Shamelessly stolen from Anna, because I'm a damn lemming ( Read more... )

a dear friend, much-loved crossed into the Summerlands. WM Mike, for those who didn't get a chance to get to know him, was the soul of unconditional love, simple wisdom brought about by a boundless curiosity and a strength of spirit shown in his simply having been able to overcome every hurdle that was thrown at him in his life: and they were ( Read more... )

to get his foot out of his mouth this time.

He wants to re-establish the DRAFT?!  WTF?!  I think it's time we get the kids dual citizenship so if they need to go to Canada to escape the likes of that dangerous jackass, they CAN!  
McCain wants to continue fighting in Iraq then Iran then Russia and where else?!  Is there no end to his pushing war?!  
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Well, Elen can't wait to start school in oh, a week LOL  We went to her school to check it out (it's where I went for 5th grade) and she is SO excited!  She got to go and see which room will be her classroom and got to see a little bit of the school and she's SO excited!  
Then we went and William got to see what will be his new preschool - they ( Read more... )

It's cooled off considerably!  We've had rain, thunder, more rain, beautiful clouds, beautiful cooler weather and I couldn't be happier!

It's bliss!

I know there are a couple of schools of thought there....but still......
So today's book is Jorge Luis Borges, Selected Poems edited by Alexander Coleman because I haven't unpacked my WB Yeats yet.

I had two pages come screaming out at me....the first:
from "The Maker"
He had never dwelled on the pleasures of memory.  Impressions washed over him, ( Read more... )

101F heat is NOT fun....it's official.

I miss air conditioning.  I miss my ovens.  I miss our washer/dryer.  I miss the dishwasher.
*sniff*

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A dear friend from childhood stopped by with his wife and 3 little girls today - Elen had a blast bonding with them....William and Shane's youngest, Kaia got to play together, too.....it was a bit like watching Shane and me when we were little LOL  Two little blonde, curly heads playing with sidewalk chalk, squirt bottles and paintbrushes LOL  ( ( Read more... )

Dear MoveOn member,
Wow. In less than 24 hours, over 200,000 people have signed a message to the Bush Administration saying contraception is NOT abortion. Every signature will be delivered next week to Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt, and the media will be notified of our final signature count.

The more folks who sign, the stronger ( Read more... )

Been making chocolate raviolis and chocolate caramel raviolis much of today - have just a few minutes to relax now that the fruit for salad is all cut - then it's time to make the pressed paninis :)  
Stephane arrives tomorrow for a few days (yay!) then is off to Montreal for his grandmother's 100th birthday party.  i wish he could be here tonight ( Read more... )