Engulfed in flames...
posted 6 months ago | 3 comments
I've had two cars stolen in my lifetime -- one back during the "gas crisis" in 1974 and last night during the "economic downturn." They broke into our garage to steal it and almost all my husband's power tools. Since we're just about to start a ma...
As it comes to a close in 2008...
posted about 1 year ago | 1 comment
November
Thomas Hood, 1844
as heard in The Art Of Noise's "Opus 4"
No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon -
No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in a...
Governor, you're no Hillary Clinton
posted about 1 year ago | 6 comments
Do you remember Senator Lloyd Bentsen's comment to Republican vice-presidential candidate Senator Dan Quayle during the 1988 vice-presidential debate moderated by Tom Brokaw? "Senator, I served with Jack Kennedy: I knew Jack Kennedy; Jack Kennedy ...
Good bye, big-hearted guy...
posted about 1 year ago, updated 6 days later | 2 comments
My father-in-law passed away Tuesday, February 26, 2008. Here's my tribute to him.
My father-in-law was a big guy... big shouldered, big voice, big laugh, big gestures, big heart. He has been my other "dad" for almost 20 years. I remember my firs...
My father-in-law was a big guy... big shouldered, big voice, big laugh, big gestures, big heart. He has been my other "dad" for almost 20 years. I remember my firs...
Love and llamas
posted over 2 years ago, updated 5 minutes later | 0 comments
When we married 19 years ago, I wanted to introduce my new husband to the state of Arizona. I carefully planned our honeymoon itinerary, using my dad's place in Phoenix as our base of operations. Our second day there, my dad was reading the Sunday...
Where We Came from... A Boomer Election History
posted over 2 years ago, updated 7 minutes later | 3 comments
In looking at Eons Campaign Central, what I really wanted to know was... where did we come from as voters? After doing a little research, I came up with this election history from info...
Moving Mom... My Verizon Lifeline
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 1 hour later | 8 comments
Friday, June 29, 2007: I'm standing at the curb on the baggage level at the airport in Minneapolis. My cousin is picking me up, so I pull out my Verizon PN-300 phone (large font menu, large dial keys) and let her know where I am. ...
To Honor my Grandfather and my Aunt, I give...
posted over 2 years ago, updated 6 minutes later | 0 comments
New Sound System
posted over 2 years ago, updated about 22 hours later | 11 comments
This is my very first blog posting. I just got a New Sound System today. For my ears. Even though I've known I had a high frequency hearing loss for a while, I just couldn't take that step of getting hearing aids. The whole idea of hearing aids ma...
