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life events, homes |
schools, jobs |
travel, conferences |
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14,000,000,000 years ago |
The universe exploded into existence |
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4,500,000,000 years ago |
Planet Earth formed around the Sun |
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100,000,000 years ago |
Life formed in the ocean |
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65,000,000 years ago |
Mammals began to dominate on the
land |
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5,000,000 years ago |
Hominids evolved from apes in Africa |
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300,000 years ago |
Humans evolved in Africa |
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70,000 years ago |
Behaviorally modern humans developed
language & collaboration skills |
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55,000 years ago |
My ancestors crossed the Red Sea to
the Levant (Israel area) |
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2,200 years ago |
They migrated to Turkey along the
Mediterranean |
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1,900 years ago |
They migrated from Turkey to Italy
(the diaspora) |
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650 |
They migrated from Rome to Frankfurt
area |
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1200 |
They migrated from Frankfurt to
Bialystok region (Poland/Russia) and Romania |
“The old country” |
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1851 |
Chaim Levy (1816-1852) and Rachel
(1820-1852) begat Yetta in Bialystok |
My maternal great-great-grandparents |
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1885 |
Mordecai Kaplan (1851-1898) and
Yetta Levy (1851-1928) begat Minnie in Bialystok |
My maternal great-grandparents |
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1901 |
Isaac and Hannah Stahl emigrated
from Romania to Philadelphia |
My paternal grandparents |
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1904 |
Nathan Miller (Millendovich)
and Minnie Kaplan emigrated from Aradok (a village
near Bialystok, Poland) to Chicago |
My maternal grandparents |
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1915 |
Isaac and Hannah Stahl begat Ben in
Philadelphia |
My father |
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1920 |
Nathan Miller (1885-1965) and Minnie
Kaplan (1885-1963) begat Evelyn in Chicago |
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My mother |
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1943 |
Ben Stahl (1915-1998) and Evelyn
Miller (1920-2001) married in Philadelphia (rebel attic) |
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1945 |
Gerry born in Wilmington, DE; lived
in Arden, DE |
Me |
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1946 |
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1947 |
Alan born in North Providence, RI |
My brother |
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1948 |
Moved to Philadelphia |
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1949 |
Summer in Pewaukee, WI, for summer |
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1950 |
Lived in Philly on Beaumont St. |
Attended pre-school |
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1951 |
Moved to Trevose, PA |
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1952 |
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Started at Trevose Elementary School |
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1953 |
Learned arithmetic |
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1954 |
Moved to Columbus, OH for half a
year; summer in Camp Kinderland, South Haven, MI |
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1955 |
Moved to Cleveland, OH for a year |
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1956 |
Back to Trevose |
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1957 |
Moved to Louisville, KT for
half a year, where I read lots of science fiction |
Graduated from Trevose Elementary
School; started at Bensalem High School; Louisville HS for middle of year |
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1958 |
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Attended new middle school in
Bensalem for a year |
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1959 |
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Took Algebra course for a second
time due to scheduling change |
Summer family car trip in Canada |
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1960 |
Read about math and science |
Took Geometry course and enjoyed
proofs |
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1961 |
Played basketball, track, wrestling |
Took classical physics course |
Summer family car trip in Mexico |
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1962 |
Participated in math & science
clubs |
Took MIT version of HS physics |
Summer physics program at U,
Arizona; Seattle World’s Fair |
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1963 |
Moved to Cambridge, MA; lived in
dorm |
Graduated from Bensalem High School;
started at MIT |
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1964 |
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Summer job at Bell telephone company |
Phone installation / removal |
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1965 |
Lived in apartment in Boston, MA |
Summer job at U of Penn |
Programmed statistical analyses |
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1966 |
Summer in Baden, Switzerland |
Intern at Brown Bovari |
Summer in Switzerland; travel
through England, France, Germany, Austria |
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1967 |
Married Doris; summer at language
institute in Achenmühle, Germany; moved to
Heidelberg |
Graduated from MIT; attended
University of Heidelberg |
Honeymoon in Switzerland; traveled
to Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Israel, Italy; New years in Paris |
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1968 |
Moved to Neckargemund,
Germany; |
Flipped burgers at White Castle;
taught at Bartram High in SW Philadelphia; drove at Yellow Cab |
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Zake born; |
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moved to Philadelphia |
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1969 |
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Worked at Temple University computer
center |
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1970 |
