Cait is studying US History and Current Events in one of her classes. She came home bemoaning how the world just seems to be getting crazier and crazier. I couldn’t disagree.
She asked, “Mom, do you think there are more bad people today than when you were growing up?”
I grew up during the Cold War, when the threat of the Soviet Union and the US lobbing nuclear missiles at each other was ever-looming. So, while this terrorist stuff is … Read More
…some fresh air.
I can only take so much of being cooped up inside. Didn’t matter that it was only 41 degrees out. I needed some sunlight and fresh air. Not only was I toasty warm with my dogs playing around me, but I finished my proposal too. YAHOO!!!
There’s gonna be some celebrating tonight!… Read More
Photo from Hubble Space Telescope.
In case you haven’t heard, Reuters has this to say about a Supernova that recently exploded.
… Read MoreA gargantuan explosion has ripped apart a star perhaps 150 times more massive than our Sun in what astronomers say is the most powerful and brightest supernova ever observed.
An interesting article from The Berkeley Daily Planet on the connection between learning and teachers.
Though I disagree with the “animals can’t learn about” part. We’ve all had dogs who are very skilled at something, who also know a lot about that same thing — i.e. dogs who are great at herding, are great, in part, because they’ve also learned a lot about reading sheep, etc.… Read More
It’s a good thing I get up early, because one of the walkers (with dogs) on our road passes by around 6:30 am. I make sure my dogs are inside and the dog door is closed, so that this woman can walk by in relative peace. Relative peace, I say, because Kiera and Graidy both seem to find it constitutionally necessary to get off at least a few barks each from inside the house.
As the day unfolds, a parade … Read More
As I was listening to a visiting friend talk about her life over lunch, I was reminded yet again of how she’s painted herself into a comfy corner of “I can’t.”
I’ve known this friend for 25 years. What attracted me to her originally was her adventurous spirit. When she wasn’t home hobnobbing with famous authors, international journalists, and heads of state, she was traveling the world. She was politically active and spiritually seeking. In other words, she was full … Read More
It’s the middle of the night. I’m tending to a sick child. Cait’s sleeping peacefully at the moment. I know that won’t be the case for long. So I do what I always do when it’s the wee hours and I know I won’t be getting much sleep. I play solitaire.
It’s a game that suits me on so many levels.
My dad taught me how to play long before there were such things as home computers, never mind computer … Read More
Have you noticed there’ve been more photos recently? That’s because I finally got a new camera. I’d been using Cait’s Polaroid Izone 300. While it’s a fine kid’s first camera, it just wasn’t getting the job done for me. I am now the mostly thrilled owner of a Canon Powershot SD600 Digital Elph.
After doing some research and narrowing it down to the Sony Cybershots, and the Canon SD600, I went with the Canon. The price fit my budget (you … Read More
