Sunday, January 26, 2014. I started writing in a new space. It took a little while to get comfortable and decide what I wanted to change about my blogging, but now I am enjoying myself. I might also periodically add to the blogroll, as there are many interesting and active bloggers around.

About being a post-doc, babywearing and everything in between. Friday, January 31, 2014. You can now find my shiny new blog at babyattachmode. Please come and check it out! Links to this post. Monday, January 27, 2014. Some positions, like my current position.

Life from the viewpoint of someone who needs to be in. Tuesday, December 19, 2017. One of the things I miss about moving my legal residence from LA to Boulder is my congressman, Ted Lieu. The first time I met him, he was in the CA state assembly and had just voted against the law making it illegal to harvest shark fins. Naturally, I asked him why he voted that way.

Monday, September 23, 2013. One of these days,. I will learn that everything ends. I will learn it before I begin,. Hesitant and unsure of my place and role. In this new endeavor,. I will learn my lesson before I begin. And save myself trepidation and heart ache. Because I will know that this too will end. Every life that is born,. Every flower that that blooms,. Every summer that blossoms and burgeons. Green and lush around me,. Every friendship I form,.

This is my space- both public and private- to vent, rant, muse, and reflect. Wednesday, September 11, 2013. Monday, August 12, 2013.

Spring break, day the last. It was all too short. At least I paid the bills last night. Spring Break, day 6. Another day of being under .

Thursday, December 31, 2009. Blog moving to Samantha Scientist. I have committed a major blog faux-pas. I adopted a name very similar to an existing awesome female science blogger, A Lady Scientist. And will be posting over there from here on out. Hope to see you there! Keeping up with science.

Saturday, June 3, 2017. And yet I have failed mightily this year. I have been on sabbatical! It rocked. And was way less productive than hoped. Also of course I love my kid, but she has her moments. Sunday, January 1, 2017. I would like to feel more connected to things I can do in the wider world, how to fight the general sense of forebodi.

Understanding materials science and engineering from the trenches of graduate school. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Pending a little paperwork, I am now Doctor Materials Science! What next for this space? Sunday, March 8, 2015. This apparently means more than 48 hours. Tuesday, March 3, 2015.