Moved to Chicago, Il |
Attended Northwestern University |
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1971 |
Moved to Kronberg, Germany |
Attended University of Frankfurt |
Traveled to Yugoslavia, Denmark,
Sweden, Norway |
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1972 |
Moved to dorm in Frankfurt |
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Traveled to England; trip to Spain
with Ben & Evelyn |
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1973 |
Moved to Chicago, IL |
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1974 |
Moved to Pine Run, NJ |
Worked at Temple University |
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1975 |
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Graduated from Northwestern |
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1976 |
Rusty born; |
Worked at PUP, PCNO |
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moved to West Philadelphia, PA |
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1977 |
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Community organizing |
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1978 |
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VISTA supervisor at PNO |
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1979 |
Moved to Southwest Germantown,
Philadelphia, PA |
Worked at SWG Community Development Corporation |
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1980 |
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1981 |
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1982 |
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1983 |
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1984 |
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Worked at Center for the Study of
Civic Values |
Tour of worker coops in Europe |
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1985 |
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Worked at Community Computerization
Project |
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1986 |
divorce |
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Family vacation in Venezuela |
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1987 |
Bachelor with Zake & Rusty |
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1988 |
Met Carol in Baltimore |
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1989 |
Moved to Boulder, CO; remarried to
Carol |
Attended University of Colorado;
worked as Teaching Assistant |
Honeymoon in Vera Cruz and Oaxaca,
Mexico |
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1990 |
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Worked at US West phone company |
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1991 |
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Teaching assistant for computer
programming |
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1992 |
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Worked as Graduate Research
Assistant |
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1993 |
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Graduated from Colorado |
Cognitive Science conference in
Boulder; InterCHI conference in Amsterdam |
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1994 |
Built house in Niwot, CO |
Worked at Owen Research |
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1995 |
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CSCL conference in Bloomington, IN |
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1996 |
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Worked as Post-Doctoral Researcher |
NASA in Houston |
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1997 |
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CSCL conference in Toronto, Canada;
Carol's birthday vacation in Belize and Guatemala |
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1998 |
Ben died |
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ICLS conference on Atlanta; CILT
conference in San Jose; Caribbean cruise through Panama Canal with Evelyn and
Carol |
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1999 |
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Worked as Assistant Research
Professor |
CSCL conference at Stanford; AERA
conference in Montreal with Rusty; GROUP conference in Phoenix; WebNet conference in Honolulu; speaking tour in Germany
and visit to Basel |
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2000 |
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ICLS conference in Ann Arbor; AERA
conference in New Orleans; family vacation in Puerto Vallarta with Evelyn,
Carol, Rusty, Zake, Kimlou |
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2001 |
Nastasja born in Philadelphia (my
first granddaughter); |
Worked at GMD-FIT as Visiting
Research Scientist |
CSCL conference in Mastricht, Netherlands; Ethnography in Education
conference in Philadelphia; CRIWG conference in Darmstadt; GROUP conference
in Boulder (with me as Local Arrangements Chair); travel to Finland, Spain
and Luxembourg |
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moved to Bonn, Germany, for one
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Evelyn died |
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2002 |
Moved to rental house in Chestnut
Hill, Philadelphia, PA |
Worked at Drexel University as
Associate Professor; published Proceedings of CSCL 2002 |
CSCL conference in Boulder (with me
as Program Chair); ICLS conference in Seattle; vacation with Carol in
Austria, Italy, Switzerland; vacation with Kelly, Rusty, Carol in
Netherlands, Belgium, France; CRIWG conference in La Serena, Chile; ISCRAT
conference in Amsterdam; CSCW conference in New Orleans |
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2003 |
Bought house in Chestnut Hill,
Philadelphia, PA |
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CSCL conference in Bergen; DeLFI conference in Munich (keynote); C&T conference
in Amsterdam; HICCS conference in Oahu; Ethnography in Education conference
in Philadelphia; GROUP conference in Sanibel Island; NSDL conference in
Washington |
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2004 |
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VMT workshop |
ICLS 2004 conference in Santa
Monica; Kaleidoscope conference in Lausanne, Switzerland; AERA conference in
San Diego; NCTM conference in Philadelphia; IERI PI conference in DC; travel
to Germany and Norway |
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2005 |
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CSCL conference in Taiwan; EARLI
conference in Nicosia, Cypress; CRIWG conference in Recife, Brazil (keynote);
