Creeping Progress

Over the summer I have suffered from an extreme lack of motivation and consequently haven't progressed very much with my research work.  The 'back to school' time is upon us and I hoped this will give me a much needed push, but I'm finding myself feeling very isolated instead.  I wish I were moving back to Winnipeg and joining the scholarly community again, but I am not, and so I really need to buckle down and push myself.  I have finally started writing my first of three précis.  It has been like pulling teeth, but I`m about a third of the way through this one.

I`m going to a conference in Montreal at the end of the month and will have to face my supervisor then.  I really don`t want to show up there without having anything done.  I`m also exploring fieldwork options.  It would be sooooo nice to go out and get dirty!

Knitting projects have been progressing fairly well.  I put some more work into the never-ending afghan; a fairly simple blanket I started 2 or 3 years ago.  Maybe this year I will finally finish it. 
I'm nearly done a scarf that was really just an exercise of curiosity and boredom.
I`ve started a sock and have reached the heel part of it.
I`ve also started a skull and crossbone hat for a friend that is going fairly well.  I`d like to make a mini version of the same hat for a friend who is expecting.

One day I`ll get pictures up of these ongoing projects.  The knitting, not the writing.  The writing just looks like I`ll overdose on caffeine and sugar.

Introduction

Well I guess it's about time I actually post something on here.  I'm hoping that this won't turn out like all my past attempts at blogging; a valliant effort in the beginning, but slowly discarded and forgotten.

I'll begin with an introduction of sorts.  I am a PhD. student at the University of Manitoba in the department of Anthropology.  I will be strating my second year this Fall.  I fall into the physical or biological side or anthropology since I study osteology (bones).  My research focuses on childhood health as evaluated using growth and development patterns in past populations.  This is the 'bones' part of the blog.

The 'sticks' part refers to the hobby that has kept me (mostly) sane through this most recent venture into academia; knitting.

It's a bit of a mix, but we'll see how it works.