Atlanta

  • The Key to Scientific Talks

    If you want people to come to your talks, provide lunch. And not just stale pizza. Maybe mix it up with sandwiches one week, burritos the next, and a pizza week thrown in there every now and then. Just to throw em off.  If you provide lunch, people will come, they will tell their friends…

  • One thing I like about Atlanta – It rains. Not like the gentle sprinkling of rain that Denver gets or the summer’s quick afternoon thunderstorms. Atlanta gets those too, but the rain all-day, wake up in the morning to rain type of storm. That’s what I’m talkin’ about. There is something soothing about hearing the…

  • The days feel long, but man, the months are flying by. We are entering into our last week of April and I sit here asking myself the same question that my parents asked a couple of days ago, “What’s new Madeline?” When they asked me I sort of paused and then answered, nothing really – I’m…

  • Today I discovered – That if I breath through my nose more while running then I will swallow less bugs. That my crock pot is worth way more than the $30 plus shipping that I spent on it when I came home to the most divine smell this evening. I ate dinner within 15 minutes of…

  • Tuesday April 12th has been a kick ass day. Mostly because it’s my sister Anna’s birthday, and a little bit because I bought a crockpot. I’m currently taking suggestions for the best crockpot recipes you have because the possibilities are endless, and in case you were wondering… I’m drooling with anticipation. Most nights I don’t eat…

  • You know, “My Mama always said – Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get”. Except, who doesn’t love the boxes of chocolate that come with a little map to what kinds each are? One little lid holds all of the answers to life’s possible outcomes with locations…

  • My thoughts on this guilt-free Saturday – 1. I LOVE sleeping in. I lazily woke up at 11 am to hear my neighbors wind chime echoing in the breeze *magic* I walked to a local coffee shop, ordered a tea, and enjoyed the moment. There was an adorable puppy playing tricks, students studying, a new…

  • Green Thumb

    “Don’t dig up in doubt what you planted in faith” – Elisabeth Elliot Spring is a time of new; a time to rejoice in fresh growth. It’s a time when things wake up from their wintry slumber and burst forth into the world – “Helloooo I’m here”. If you take a moment to peruse my…

  • I have a confession to make. I’m in a blog writing slump. I’m 8 posts, 1 page, 10 comments, and 2 months along in this journey of finding grace within my everyday life and I’ve become stuck. Each week it takes me a little bit longer to decide on something to write about, and it takes…

  • – Rest –  What does it mean to rest? What does it look like to take a moment to pause and slow down? These questions have been tugging at my heart the last few days as I headed into my weekend – the first weekend in a while that I didn’t have visitors or was…