ICCE conference in Singapore (my best paper award); travel to Malaysia; NAIL
workshop in Gothenburg, Sweden; ELOC workshop in Madison; Frode
PhD defense in Bergen |
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2006 |
Heart stent |
Published Group Cognition; |
ICLS conference in Bloomington;
KP-Labs and CMC book workshop in Oslo; Kaleidoscope conference in Bergen;
AERA conference in San Francisco; HCIC consortium in Frasier, CO; ICS
workshop in Boulder; ELOC workshops in Oahu, Bloomington and Boulder; tour on
group cognition to Freiburg and Tubingen with Tim & Dan; IERI PI
conference in DC |
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published CSCL: An historical
perspective with Tim & Dan; |
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started the International Journal
of CSCL |
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2007 |
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CSCL conference in New Brunswick,
NJ; AERA in Chicago; KMRC Beirat in Tubingen;
Creativity conference in DC; GROUP conference in Sanibel Island; Open
Learning Initiative in Pittsburgh |
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2008 |
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Earned tenure at Drexel University |
ICLS conference in Utrecht; OLI
workshop in Pittsburgh; HCIS conference in Frasier, CO; KMRC Beirat in Tubingen; |
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2009 |
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Published Studying VMT |
CSCL conference in Rhodes; GROUP
conference in Sanibel Island; ICCE conference in Hong Kong (keynote) |
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2010 |
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ICLS conference in Chicago; GeoGebra
conference in Ithaca; Communication Analysis workshop in Tempe, AZ; ONR
workshop in Orlando, FL; NCA conference in San Francisco; cruise to Greek
Islands for 65th birthday |
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2011 |
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CSCL conference in Hong Kong,
Guangzhou, Shanghai, Beijing; Alpine Rendezvous in La Clusaz
in the French Alps; LRDC workshop in Pittsburgh; ECSCW in Aarhus, DN; iConference in Seattle; CTS conference in Philadelphia |
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2012 |
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Became Research Full Professor at
Drexel University |
ICLS conference Sydney; ICME
conference in Seoul; GeoGebra conference in Seoul; EIDWT conference in
Bucharest; GROUP conference in Sanibel Island; NSF DR K-12 workshop in DC;
talk at Rutgers, New Brunswick; travel to Weyher,
Tubingen, Wolfratshausen |
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2013 |
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Published Translating Euclid |
CSCL conference in Madison, WI;
GeoGebra conference in Oxford, OH; NAIL workshop in Gothenburg; travel to
Paris; travel to Machu Picchu & Galapagos; Crina PhD defense in Oslo
& talks in Gothenburg & Oslo |
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2014 |
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Retired from Drexel; became
Professor Emeritus |
ICLS conference in Boulder; GeoGebra
conference in Toronto; travel through Guatemala |
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2015 |
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Designed house in Chatham; published
collected writings |
CSCL conference in Gothenburg;
workshop in Umea; travel to Weyher, Germany |
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2016 |
Built house; moved to Chatham, MA; |
Published Constructing Dynamic
Triangles Together; set up studio/workshop and created furniture (mantle,
bookcases, ship’s ladder, tables) for house |
Had 31 house guests |
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Ruby born in Beacon, NY (my second
granddaughter) |
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2017 |
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Landscaped house; joined Board of
Chatham Conservation Foundation (CCF) and converted their membership and
accounting to online systems as Treasurer. Started pottery classes. |
Symposium on Quality of Life in
Hannover; vacation in Vidanta, Nuevo Vallarta; tour through Scotland &
Ireland; had 26 house guests |
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2018 |
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Created pottery, ceramic sculpture
and wood sculpture. Published Works of 3-D Form |
March in Sarasota, Florida; December
in Tucson, Sedona, San Francisco |
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2019 |
Ora born in Beacon, NY (my
third granddaughter) |
Created pre-Columbian reproductions,
ceramic sculpture, plaster & urethane resin casts; started Salt Marsh Task
Force at CCF |
March in Sarasota, Florida |
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2020 |
Covid pandemic |
Created large wood sculptures.
Published: Dynamic geometry game for pods. Analyzed historic coin
finds at the Nickerson homestead (with Alan). |
Visit Rusty; visit Heather; Spring
in Venice, Florida |
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2021 |
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Wrote Heidegger & e-music,
published Theoretical Investigations and other essays. |
Stayed on Cape Cod during pandemic.
Visit to Beacon, NY |
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2022 |
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Joined Town of Chatham’s Energy
& Climate Action Committee. Continued ceramic and wood sculpture.
Published The working of sonic being in e-music. (Marx and Heidegger fifty
years later). |
Spring in Venice, Florida (visits by
MEL & Bob; Zake, Kim, Nastasja; Ron & Ellen). Summer visit to Rusty
and to Kelly. Week in New Hampshire. |
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2023 |
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Got grant for study of 4 marshes.
Wrote CSCL for the era of climate change. |
Trip to Maine. Exhibit sculpture at
Cape Cod Museum of Art |
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2024 |
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Wrote proposal for study of 9
marshes. Completed large, multi-part wood sculptures. Studied sketching. |
Trip to Beacon and Alan & Bill's
50th anniversary. |
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2025 |
80th birthday party |
Published Mathematical group
cognition in the Anthropocene. Wrote Climate Change in Chatham. |
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