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2015 winter solstice letter

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-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: PDF. -

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Winter Solstice Greetings - 2015

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-Hello to all my friends and family. -I hope that you are feeling peaceful, cozy, and happy in these unusually warm winter months. -

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-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. -

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-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. -

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-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. -

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-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. -

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-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. -

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-Have a fantastic 2016. -

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-Blaise J Thompson
-509 N Lake St. Apt 408
-Madison Wisconsin 53703
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