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| author | Blaise Thompson <blaise@untzag.com> | 2021-12-11 10:52:11 -0600 |
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| committer | Blaise Thompson <blaise@untzag.com> | 2021-12-11 10:52:11 -0600 |
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diff --git a/memories/2015-solstice-letter/index.html b/memories/2015-solstice-letter/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index 5c561d7..0000000 --- a/memories/2015-solstice-letter/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,92 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<meta name="viewport" content="width=80ch, initial-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no"> -<html> -<head> - <meta charset="utf-8"> - <title>2015 winter solstice letter</title> - <link rel="stylesheet" href="../style.css"> -</head> -<body> - -<h1>2015 winter solstice letter</h1> - -<p> -<a href="..">← back to memories list</a> -<p> - -<hr> - -<p> -Blaise sent this letter to friends and family to celebrate the winter holiday season, 2015. -In addition to this html version, you can also download the letter as sent: <a href="./letter.pdf">PDF</a>. -</p> - -<h2>Winter Solstice Greetings - 2015</h2> - -<p> -Hello to all my friends and family. -I hope that you are feeling peaceful, cozy, and happy in these unusually warm winter months. -</p> - -<p> -Following time honored Thompson tradition I'm already slipping behind in my holiday greeting card schedule. -I'm writing this the day \textit{after} winter solstice. -Madison is unusually warm for the time of year. -Outside it is very foggy and a large amount of rain is expected later. -Previous snowfall has long since melted. -</p> - -<p> -I'm now well into my 5th year of graduate school. -As of early December I've become the senior experimentalist on the femtosecond materials project. -Older graduate students in the group are still around but are focusing exclusively on finishing their dissertations. -Projects that I have been working on are finally being published. -Writing papers is frustrating but enjoyable once done. -Currently we are caught up to data collected 1.5 years ago, so there is much to do. -I'm hopeful that 2016 can be a breakout year where we really can use these tools we've created to say something useful about solar materials. -</p> - -<figure> - <img src="./me.JPG"> -</figure> - -<p> -The picture above is me tubing on a Wright Group boating trip on lake Mendota. -I was able to hold on for quite some time but did end up being thrown trying to do some tricks. -</p> - -<p> -I didn't take any large vacations this year. -The family did spend some time at Towanda lake in northern Wisconsin. -It was fun to return to a common childhood vacation location. -While there we spread the ashes of Vehrzheen -. It was a fitting goodbye - I'll never forget how much fun Vehrzheen and I had on that lake when we were young. -The picture below was taken by me on the day we scattered her ashes. -</p> - -<figure> - <img src="./loon_cropped.jpg"> -</figure> - -<p> -I'm continuing to enjoy Madison. -I have started contradancing again. -I have gotten more serious about weight lifting and fitness as a hobby and have really enjoyed the facilities provided by the University. -I continue to enjoy living downtown in the hustle and bustle of city life but I may be outgrowing my apartment with stuff. -May move this fall if I can find a nice place. -</p> - -<p> -Have a fantastic 2016. -</p> - -<p> -Blaise J Thompson <br> -509 N Lake St. Apt 408 <br> -Madison Wisconsin 53703 <br> -<br> -blaise@untzag.com -</p> - -</body> -</html> |