Come Walk with Me

While I’m resting the next few days, I’m...

Mar 30th

I'll be back....

Since it is spring break and the idea is to REST and I’ve had the flu recently and I’d...

Mar 30th

“It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances.”
— Oscar Wilde (Irish Poet,...

Mar 30th

Mar 30th

Spring 2008 Fashion Trends: Omiru Picks the...

Mar 30th

Shopping for new clothes

It certainly doesn’t have the thrill it once did. I’m not sure why; I just know...

Mar 29th

The fountains at The Bellagio in Las Vegas.  I’ll be...

Mar 28th

sandbar sunset #2 (via Image-Oasis)  Check this out if you...

Mar 28th

“No matter what happens, travel gives you a story to tell.”
— Jewish Proverb

Mar 28th

Taking a vacation

I suppose if a person didn’t work hard and tire of that and need a break, a vacation...

Mar 28th

Mar 28th

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Barbaro - Run for the Roses 4/29/03 - 1/29/07)—What a beautiful horse.  The Kentucky Derby is...

Mar 27th

Mar 27th

This looks much like the main barn on the farm where I grew...

Mar 27th

Good Clean Fun

Did you ever search for four-leaf clovers as a child? For some reason, this was a regular pastime...

Mar 27th

Mar 27th

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Oklahoma. “Oh What A Beautiful Morning “. (via )  I grew up amidst the cornfields.  You...

Mar 27th

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Shirley Jones “Till There Was You” (via )  I think I wanted to be Shirley Jones for a...

Mar 27th

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ROD STEWART ~ Forever Young (via ) I’ve loved this video since the first time I ever watched...

Mar 27th

This is very much like the tenant house my parents owned. ...

Mar 25th

Goodbyes

My first wrenching goodbye occurred when I was only three years old. (Yes, I remember things from...

Mar 25th

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Every Time We Say Goodbye It doesn’t pay to stay cooped up in the house four days in a row...

Mar 25th

The beautiful Tetons, near Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Keane and...

Mar 24th

A Son Alone in the Wilderness

Miles was the kind of little boy who seldom (if ever) took chances.  “Want to learn how to...

Mar 24th

Mar 24th

If You'd Like to Read about Miles' Bear...

Mar 24th

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves...”
— Rachel Carson

Mar 24th

Miles took this beautiful photo while on a hike Saturday,...

Mar 24th

“Now let the heavens be joyful, Let earth her song begin:...”
— John of Damascus

Mar 23rd

Mar 23rd

Martha Stewart, you're the best....

Mar 21st

Coloring eggs…I still enjoy it!

Mar 21st

“Children are the anchors that hold a mother to life.”
— Sophocles (One of classical...

Mar 21st

This capures the essence of what Easter was like for me as a...

Mar 21st

“I don’t know if we each have a destiny, or if...”
— Forrest Gump

Mar 19th

Forrest Gump1994 (Keane was almost seven and Miles was nine....

Mar 19th

Jurassic Park 1973-What fun! Not a better movie out there...

Mar 19th

 The Way We Were, 1973

Mar 19th

 Mary Poppins, 1964 (I was eight years old.)

Mar 19th

The Happiness Movies Bring

Movies have brought me and my family a lot of pleasure over the years.  My first movie memories are...

Mar 19th

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 From Miles: Staying Alive (1983) is the sequel to Saturday Night Fever, Directed by Sylvester...

Mar 19th

“I am thankful for all the complaining I hear about our...”
— ~Nancie J. Carmody

Mar 19th

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Makes you think.

Mar 19th

“Probably my worst quality is that I get very passionate...”
— Hillary Clinton

Mar 19th

Mar 19th

“Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy,...”
— BARACK OBAMA, speech, Jul. 12,...

Mar 19th

He’s sooo fine…he’s Barack Obama-sistible!

Mar 19th

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Miles sent me this.  Please watch it!  It’s seriously funny.

Mar 19th

“There ought to be a room in every house to swear in....”
— Mark Twain, A Biography

Mar 18th

Did you know I'm a F---ing B--ch?

Some days as a teacher, you wonder what the world is coming to. This was one of those days. One of...

Mar 18th

“Sit in reverie and watch the changing color of the waves...”
— ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Mar 18th

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 Puerto Rico sounds like a beautiful place.  Watch the video and dream of beach, sand, sun.  In my...

Mar 18th

This one’s for some of the “girls” in my...

