In my non-existent free time, I like to play the piano. And I like to listen to others play, for inspiration.
I think this guy is ridiculously talented.
As I was thinking that I wished I had half his energy, I noticed the first comment.
So. Life in the very slow lane. What does that look like?
Graidy is 18ish, Finn is 15 and Wink is 12. All are still going strong-ish.
But all now have heart problems. And Finn’s about to go get nuked with a radioactive shot to the tune of $3k to kill a benign tumor that’s making him hyperthyroid.
I know. It’s nuts. But I’m pathological. I can’t not do it, because Finn isn’t ready to go yet. These animals have … Read More
In this season of giving and thinking of others, I came across this quote (can’t find the original author).
“And if I asked you to name all the people you love, how long would it take you to name yourself?”
My holiday wish for you is that not only do you make it onto your list but that you decide to land at the top.… Read More
Cait has just finished up a rollercoaster year of service at a charter school for underprivileged kids that has culminated here. She needs to write a book about these kids. Unbelievable journey, in every way.
Amazing kids-all. Mine and theirs. Makes me feel there’s hope for the world, after all.
The winds, they are a blowin’ today. Skies are blue. Clouds are billowing. Air is crisp. And I LOVE it!
From early childhood and my first sailing days, these kinds of windy days have always made me feel excited and alive.
I guess I’ve passed this onto Cait. Not the love of sailing part, necessarily, but with assigning the description of windy days to “good sailing” days.
So when she, likewise, shares with me that it’s a good sailing day … Read More
Can I just say… STOP! People, just stop clicking on supposedly funny videos where ignorant people are too unaware or just don’t care that they’re treating their animals cruelly. I won’t be linking to either video. Nor will I share any photos for either of these.
In the span of two days, I’ve had two separate people send me links to videos they thought were hysterically funny. One was of a young woman in a rough neighborhood being accosted by … Read More
Can you tell that I’m obsessed with foiling the sh*theads who have nothing better to do than harass people around the world with their nonstop scams?
Can you also tell that after investigating Call Blocking apps like Hiya (the absolute WORST for privacy violation) et al, that I would rather throw my phone away than use apps that are worse perpetrators than scammers for abusing your personal information and selling it over and over and over again to–forget highest–how ’bout … Read More
These are the faces of my family. Time zone clocks on my desktop screen.
With Easter coming up, I think back to when all of my children lived in one time zone, never mind under one roof. That was many moons ago. They’re scattered to the winds now.
We have to work hard to all wind up in the same place.
When they were younger, we always took a week to get together at the shore with our extended families. … Read More
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