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watch this space...
...for the story about Emily, Joanne, the crickets, and me not actually losing my mind. -
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I hum a lot. All the time, really. And generally my soundtrack includes the Beatles (Yesterday, Hey Jude, The Long and Winding Road) as well as Cat Stevens' Trouble. Also there tends to be some James Taylor (Carolina in My Mind, Something in the Way She Moves, Soldiers, Sweet Baby James). At the moment Shostakovich's song cycle Jewish Folk Poetry ( Read more... ) -
I has blogged
I am thinking about my Big Summer Day Trip for this year. Last year it was, well, kind of in spring; and it lasted, well, about three days; but it still counts. These days I need a travel day on each side if I want to be of any use on the day in between. I went to the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia while the Galileo telescope was there. ( Read more... ) -
Faster, Higher, Stronger
We've probably all heard about the death of an Olympic athlete during a luge training run. I wouldn't call the death tragic, precisely, but it is certainly both shocking and sad. Now there's a flap over whether the video of the accident should be shown ( Read more... ) -
Tired of pro-lifers who don't understand they're really anti-choicers
People who truly believe that life begins at conception should keep this in mind: Every day an unknown but large number of women, who are pregnant but not yet aware of it, miscarry their babies. Some are because of unavoidable biological reasons, but many are because the mothers are ( Read more... ) -
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Every Christmas is wonderful to me. Some because I'm glad they're coming, and some because I'm glad they're over. -
Meep! Or, an open letter to the principal of Danvers High School (MA).
Required reading: this article. Go ahead, it's short and I'll wait ( Read more... ) -
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"Overjoyed" seems to be an inherently sarcastic word. Has anyone ever said "I'm overjoyed" and not been sarcastic about it? -
Something becomes clear
Last night Dad was in the kitchen cooking and I was, as usual, in my chair in the living room. Suddenly I smelled a familiar, not unpleasant, but totally unexpected scent. I yelled out, "Dad, are you doing something with rubber cement?"
He answered, "No, I'm cooking." Which doesn't necessarily mean that no rubber cement is involved, but...
I ( Read more... )