Mar 18th

Churchill Downs.  Kentucky Derby is first Saturday in May.

Mar 18th

 Kentucky’s Capitol in Frankfort with spring tulips in...

Mar 18th

How To Hard Boil an Egg

Mar 18th

“The pride of success is hard work, dedication to the job at...”
— Vincent Thomas...

Mar 18th

Eggstractor Egg Peeler

Mar 18th

http://www.eggstractor.net

Mar 18th

Sometimes they make me so proud...

My students made me so proud today.  They were asked to write an essay about the “best”...

Mar 18th

“We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm...”
— Jawaharlal Nehru

Mar 16th

Never been here, but doesn’t this beach in Greece look...

Mar 16th

Thermal Pool Yellowstone, Summer 2007—one of...

Mar 16th

Passport Home

Mar 16th

STA TRAVEL | Flight Search

Mar 16th

Southern England…is this “the road less...

Mar 16th

Cheap student airfare deals, hotels, travel

Mar 16th

Seeing the world

I do not have a passport. Have never had a passport. Haven’t even been to Canada or Mexico. ...

Mar 16th

Reading Photos - Featured Images of Reading,...

Mar 16th

If You Enjoy Looking at Twins...have fun with...

Mar 15th

Keep your Mac Air clean! www.apple.com 

Mar 15th

Spring cleaning for gadgets

Mar 15th

Sadie and Sloane

Mar 15th

“There are two things in life for which we are never truly...”
— Josh Billings (American...

Mar 15th

Watching them grow

We have known a few couples who have had twins and we have enjoyed watching how the process of...

Mar 15th

Cowboy Quotes

Mar 14th

Mar 14th

This is what ours look like, but we place the lower bed...

Mar 14th

Ever heard of "Ranch Oak" trundle beds?

Mar 14th

“I was never one to patiently pick up broken fragments and...”
— Margaret Mitchell

Mar 14th

Mar 14th

Rejoice, Rejoice, My Son Is Coming Home...

Keane is coming home for one night before heading out to visit his girlfriend in Rhode Island while...

Mar 14th

This is Denise Schuler.  She was ill for many years and...

Mar 13th

“Love has features which pierce all hearts, he wears a...”
— Voltaire

Mar 13th

Love and spring

Spring is a whisper on the wind right now here in Kentucky, but a whisper is better than nothing. ...

Mar 13th

Keane and Carla at my sister’s 25th wedding...

Mar 13th

“Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will...”
— Frank Lloyd Wright, architect

Mar 13th

A photo taken by me of a beautiful orchid inside large...

Mar 13th

Visit Biltmore's Festival of Flowers

Mar 12th

Mom's crocus

It was a beautiful afternoon, and I enjoyed seeing Mom and Dad’s crocus peeking out with tiny...

Mar 12th

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132/365: buds on Vimeo (via Vimeo)  This is a soothing, relaxing video that takes a look at the...

Mar 12th

Inhale……. (via shelley1968)  Enjoy these...

Mar 12th

“Fortitude is the marshal of thought, the armor of the will,...”
— Francis Bacon

Mar 12th

I'm a survivor

Well, I did it.  I proctored an official ACT test today with no “irregularities.” ...

Mar 12th

One of Miles’ favorite teachers.  Teaching, for all...

Mar 10th

via www.cartoonstock.com

Mar 10th

“For whatever deserves to exist deserves also to be known,...”
— Sir Francis Bacon    

Mar 10th

ACT: Resources for Education and Workplace...

Mar 10th

via www.ocean.edu

Mar 10th

School Daze

Today was the final class day before tomorrow’s ACT test (given to all juniors in the state of...

Mar 10th

“Beauty is ever to the lonely mind a shadow fleeting; she is...”
— Christopher Morley

Mar 9th

The History of the Cupcake

Mar 9th

It's melting, it's melting

Another Sunday is coming to a close. The snow is melting, melting, soon to be gone. Isn’t so...

Mar 9th

Mar 9th

Try Reynolds Bake Cups...

Mar 9th

Bake Some Cupcakes

Cupcake 6 tbs. butter melted 2 eggs 1/4 cup milk 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup flour 1 cup sugar 1 tsp...

Mar 9th

Martha Stewart's Mac and Cheese

Mar 9th

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I love this montage of babies accompanied by Celine Dion’s “Because You Loved Me.”...

Mar 9th

Soup up a winter's day

I’ll close for the day with a couple of yummy sounding recipes that involve soup! ...

