The sad thing is, this is so remarkable (note the title they gave the story). The lovely thing is, that stuff like this does happen – and a lot more often than we ever see in news stories. Kudos to the Central Washington Softball team! GO WILDCATS!!! Good Play on the Diamond Now, if only […]
Month: April 2008
My Own Poem
Well, Robin has been writing poems all month. I thought it would be a good idea to write one also, since I didn’t manage to participate in NaPoWriMo (this time). Independent, I black / white red / blue conservative / liberal happy / sad why choose? be bold, bright, splendid / quiet, calm, reserved grey, […]
We won’t renew our symphony season tickets —
— because they effectively closed off the third tier box seats by pricing them well out of our ability to pay, forcing us (and presumably others) onto the floor. Rather than being an elitist thing, this has to do with their refusal to accomodate my allergies. Specifically, the chemical sensitivities to things that most people […]
Poet of Note
This is from “Always a Reckoning” by Jimmy Carter. I really treasure this book. Some of the poems make me uncomfortable, some make me sad or angry. This one in particular makes me feel peculiar. Wistful? Priorities of Some Mexican Children A sign was leaning toward adobe shacks back from the road, across a dry […]
A recipe that seems so familiar
This is one of several dozen (hundred?) recipes that were stuck (literally stuck, probably with flour-and-water paste) in a couple of books rescued from my grandmother’s kitchen. These books appear to have been compiled by Mrs. L, the woman who used to live in the house between my grandmother’s home and my great-grandmother’s. She had […]
Poetry at the end of April
Today it is Emily Dickinson… Wild Nights! Wild nights! Wild nights! Were I with thee, Wild nights should be Our luxury! Futile the winds To a heart in port, Done with the compass, Done with the chart. Rowing in Eden! Ah! the sea! Might I but moor To-night in thee! Thanks to babbler “kje” who […]
Pretty Things
I wanted to post these two pictures for several days… but just never got around to it. Here they are, the gorgeous red-and-yellow tulips (seen growing in a previous post) on my grandmother’s hutch. They just brighten the whole room! The ceramic items were hand-painted by my own children many years ago. They are some […]
Happy Earth Day
I have a whole slew of webpages that have caught my attention over the last several months. Some of them are about how to minimize your impact on the planet’s resources while maintaining a comfortable life. Some of them have been (or will be) mentioned and linked to in other posts here. This first is […]
Throwing the Artichoke (again and again and again…)
People who know me (hi babblers) know about my dogs. My life, contrary to the observable evidence, really doesn’t revolve around them. If it did, by now I would have a pitching arm better than Randy Johnson’s. Still, I find myself tossing, lobbing, throwing and hurling objects on a regular basis. You can see in […]
Time for another new look
I really like the pink background and header of this website, but I am finding that links and such aren’t showing up well with the current color scheme. I also notice that the sidebars are looking cluttered with the extra widgets I have added, so I want to change those around a bit. While I […]