Come Walk with Me

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2008

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June 32
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“Only the curious will learn and only the resolute will...”
— Edmund S. Wilson (1895-1972)...
Jul 29th
Warch Watch
High School Musical - We’re All In This Together (via John4210)
Jul 29th
“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.”
— Mark Twain (1835-1910)...
Jul 29th
Jul 29th

Going back to school

I never get used to the “going back” point in my summer break from teaching. How...
Jul 29th
Warch Watch
Protect You From Good-bye… Moulin Rouge (via emthiessen)
Jul 26th
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NICOLE KIDMAN & EWAN MCGREGOR COME WHAT MAY (via justhedy)
Jul 26th
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true love will find you in the end (via mattcrav)
Jul 26th
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Heather Headley & Kenny Lattimore - Love Will Find a Way (via mariutunio)
Jul 26th

try to understand

Sometimes you wonder if anything you say makes any sense.  You worry that things you’ve said...
Jul 26th
“Family” by Erika Jones
Jul 26th
“It is not flesh and blood but the heart which makes us...”
— Johann Schiller
Jul 26th
“You can lose people without them dying, and I have, from...”
— Jon Crosby
Jul 13th
My favorite photo from the last couple of years.  You can...
Jul 13th

Just for the record

Our oldest child is still in the wilds of Alaska laughing and talking with tourists/strangers.  We...
Jul 13th

Old Houses and Babies

It is not rational to purchase and renovate an old house.  Sort of like having a child…it...
Jul 13th
“At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.”
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jul 10th
Jul 10th

Violence in America

I think we’re so saturated with it that we refuse to admit how bad it is.  There’s...
Jul 10th

Trip Advisor Map

I have not been to any foreign countries.  In creating my map, I made some errors on the buttons I...
Jul 10th
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Alex Britti, Joe Cocker & Pavarotti (via Claudiamosca)  This is such beautiful music…true...
Jul 9th
“Though beauty gives you a weird sense of entitlement,...”
— Candice Bergen
Jul 9th
These aren’t my hands, but my new nails look exactly...
Jul 9th

Fake fingernails

Why does having beautiful nails make me feel so much better about myself?  I recently purchased a...
Jul 9th
“The better part of one’s life consists of his...”
— Abraham Lincoln
Jul 6th
The beautiful orchid my oldest son gave me for...
Jul 6th

How to help a friend...

I have a lifelong friend whose child has some very serious problems. How do I help her? What do I...
Jul 6th
cleaning up an oil spill
Jul 5th

Offshore drilling

I have been reading about this topic.  The material, if you read the science based articles...
Jul 5th
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Josh Groban - Your Raise Me Up on Ellen Show (via primula)  What a beautiful performance. ...
Jul 4th

Farmhouse 4th of July

Mom liked having 4th of July parties at our house.  We had a huge yard and relatives would come by...
Jul 4th
Jul 4th
Jul 4th
Jul 4th
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Alison Krauss - I Will (via givelaughlearn)  This is so nice.  I want to create something like this...
Jul 4th
Jul 3rd

Miles phones home

Joy, joy, we all got to talk to Miles last night.  How amazing to speak to him when he’s on...
Jul 3rd
Passport Photo Wizard - ePassportPhoto.com
Jul 3rd
BBC NEWS | Middle East | 'Death threat' to...
Jul 3rd
Jul 3rd
“Some of the dumbest things that have ever been spoken: ...”
Jul 3rd

Homophobia

Okay, so I share with local friends and relatives that I loved Key West.   The light, the air, the...
Jul 3rd
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Mother Cougar vs Grizzly Bear (via GoldChain13) What a great video.  This is exactly what I always...
Jul 2nd

External hard drives

If you save video and photos on your home computer, it is imperative that you purchase and start...
Jul 2nd
Geek to Live: Automatically back up your hard...
Jul 2nd
“Time does not change us. It just unfolds us.”
— Max Frisch
Jul 2nd

Happy Birthday, Elizabeth!

Today is my oldest niece’s 29th birthday.  Happy Birthday, dear girl!
Jul 2nd
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Elton John - Your song (via Lnaa) Ronnie used many of this song’s lyrics in what he wrote in...
Jul 2nd
This is the restaurant where we had our 30th anniversary...
Jul 2nd
Jul 2nd
Jul 2nd
A beautiful window at Hemingway House.
Jul 2nd
Side porch at Hemingway House.  Oh, I do love porches!
Jul 2nd
This is where Ernest Hemingway wrote about half of his...
Jul 2nd