Mar 9th

Mar 9th

Recipes : Grilled Cheese Dippers with Spicy...

Mar 9th

Recipes : Cheddar Vegetable Soup : Food...

Mar 9th

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a...”
— Rumi

Mar 9th

Walking in the winter wonderland of our backyard. 

Mar 8th

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Keane and Miles, this one’s for you. 

Mar 8th

“Announced by all the trumpets of the sky, Arrives the snow,...”
— Ralph Waldo Emerson,...

Mar 8th

It's Snow Deep

Well, it has snowed and snowed and I’m getting ready to go to take a stroll through the woods...

Mar 8th

via noahhunt.org

Mar 8th

Just imagine...

Mar 8th

“Whose woods these are I think I know. His house...”
— “Stopping by Woods on a...

Mar 8th

“A wretched soul bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet...”
— William Shakespeare (English...

Mar 8th

milesbarger: Shockingly accurate. (via...

Mar 7th

Punch Drunk Love

Mar 7th

Keane with Senator Mitch McConnell, March 9, 2006. Yes,...

Mar 7th

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The World’s Most Dangerous Roads—I shouldn’t post this video…it will give...

Mar 7th

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For all the vegetarians out there!

Mar 7th

Living "neck up"

I’ll never forget the specialist who once said to me, “You don’t think of yourself...

Mar 7th

What do you want to say before you die?

Mar 7th

Snow Day

Well, the flakes are beginning to fly outside my window at 7:40 a. m., and it’s my 11th day...

Mar 7th

“Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity....”
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Mar 7th

July 2007

Mom and Dad celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary last summer. All they wanted was a family...

Mar 7th

Mom and Dad after 60 years of marriage

Mar 7th

This is about as cute as it gets.  It’s supposed to...

Mar 7th

“If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you...”
— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

Mar 6th

Try this online radio...

Mar 6th

Perfect Joy

This photo of me with my family summer 2007 captures a moment of perfect joy. Together. Touching....

Mar 6th

Where I’m Happiest

Mar 6th

Mamaw

I love living in a community where there are Papaws and Mamaws.  I love hearing my students, most of...

Mar 5th

Grandparents are special…

Mar 5th

Watch

If you need a good laugh, watch this.  So sweet, cute.

Mar 5th

If you'd like to go to China and you can...

Mar 5th

“Entertain great hopes.”
— Robert Frost

Mar 5th

Learning to listen

All of my students in fourth block left class today at 2:25 p. m. to attend an intramural basketball...

Mar 5th

Beautiful photos to brighten your winter days

Mar 4th

“Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads,...”
— ~Simone Signoret

Mar 4th

Getting through a crisis

My husband gave me the scare of my life in May 2007 when he fell suddenly, critically ill while...

Mar 4th

Two of my guys

Mar 4th

Tests

I spent my time today as a high school English teacher administering practice, full-length ACT tests...

Mar 3rd

“When babies look beyond you and giggle, maybe they’re...”
— Eileen Elias Freeman, The...

Mar 3rd

Our "keyhole"

It’s been 14 years since there was a baby in our family, but finally, we have a new little one...

Mar 3rd

Great-niece, great fun, great joy.

Mar 3rd

Miles

There are moments in our lives that will remain frozen in time.  Miles’ graduation day will...

Mar 3rd

Happy Day

Mar 3rd

Come Away with Me and Norah Jones

Mar 2nd

My Baby

I love this photo of our youngest son, Keane.  He is a sophomore in college and this photo was taken...

Mar 2nd

Beautiful Boy

Mar 2nd

“Don’t cry because it’s over. Smile because it...”
— Dr. Seuss

Mar 2nd

The Unknown

Our oldest son, Miles, now lives in this house in Alaska.  This is the only photo I have of what it...

Mar 2nd

Miles’ new home

Mar 2nd

Friends

I miss the days when we often visited with our friends…eating, playing cards, laughing,...

Mar 1st

“When written in Chinese the word crisis is composed of two...”
— John F. Kennedy

Mar 1st

Listen

Enjoy this beautiful music from India. 

Mar 1st

My beautiful sister and my wonderful mother. 

Mar 1st

Learning to let go

Such a big part of life is learning how to let go…of youth, of love, of friendship, places,...

Mar 1st

“Margaret Bonnano: It is only possible to live happily ever...”

Mar 1st

Holding a baby always feels good.  Napping with a baby is...

Mar 1st