Come Walk with Me

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Norah Jones, Come away with me (via ) Let’s go. You and me. Come away with me, away from the...

May 2nd

May 2nd

“The difficulties you meet will resolve themselves as you...”
— Jim Rohn

May 2nd

Perfect Light

Light.  Warm, soothing, soft light.  Comforting, uplifting light. The sun.  Light.  Warmth.  Life. ...

May 2nd

milesbarger: Patryce Bak from Evidence Quiet, still,...

May 2nd

The home of my childhood....

White brick, two-story, pre-Civil war house.  Hardwood floors.  White kitchen cabinets with silver...

May 1st

This is home.

May 1st

Where Home Is Now

Home is at the old kitchen table in the two-story white farmhouse where my parents have lived, off...

May 1st

“I’m eighty-three and homeless. It was the same when...”
— KURT VONNEGUT, JR., Rolling...

Apr 30th

“Amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can...”
— GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to...

Apr 30th

“All my life I’ve been taught how to die, but no one...”
— BILLY GRAHAM, Newsweek, Aug....

Apr 30th

Apr 30th

Old Age

Someone I am friends with who is in her 90’s said today, “You know, my doctor thinks I...

Apr 30th

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Kantishna Wilderness Trails Denali Wildlife Bus Tour (via )

Apr 29th

 Denali Backcountry Lodge

Apr 29th

Denali National Park

Apr 29th

Denali

Apr 29th

Tran-sit-ion... TRANSITION

I’ve reblogged this post from Miles.  Once you read this explanation of his upcoming summer...

Apr 29th

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Newfoundland Tourism Video - Clothes Line (via )

Apr 28th

Clothesline, sunshine, and rain. Remember the smell of a...

Apr 28th

Ooh, and don’t it feel good!!!!

Apr 28th

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Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & The Waves (via )  Oh, the 80’s.  This makes me remember...

Apr 28th

“Those we fall in love with when we (and they) are very young...”
— Betty Barger

Apr 28th

I'm Walkin' on Sunshine

Friday night I got to hug my “baby” and listen to him play beautiful music on his...

Apr 28th

milesbarger: Ansel Adams’s Yosemite Beautiful photos and...

Apr 27th

Apr 26th

“Life began with waking up and loving my mother’s face”
—  George Eliot, English...

Apr 26th

My Baby Plays Saxophone

It’s so much joy to watch your child perform musically and see him happy, enjoying the music,...

Apr 26th

Teachin with "You Tube"

I am amazed at the various ways I am learning to use You Tube in my classroom. A few examples: ...

Apr 24th

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Walt Disney World Promo 1970’s (via )  We were there for one day in 1972…wish they had...

Apr 24th

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When you wish upon a star-disney moments (via )  I love this version of the song and can’t...

Apr 24th

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CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN Sound of Music Peggy Wood Margery McKay (via )  I don’t know why, but I...

Apr 23rd

Miles, a hikin again. I like this “look.” ...

Apr 23rd

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Spring Is Here (Vintage Sesame Street) (via )

Apr 21st

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Sesame Street - its not easy being green (via )  Sometimes, even when the sun is shining, we are...

Apr 21st

Apr 21st

Sunshiny Day

Glorious, glorious sunshine.  Life-giving, beautiful, beautiful sunshine.  Blinding, hot, powerful...

Apr 21st

Apr 21st

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You Raise Me Up (Tribute to parents) (via ) Loving parents certainly do raise us up. Thanks to my...

Apr 21st

“To understand your parents’ love you must raise...”
— Chinese Proverb

Apr 21st

Apr 21st

Sunday, Sunday

It’s been a good one, but too short.  Just finished watching the final segment of “John...

Apr 21st

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TITANIC My Heart Will Go On (via ) “The heart does go on and on…you’re here,...

Apr 19th

My good man

Apr 19th

A Good Man

What is a “good man”? My grandparents would say of someone in the community,...

Apr 19th

“Is solace anywhere more comforting than that in the arms of...”
— Alice Walker

Apr 19th

I haven’t seen my sister for quite a few weeks. How I...

Apr 19th

“Every man is a quotation from all his ancestors.”
— ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

Apr 19th

Ugliest Cake

Back to Aunt Bett’s caramel cake.  I made it Wednesday.  Started on it about 6:00 p. m. after...

Apr 19th

Apr 19th

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Celine Dion “Beautiful Boy” live (via ) This is for my beautiful, beautiful, beautiful,...

Apr 19th

“In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like...”
— Margaret Atwood

Apr 19th

Apr 19th

This isn’t “our” falls, but it’s a...

Apr 19th

Redbud and Buttermilk Falls

It’s been a redbud day.  Redbud everywhere.  There’s the extra special one at the corner...

Apr 19th

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Pirates of The Caribbean Ride (via )  This is a family favorite.  I always have to ride it at least...

Apr 15th

Why on earth do I like Disney World so much?  I really...

Apr 15th

“(Patience) A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue.”
— Ambrose Bierce

Apr 15th

Apr 15th

Patience

This was one of those days when a lot of effort was expended by me to avoid totally losing my...

Apr 15th

This sounds dull, but it’s actually quite...

Apr 15th

The Secret History Of The Revolving Door

Apr 15th

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Louis Armstrong - What A Wonderful World (via )  Sit and listen to this and rest your mind, your...

Apr 14th

Goethe says we should “rest not.” Well, I disagree on that one. Rest is an important...

Apr 14th

“Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die....”
— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe...

Apr 14th

Now this would be a good place to spend the Sabbath.

Apr 14th

Too busy for a Sunday

God knew what he was talking about when he said we should rest on the Sabbath, but I don’t...

