A monster grant proposal done.

A monster grant proposal done.

We completed and filed our NSF proposal today. Between this and last year’s submission (funny post here), I’ve spent at least 300 hours on it, and Cara has probably spent nearly that many. Ten for me just yesterday. This is a big investment for LRRD. The...

Museums, grant writing, record rainfall in St. Louis.

Museums, grant writing, record rainfall in St. Louis.

We’re super busy these days–Cara and I are mostly working on resubmitting an NSF grant due in early January. We have collaborators at SIUC and a few other universities. This photo is typical–it’s such hard work, and has consumed many of my...

We host, build, ship, and design.

We host, build, ship, and design.

We have a lot going on now, and it’s all good. How about some pictures? Greg Wilkerson from SIUC brought a couple of his grad students by this week for a visit. Shipping an Emriver to Minnesota with our friends from Rodeway. A couple of very young researchers...

LRRD in photos

LRRD in photos

Kate handed off a nasty SIU Student Health virus and I’ve been sick for nearly a week. You’d think I’d feel like posting, but I didn’t. All good now. Briefly, Jesse and Cara pose with our beautiful new graphics for the GSA conference next...

Weekend update.

Weekend update.

What an extraordinarily stormy year this has been. Here are spectacular clouds above our house in Carbondale yesterday. Kate and I arrived in Carbondale with the Em4 just in time to miss nearly 4 inches of rain that fell Wednesday evening in just a couple of hours....