I will be messing with the look and arrangement of this website for a few days — hopefully not breaking anything important. If something doesn’t look right, please DO contact me so I can check things out! If you really like a change and then come back to find it something you don’t like, please […]
Month: December 2007
New Page for Heros Only!
I decided that I needed a page to inspire me, to let others know the sorts of people I admire. So the beginnings of the page are at My Hero Page today. I hope to add more images, some thoughts and quotes, etc. as I have time and energy. But for now, here are a […]
A Letter Never Written
Sometimes, when a person dies, you think how sad and go on about your business… not today. Today a Very Brave Woman died, and I can’t help wishing I had known more about her. Here, in a letter, is what I wish I had said to her, what I wish I could have asked her.
Recovering slowly…
Initially, I didn’t have time or energy yet to write a full report on the last two three weeks, but I revised this the next day to cover the high (and low) lights. Suffice it to say, busy had been the operative word non-stop until December 20. And the next day I spent trying to […]
A fun activity for wintertime
I told you about this site last year also — you can make a virtual snowflake here, with a message, and send it on to people via email… Snowdays Snowflakes. It’s fun, it’s pretty — it’s relaxing. Grab a cup of warm cocoa (or cool lemonade if you’re down under) and enjoy.
Surreal Week (and did I mention the rain?)
Last Sunday, we watched the tail end of the snow from the previous day melt. Monday, heavy rain had water rushing over the highway that runs parallel to the road I usually take to get into town… and then over the road itself. When I passed by, it wasn’t too alarming, but apparently later in […]
Music from the Concert
The video quality is not great, but here are two pieces from this evening’s concert: the first is a piece the 6th grade band played, the second is the combined middle-school Jazz ensemble. You can probably understand how proud I am of these kids! I hope this works…Â a note of caution, this are very […]
A friend is gone
A friend — acquaintance, really — has passed on. She was a retired school teacher, a skilled woman with many talents and a zest for life that seemed unbounded. And that was just the briefest surface impression… It’s tough when a new acquaintance leaves, and all the things you could have talked about, enjoyed, shared […]
Another Youssif Update
He came out of surgery — pretty well, now that they found a couple of bleeders and stopped them. Here is the CNN article. And just in case you missed the earlier posts… Death and Destruction Update on Death and Destruction Another Update: Death and Destruction Update on Youssif
Have I ever mentioned the RAIN?
Over the weekend, we had snow, wind, rain, rain, rain, wind, rain. Did I mention the rain? I did not get outside with my camera today, but there were several roads near our home and on the way into town that were flooded — or covered by mud. Our region is hilly (to a person […]