When I was in high school we chose a local poet's (Theta Burke) poem to be our class motto for our graduation ceremony ( Read more... )

When I went to Chautauqua in 1996, I hung out with a Sara/Sarah Holmes there and really enjoyed getting to know her. We exchanged addresses but I lost the business card I'd written hers down on. Periodically over the years I've tried to google her but couldn't find anything. I suspected maybe she was the winner of the Ursula Nordtrom Contest when ( Read more... )

This day did not get off to a good start. Feb. 1st was the date they sent us for my daughter's appointment at the juvenile court to get her driver's license handed over to her by the judge. The postcard set the appointment at 8:30 am and said that if you were late you would not be admitted to the courtroom. Well, I didn't remember our appointment ( Read more... )

OK, I really want to give this blogging thing a try this time. I made a lame attempt once before and only did one entry before giving up. Part of the reason I gave up last time was that I didn't know how to "friend" and so I felt like I was shouting out into the wilderness. It seemed pointless if there was no one out there to read what I was ( Read more... )

This is my first time blogging. I don't know if I'm going to like it or keep up with it. I don't what I'm doing, but I thought I'd try it. I guess the thing I'm not sure of is what it's purpose is, or whether I like the only purpose I can see in it--publicly expressing myself. I'm a very private person but everything I read and hear says that as a ( Read more... )