the meme game!:

(Click here to post your own answers for this meme.)

✓ I miss somebody right now.  (I've missed him for all eight years he's been gone. And the kids miss Daddy)
× I don't watch much TV these days.
✓ I own lots of books.  (literally thousands)

✓ I wear glasses or contact lenses.  (reading only)
× I love to play ( Read more... )

I should be asleep...isn't that what everybody expects? Another round of giving gifts -- things -- instead of giving of ourselves, to make another's life better, more fruitful, more joyous ( Read more... )

I want to acknowlege a huge debt of gratitude to Bill the Pony as she takes down "Bill's Paddock" today. I doubt if she will ever realize how much joy she has brought to those of us in the fandom. I was one of those lucky enough to get my first taste of LOTR fanfiction from one of her superbly written stories (for me it was "Tea and Lavender ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday, Frodo and Bilbo!!!

I am horrified. My prayers go out to all Londoners -- those injured or killed and their families and friends. This kind of horror must stop.

There is no excuse for this kind of violence no matter who commits it or why. Nothing can mitigate the evil that those who kill and maim the innocent perpetrate on the world. There are no words.

Well, I have been without a computer since mid-May and I am ecstatic to be back online!! My old computer crashed for good and I have been doing without ever since until today. I finally had enough money to go get a new computer and bought one today. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! This feels so good -- I've felt blind for a month and a half ( Read more... )

To all of my wonderful LJ friends,

Happy Mother's Day!All of us are mothers in some way. Some of us are blessed with our own children. Some nurture students, nieces and nephews, neighbors and friends. And still others love and care for sweet animal babies which are as much children in our hearts as any others could be ( Read more... )

Gacked from all over!

Your Linguistic Profile:

45% Dixie
35% General American English
10% Yankee
5% Midwestern
5% Upper Midwestern

What Kind of American English Do You Speak?

I've been down here wa-a-a-a-a-y too long!!

*grins in a slow drawl*

Happy Birthday, dear Blackbird Song!!

Many happy returns to a wonderful brunch partner, scintillating conversationalist, and elegant fellow slasher! Much love on this day.

(((((Catherine)))))

Gacked from everyone!

My Unitarian
Jihad Name is: Sister Hand Grenade of Mild Reason.

Get yours.

Dontcha just love it ( Read more... )