Here’s a word that was used on a website I visited this last week. aestivate And what it means? Check out Webster’s by this link. I wish we still used cool words like this. Time to start reading the dictionary again… for fun!
Month: September 2007
Lovely Lovely Lovely
Mother and I visited theTacoma Art Museum today. We went primarily to visit the lovely quilts by the ladies of the Gee’s Bend Quilters Collective. We got lucky and were able to speak with Loretta Bennett, one of the quilters. She is only a few years older than I am, and her quilts (she is […]
Another Great Artist Gone
This time, Marcel Marceau: talented, brave and caring, he made a difference in so many lives. BBC Article. Adieu, Bip.
ARG.
Same kid, same arm, different bone. This time it’s something called a scaphoid bone, it’s a large-ish wrist bone just at the base of the thumb. Same-old, same-old… Not as bad as it could have been, but certainly annoying (and painful enough). Will trade slightly used stidkid for his weight in chocolate… 48 kg. no […]
A project to be proud of…
And I am. This is the bulletin board I have been blogging about, stage one: I left the table and chairs in for scale. The long side of the board is a little more than 28 feet long. The side with the book cover about 4 feet. 3 1/2 feet tall. Each little “button” along […]
Missions accomplished, and some on hold
Never quite sure what sort of categories posts like this belong to. Oh well… I feel very good about my activities the last couple weeks. I researched and designed a bulletin board for the local school which is going to do a “One Book One Community” project on the AH MO book, a collection of […]
Cute ‘N’ Cuddly
This little robot is the brainchild of a Japanese cognitive scientist. It is cute, and is becoming a bit of a YouTube sensation. I rather like him… and this video shows the effect Keepon has on people. What do you think? For a little more information, check out Dr. Kozima’s own page.
Chicken of Chicken Pox?
Now, I have friends and relatives who are in the medical field… I KNOW that there are many panicky parents who don’t know what they are talking about when it comes to their children’s health. I also know that parents are often the first to pick up on something being not quite right. So I […]
Another update: Death and Destruction
The little Iraqi boy who was so badly burned is in the United States! He will begin the long set of treatments and surgeries soon… There is hope. For Youssif, and for all of us. The most recent CNN story (12 Aug 2007) is at Youssif and Family Arrive in U.S.. Previous posts are at […]
Just for Fun
The kids have really enjoyed the Harry Potter series (so have I). Like all good stories and movies, this series has inspired a number of “fan fiction” knock-offs, not least entertaining of which are the somewhat strange videos now appearing on YouTube, including this one by Neil Cicierega. He has also done some of the […]