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| author | Blaise Thompson <blaise@untzag.com> | 2020-05-29 11:06:39 -0500 |
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| committer | Blaise Thompson <blaise@untzag.com> | 2020-05-29 11:06:39 -0500 |
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diff --git a/public/2015-solstice-letter/index.html b/public/2015-solstice-letter/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3471ad9 --- /dev/null +++ b/public/2015-solstice-letter/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,92 @@ +<!DOCTYPE html> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, 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> |