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I knew that the locks would not be able to stand the temperature of Bolivia, so, they're gone... Rest in Peace. I have not, however, regressed to short hair, rather am taking a stab at intermediate curly length. Return date set at Feb. 2nd...

~ D

Jan 18th

Hey everyone

It has been quite a long time since I've written, and now that everyone is working and I am the only one with time to do things, I felt it was important to update the blog.

I am currently still in the PA, resting up for a trip down to Peru/Bolivia. I managed to visit Mackenzie a few weeks ago and say hi to my new baby cousin. She is still only 3 weeks old and it seems like she is growing everyday from the pictures that I have been seeing.

I am planning a massive farewell tour/ graduate school visit trip in the upcoming few weeks before I head back down to Peru. I am scheduled to return to Peru on the 3rd of February. I will stay there for a few weeks before I head to Santa Cruz, Bolivia, where I will begin work on the fire history and flooding pattern project at the Museo Noel Kempff. In Peru, I'll have a bunch of things to do - one will be helping to organize entries for an encyclopedia on the Madre de Dios region from a local library. I will also be spending some time reconstructing the GIS database that I began in the fall. The main goal will be a user-friendly and easily navigable GIS database with all of the Cloud forest files on it.

Santa Cruz will be a bit different. As for now, I plan on working several months on a funded project to get an accurate fire history of the pampas del heath, a tropical savannah in Northwest Bolivia. I'm still pretty hazy on the details of where I will be, etc. but more info is on the way.

The past few weeks I have been doing graduate school applications, finishing up the GRE, and preparing for another trip down to South America. In the next couple of weeks, I plan on visiting Duke, UVA, UMD and possibly BU for graduate school visits. During that time, there will be several stops, including Charlottesville and DC to visit the ACA headquarters. Hopefully I'll get to see people on my way, although time will be pretty tight.

Other than that, I have been enjoying relaxing at home and gaining some weight before I head back. I have been looking up info on the future addition to my life - a dog - constantly. The true search for the predecessor of the famous, the infamous Hydrox cat, won't begin until I get back from Peru/Bolivia, but it is something I have been spending lots of time on.

I've also begun a series of meditations on my thoughts on the state of the world which are too lengthy and verbose to post here. So, if it seems that I haven't been writing, it's normally because lots of my thoughts are captured there, instead of on the blog. Not too much has been happening, which is why there haven't really been any additions. I did successfully manage to round up some folks for poker a few nights. I will post some pictures of the recent adventures after this. I promise more interesting tales in the next update

thanks Churcha for the update suggestion

~ D

Me and MK 

Mackenzie - Jan 14th 

Corinna, Jason, and Mackenzie during my visit to New Jersey. 

Miles and Dorothy boogie at Sarah's 

Jen, Sadow, and Dickens at Matt's in Westtown. 

Mackenzie and Corinna 

Mackenzie, fast asleep on Corinna's shoulder. 

New addition

Today at 7PM, my second cousin Mackenzie Roxanne Fox was born, a healthy girl. This is very exciting - here's hoping that she has a beautiful life