Visitations in a Dream…
I have been waiting exactly 1 year and 32 days for my deceased father to visit me – I had begged him to before we stopped the machines that technically…
Month: July 2009
A Funny Thing Happened on Our Trip to the Sticks – Adventures of Two Tidybowl-Deprived Kids…
The Trip… On Sunday, my two kids and I went to visit my friend at her new home in the country – a/k/a Texas outback. She has acres of empty…
My Mom, The Artist…
Before She Discovered Art… My mom always took pride in her arts and crafts. She would spend hours making our valentines, even sewing tulle around construction paper for that extra…
Horseshoe Crab Orgies – Who Woulda Thunk It???…
(Note: Parental Discretion Advised) Very interesting NPR article written by Louisa Jonas, who definitely has a sense of humor. Never knew horseshoe crabs were so wild and crazy!! http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=106489695&ft=1&f=1001
Goodbye to Our Shelby…
1997 Today is the last day that our dear friend and family member, our dog Shelby, will be with us. We finally have no choice but to put her down. …
Per Jim Sciutto @ ABC, Iranian Clerics Reject Election Results…
Per a Twitter post by Jim Sciutto at ABC, the New York Times ran the following article: Leading Clerics Defy Ayatollah on Disputed Iran Election http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/05/world/middleeast/05iran.html?_r=2&hp#
Have You Ever Seen a Karate Tree??…
What The Karate Tree Is… I bet you’ve never seen a karate tree. I hadn’t either. But this is a do-it-yourself addition to your d0-it-yourself kid-gym. You don’t need to spend…