Author Archives: Jolyon

Has it been almost a year since I last posted here? How terrible of me. Life has been, well, busy, and I don’t really have much to say here for the moment. However, I did just add a blueberry muffin … Continue reading →

I can now check off another thing on my “list of things to do in life”: experience an earthquake. At about 1.54 today, I was on the 4th floor of the Physical Sciences Building, working diligently in my office, when … Continue reading →

No, they haven’t happened yet. But they will happen. Assuming I can get somebody, anybody to come with me? For some reason, I’ve only heard back from a couple of the friends who I emailed, and all those who have … Continue reading →

My workshop is over now, and I’m back in Ithaca. Back to work, trying to get a big long list of things done. I haven’t managed to get back into my exercising swing yet, which is frustrating me a bit; … Continue reading →

Alas, I have been lax in posting here these past few weeks. Honestly, there hasn’t been all that much to about. For the first half of July, my life was dominated by physics and exercise, in the form of running, … Continue reading →

Just a quick post tonight. Yesterday was yoga in the morning. It was intense, and I may have been a little overambitious in one of the strange poses, and did something that wasn’t so good for my back. I spent … Continue reading →

Today, I slept in. It felt rather nice to sleep through the morning, rather than getting up at 8 am to expend all the precious energy that my body recovered over the past eight hours by going to the pool … Continue reading →

I got up early this morning, earlier than usual, with the aim of getting to the pool a little earlier than before, and shooting for the 70 lap mile. Alas, it was raining this morning, so instead of biking in, … Continue reading →

After my marathon 50 laps yesterday, I crashed in the afternoon. And not just a little afternoon siesta, either – I was out for three hours! Yesterday evening Ekaterin and I had dance practise, which was most enjoyable. We didn’t … Continue reading →

I’m surprised at how quickly my body is responding to exercise. This morning, I managed to get through 50 laps of the pool. I was only aiming for 32, but by the time I got there, I figured I had … Continue reading →