Margot's Blog

03 November 2024

Getting ready for the swamp hike

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Technically, I was only getting ready for half a swamp hike! Me and my Dutch hiking friends try to have an autumn hike every year, but every...
02 November 2024

High speed lecture updates

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I had felt my glaciology lecture series needed an update for a while. And there even had been mention of that in the student evaluations. So...
01 November 2024

Resorting to the mountain bike

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Two days after seriously displeasing my ankle on the Llanberis hills I didn't want to run yet. Not even a short run. But I also did not...
31 October 2024

No more proposals for dissertation topics

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The deadline has been, the students can't propose their own dissertation topics anymore ! What a relief. I do like the concept of the st...
30 October 2024

Back on the hills, but was that a good idea?

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I was getting withdrawal symptoms when I decided to not run for a bit to spare my sore ankle. If I don't run, I am very dependent on my ...
29 October 2024

Foram practical with new team

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This year the annual foraminifera practical, associated with the fieldtrip , would be quite big. We had 33 students! That is quite a lot. An...
28 October 2024

Phone charging faff

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The comedian Ashley Blaker suggest that parenting basically is just frantic management of phone chargers. I could imagine that there is a k...
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This blog started as a tool to keep my Dutch friends informed on my whereabouts when I moved abroad. It quickly also became an external memory for my own use. It largely failed as a stage for discussions on whatever is worth discussing. And it has become a way of sharing my scientific knowledge with a lay audience. And who knows, it could become even more! And whatever it is you are looking for among all this: welcome.
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