Apr 14th

Williams-Sonoma | Stainless Steel Triple...

Apr 13th

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Apr 13th

Piesie's Rhubarb Pie and Mom's Delicious...

They fixed pork roast (delicious), potatoes, corn (from their garden; frozen by Dad), rolls, tossed...

Apr 13th

“With every friend I love who has been taken into the brown...”
— Helen Keller

Apr 13th

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Bette Midler on Final Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (via ) I’ve gotten on a “I really...

Apr 13th

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Louis Armstrong (via )  Another one that brought so much joy to the world through his musical...

Apr 13th

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Dean Martin Tribute - For The Good Times (via )  Wasn’t he fun?  I love to hear him sing.  We...

Apr 12th

“A hundred men may make an encampment, but it takes a woman...”
— Chinese proverb

Apr 12th

“Aunt Bett’s Jam Cake (from Tested Tasties, 1949, Meade...”

Apr 12th

Here I am proudly displaying the jam cake I gave to my...

Apr 12th

Jam Cake with Caramel Icing

I’m supposed to bake a jam cake with caramel icing this week for our Kentucky Extension...

Apr 12th

Apr 11th

Baby with two faces worshipped as goddess -...

Apr 11th

Two-faced baby

This sweet little baby was born with two faces…two noses, four eyes, two mouths.  The mother...

Apr 11th

Apr 11th

“In Paris they simply stared when I spoke to them in French;...”
— Mark Twain

Apr 11th

“The best of America drifts to Paris. The American in Paris...”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald

Apr 11th

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Chocolate trailer (via )  I love the movie Chocolat and I love chocolate!  This video should leave...

Apr 11th

Apr 11th

Ahhh Paris

Miles says “Mom, if you go to only one place in Europe, go to Paris.” So, he gives us a...

Apr 11th

A very pretty French chateau.  I think I would love many...

Apr 11th

Apr 10th

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“You are so beautiful to me”—Joe Cocker This is for Emily Dickinson, whose...

Apr 10th

Top 10 Hopes and Dreams

1. To ever be steadfast and true 2. To never stop dreaming 3. To never stop hoping 4. To...

Apr 10th

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Apr 10th

“To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything...”
— Emily Dickinson

Apr 10th

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Apr 10th

We may never know....

It is of great comfort to me to think of the people who are known for the great literary work they...

Apr 10th

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Ol’ Man River by Paul Robeson on Showboat 1936 (via ) Nobody has ever sung it quite like he...

Apr 9th

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Op. (old series) Anybody remember these? Keane LOVED everything...

Apr 9th

Our well-trained and well equipped muscians, now on to...

Apr 9th

“Sacrifices are concerned with the feelings of devotion and...”
— Xun Zi

Apr 9th

“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They...”
—  Morrie Schwartz

Apr 9th

Looks just like ours.  It’s in the living room now.  I...

Apr 9th

They look like this one.

Apr 9th

via usahorn.com  Isn’t this pretty?

Apr 9th

Grand Piano, Silver Selmer Saxophone,...

You have no idea when you have children the lengths to which you will go to feel that you have done...

Apr 9th

Hearst

Apr 8th

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reblogged from Miles Barger Miles always loved Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory. I wonder...

Apr 8th

“I began to realize how simple life could be if one had a...”
— Roald Dahl

Apr 8th

Painting of Paradise (via Flowers4Zoe)

Apr 8th

Daffodils

I wandered lonely as a cloud That floats on high o'er vales and hills, When all at once I saw a...

Apr 8th

via www.dphoto.us  Bradford pear tree blooms

Apr 8th

Ahhh, spring is springin' forth

Well, I took my first official spring walk today after supper.  (That’s if you can call a...

Apr 8th

Miles Barger grinnin’.  I like!

Apr 8th

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Pickles and Boloney on Vimeo (via Vimeo) Miles created this “dogumentary” about a year...

Apr 6th

I got my answer from the Japan Fulbright trip…I am an...

Apr 6th

“Those who think they have no time for healthy eating will...”
— modified from: Edward Stanley...

Apr 6th

Foods that lower cholesterol naturally

Oats and oat bran; walnuts and almonds; sardines, albacore tuna, salmon, shrimp, catfish. Avoid...

Apr 6th

“The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of...”
— Hippocrates

Apr 6th

Did you know that fresh cherries are extremely good for...

Apr 6th

Food Additives ~ CSPI’s Food Safety

Apr 6th

Apr 6th

A Good Meal

Menu for today’s lunch: ribeye steak (yes, I know the vegetarians among us would argue I...

Apr 6th

milesbarger: Echo Bend I went on this hike last Sunday. ...

Apr 6th

“I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity… I...”
— Beverly Sills

Apr 6th

Shakertown, Pleasant Hill, Kentucky. I think I lived here in...

Apr 6th

Beaumont Inn, Harrodsburg, Kentucky.  Near Centre College. ...

Apr 6th

Centre College

Apr 6th

Keane home

It is so nice to have one of the boys home for a visit!  Keane didn’t have any schoolwork...

Apr 6th

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Enjoy this restful video about Denali National Park. Miles will be living/working there for four...

Apr 6th

“This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his...”
— Francis Bacon

Apr 5th

Apr 5th

Warner Independent Pictures' The Painted Veil...

Apr 5th

Las Vegas Restaurants and Dining at Paris Las...

Apr 5th

The dining room at Les Artistes. We sat against the wall...

Apr 4th

Red Rock Canyon

Apr 4th

Watching the faux gondoliers at Venice Casino and Hotel was...

Apr 4th

Las Vegas Daze

Well, I’ve been to Vegas and I’m not quite sure what to make of it yet.  It’s...

Apr 4th