Holly Witteman

How have I never heard of this? (Apparently I do not spend enough time on the right places on the Web.) Better late than never, I say. I’ve already had a writing-heavy month, and I had some loose goals for next month, so I’m firming them up. By Dec 20 (conveniently: one month from now, [...]

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Papers changed my life. I have used it to organize the 1200+ (and counting) pdfs that I have collected and cited in the course of my time in grad school. I love: the autofill on the metadata (I wish it worked better on some of my areas of interest — I rarely get more than [...]

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In keeping with my themed reading (all pleasure reading must at least have some practical applicability to my life) I took Motherhood: The Elephant in the Laboratory with me to a conference combined with a stopover to visit my in-laws last week. The book was interesting, inspiring, and had some wonderful anecdotes, but I was [...]

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I read this book a couple of months ago, and it really resonated for me. I love books of essays. I have always been an enormous fan of books of short stories, and over the years, I have gravitated more and more towards nonfiction and especially creative nonfiction. (I really do like bite-sized reading.) The [...]

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I attended a conference about prostate cancer this weekend. It was great — conferences are time-consuming, but it’s useful to hear what’s new in the field and to connect (or reconnect) with researchers from other areas and locations. I got a really lovely compliment from someone whose work I admire, and that, as well some [...]

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The beauty of having a very intense period of focus on my Ph.D. is that it really renews my excitement for my topic. I found some interesting new stuff today and am already tossing around ideas of how either incorporate it into my existing research plan, or extend my research in this area afterwards.

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I’m pretty busy these days. When asked if he could remember the last day I took off, my husband (WMSS) reminded me that we spent a whole day driving home from his mom’s place recently, and I didn’t do any schoolwork that day, though he added quickly, “I don’t think that counts, though.” I am [...]

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