Hi. I'm xine.

Since all Web pages nowadays have Big Ugly Graphics, I present you here with a photo was taken by my father (so you can decide, I suppose, who the dip is) outside of my grandmother's house in Pittsburgh. Back in 1996, xmas answered a request that was up here for a couple of years, and touched up the photo to make me a leggy blonde. We've got a bunch of wedding pictures scanned in (and house pictures, and vacation pictures...) - e-mail me for URLs.

Basics

In my spare time...

• I make handmade cards for special occasions: Cardamom Cards. There are many styles available for purchase.
• I am a slave to Dr. Emily Lizardo, Cutest Dog Ever.
• I have two boys (not including husband): Tim was born March 1, 2003 (only two days late) and Cole was forcibly evicted with Pitocin on June 16, 2005 (a very, very long week late).
• Ben (who updates his page even less frequently than I do, so click on this link at your own risk) and I host a weekly vegetarian dinner at our home in Bedford. Chef duties rotate among our attending friends.
• We keep two bee hives
• And, like all geeks, I love to read.