosophila and was named for the appearance of the mutant phenotype which causes an embryo to be covered with pointy denticles resembling a hedgehog. The first two homologues of hedgehog were named after species of hedgehog and the third was named after the video game character (Gilbert, 2000).
What is Sonic Hedgehog?
Sonic Hedgehog is one of three homologues found in vertebrates. The hedgehog family consists of sonic hedgehog (shh), desert hedgehog (dhh), and indian hedgehog (ihh). Shh is the most common of the three and is therefore the best documented (Gilbert, 2000). Shh is made in the notochord of developing embryos. This important protein has many functions throughout the life of the organisms in which it is expressed. http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/Molbio/MolStudents/spring2003/Watson/shh1.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.bio.davidson.edu/Courses/Molbio/MolStudents/spring2003/Watson/Sonichedgehog.htm&usg=__Ud7LkOlyLgM9m2D-zxRb0OZ3LGI=&h=350&w=337&sz=36&hl=en&start=1&um=1&tbnid=fsmGtV4VwvllkM:&tbnh=120&tbnw=116&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsonic%2Bhedgehog%2Bgene%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox%26rlz%3D1I7GFRD%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1http://.

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Winter Running

Okay, as ambivilent as I have grown about this town, I have to say, because there is nothing else AT ALL to do here, I have maintained a fitness routine. Even so much as running quite faithfully all winter in all conditions. Blaaaaaaa. Rapid City take me home!!!!

Doggin it in the am

Well, you can see how exciting the life of a college professor is! These darn dogs think they own the bed. I'm lucky to carve out a place. Nathan took this photo as proof. One might think that a guy would fight for his place in the bedroom, but 'taint so. Dogs rule, men drool.