There is a woman right now, rowing across the Pacific Ocean… Tom has been following her progress with great interest. You can too, at rozsavage.com. But the really exciting thing is that today I met the first woman to sail solo across the Pacific. There we were, Mother, the stidkid (#1) and I, walking into […]
Month: August 2008
Update on Georgia
War stinks. If I haven’t said it often enough or loudly enough… WAR STINKS I just spoke on the phone with a dear friend in Tbilisi. How can one convey the desperation? They are giving shelter to refugees. They are worried about how family members outside the country will make it home. They are isolated, […]
No more braces
Here is stidkid#1, without braces for the first time in over two years. I think he’s happy about this.. I know he’s enjoying being able to play his trumpet with ease.
Georgia on my Mind
Georgia, actually სáƒáƒ¥áƒáƒ თველრ“Sakartvelo,” is an ancient land. Part of the Silk road, nestled between mountains and seas: the Caucasus on the north and the Meskheti Range in the South; between the Black Sea and Azerbaijan (which is on the Caspian). It is a beautiful country, with a wide variety of ecological zones. The peoples […]
Troubled Times
Every year, some country, somewhere, invades another. Every year, somewhere, a government acts against its citizens. Every year, someone dies – or many people die – because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. This year, after nearly two decades of increasing animosity, it seems that whatever was holding a fragile peace […]
Life Goes On
The day Buffy died, Tom brought home two dozen long-stem roses. Took me a few days to take a picture of them, and a week longer to get them up, but wanted to share them with you. Buffy was like this. Beautiful, and loving, and just-what-I-needed. In the eight days since Buffy left us, Lucky […]