Lisa Yoder

  • 2017 Goals and Plans

    I’ll be the first to admit that, especially after last week, the NYE/New Year’s goal/planning appeal is starting to wear off. I wonder how much of that is due to the rapid consumerist marketing cycle of advertising to the next holiday. I saw Valentine’s Day stuff in stores immediately after Christmas. But it’s still the beginning…

  • 2016 in Bullets

    Every year when I sit down to write this post, I think “Next year, I will keep track as I go along so this isn’t so hard!” But then every year I find myself digging through Google Calendar, trying to piece together an overview of what happened. This year’s is a bit delayed, as I…

  • Taking Back NYE

    Every year, my mom makes some mention of wanting us to not be disappointed at Christmas, to have it meet our expectations. But for me, Christmas is predictable. There are rituals and traditions that I help create every year. I celebrate with the same people every year, and eat the same food every year. I…

  • December Goals

    Oh wow. I skipped November! I mean, I kind of wish we’d all actually skipped November. It was a pretty brutal month. The election and its aftermath really did me in for a bit, and I also gave three conference talks, was interviewed on a local podcast, and organized an unconference from the first weekend…

  • Always Lancaster Women in STEM Podcast

    A couple weeks ago, I got to be interviewed in a real, live recording studio for the very first time for our local paper’s Women in STEM podcast! I was almost late to our studio date, because one of the main roads through town was closed so a crane could drop the city’s Christmas tree…

  • #VirtualPumpkinParty: Pumpkin Pie Cake

    As I mention every year, pumpkin season is the best season. I secretly do not mind when it starts just a bit earlier each year (though I’ll admit, this year’s first pumpkin spice related sighting may have come a bit too early). I do not get pumpkined out. So when I saw that my friend…