FW: Happy 2014 Winter Solstice!

[Robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Mark Reimers <http://www.yahoo.ca/~mark1reimers>
 > Date: Mon, 22 Dec 2014 01:50:34 +0000 (UTC)
 >
 > Hi Robert,
 > 
 > Nice to hear from you.Our big news is that DeAndra and I have accepted job
 > offers from Michigan State U. She started in December as associate dean in
 > the International Studies & Programs office. DeAndra has been three weeks
 > on her new job, and overall likes it and the people with whom she's
 > working.Iâ??ll start in January in the department of
 > neuroscience; I will have a real salary, a promotion, a raise, and the
 > chance to work at my neuroscience research interests and to teach some
 > related courses. On Solstice the dust is beginning to settle after
 > one week in Michigan. We have sold our colonial house with the quiet
 > enclosed yard in Richmond, and have bought a modern-looking house in
 > Lansing, Michigan, which DeAndra loves. We are unpacking our boxes bit by
 > bit. The house is only three miles from our offices on campus, but that
 > feels much longer in freezing weather. I've been out to campus a
 > few times. My office-to-be looks reminds us of a 1920's inner-city YMCA
 > (it used to be lab space). Hopefully we can redecorate.The weather is
 > predictably cold and surprisingly cloudy, probably due to the lakes all
 > around. Organic food is available, as are craft beers.
 > 
 > Give my greetings to Nicole.
 > Mark 
 > Mark Reimers
 > humanist, scientist, and mathematician