Dear Journal and Friends--I guess it's been a long, long time since I updated--even longer than usual! I had some reasons though, and most not very happy ones. The worst is that my mom passed away, after a lengthy decline, on the 4th of July. It's hard to go through this grieving process, even though she lived a long and wonderful life. I'll be ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--I am sooo tardy (all the time) when it comes to updating my poor LJ! Even though I try to remember to do it more often, I just don't (for many reasons, none very valid). So, after 25 (!) weeks, I'll recap what's going on ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--well, the summer at the cottage is finally coming to a close--it seems so long to me! Of course, having dial up instead of DSL sure doesn't help any! Can't Wait to get home and see the children and their familes, etc ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--last Saturday we completed the local MS Walk (3 miles) in honor of our daughter and several friends--yes, I was thinking of some of my HP friends as I walked, too. Along the way we saw a family of manatees ("sea cows") feeding near the shore of the river we walking along--it was very peaceful in general, and wonderful to ( Read more... )

Dear All--if you are interested, my daughter Jeanne's book now is available in bookstores and online. It's titled I Love Dancing, and is a children's picture book. It's an illustrated poem, which she wrote as a youthful dance enthusiast,* and is suitable for preschool through elementary children. If you wish to order it online, the best place is ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--we have a new addition to the Franklin family: Samuel Christopher, born at 5 p.m. this evening (the 21st). My youngest son's son. Everyone is well and we are going tomorrow to see him--I am very excited ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--Thanks to anyone who commented upon my Daemon profile. It got changed from a Gibbon to a Lynx!

While there are fewer Gibbon daemons (about 10,000 less!), I am happy with the Lynx. I think it probably matches up with my personality as well or better than the Gibbon did. I haven't gotten to see The Golden Compass movie ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--Is this a surprise? Some of you who know me may wish to comment on this--there's twelve days before my Golden Compass Daemon, a Gibbon, takes it's final form. However, I am not saying whether or not I agree--I want you to be honest in your assessments! (I was honest when I took the quiz.) If you take this quiz, I will ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--well, I am 59--LOL! I remember when I was young, before teen years, I used to wonder if I would be living until the turn of the century. It seemed so far away and I thought that I would be soooo old! They say that 50 is the new 40 (or, something like that)--so I am not yet 50 by that standard! I did manage to lose 4 ( Read more... )

Dear Journal and Friends--I got this survey off of Felicia's page--thanks!--and here is what I am!
It's very true and after you read the blurb--I will tell you why!


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