Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Seriously, I am not trying to sell this item nor inspire anyone to buy it. Just... read the comments. http://www.amazon.com/Hutzler-5717-571-Banana-Slicer/dp/B0047E0EII/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top Yes, look at the product, appreciate its elegant simplicity, and then scroll down, down, down to the comments... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, December 10, 2012
19,900
That's how many clicks, as of today. We've had our first winter snow of the season on Sunday, about 3 inches of packing snow, making streets right for sleighs, if only we had them. As a matter of fact, I found. at a local thrift store, and old Yankee Clipper sled, the kind with steel runners, and it still has its pullin' rope, and the runners are straight, and the steering bar moves as it should. I flew downhill on my first sled like that when I was 6, in the first snow I really remembered. We... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Another flight on the horizon
Just got a dandy fare on SW Airlines for a flight in January, back to the Seattle area. I will be there a couple of weeks, reminding myself why winter in the Northwest is to be avoided: It will probably be raining the whole time. In fact, if anyone asks, these days I describe myself as nomadic, traveling from one place to another, on no particular annual migratory pattern. I have family now in the NW rainforest, the Rocky Mountains, and along the Potomac. The problem is, there are so many parts... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, December 5, 2012
My holiday greetings to Blogitland
KING JOHN’S CHRISTMAS A.A. Milne illustrations by E.H. Shepard King John was not a good man, He had his little ways. And sometimes no one spoke to him For days and days and days. And men who came across him, When walking in the town, Gave him a supercilious stare, Or passed with noses in the air And bad King John stood dumbly there, Blushing beneath his crown. King John was not a good man, And no good friends had he. He stayed in every afternoon But no one came to tea. And, round about December,... Sign in to see full entry.
Morning Hysterics
There is a dog at the neighbor's place this morning. Tall, lanky gal of some sort of Great Danish persuasion... Davy just went off totally nuts when he saw her, as he went out the door. He was surprised, startled, so he was a little... well, he was hysterically barking. I went down and grabbed him, and he got quiet, I 'nice-dogged' them both, and she believed me, but as soon as I let go of him, he was off again. I sent him to get his ball, the one as big as a soccer ball, with a built-on handle,... Sign in to see full entry.
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
If anyone is counting...
Some posts back, I mentioned that all my blogs, are coming up on their 20,000th click. I hereby report, the current click-count stands at 19,827. This blog, with 5,858 clicks leads the pack... The Universe blog click count is at 5383--the first blog I ever wrote, by the way: it has been going for six years now, seven come the new year. Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, December 1, 2012
It's here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09PDdXTb2N8&feature=youtu.be I get such a kick out of Charlie doing his Russian persona! What luck that this play needed just that! Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, November 30, 2012
Another Opening Night!
The play is Shakespeare's MEASURE FOR MEASURE, a comedy of law versus mercy, passion versus orderly intellect, human nature versus... well, other human nature. My lad has three bit parts in it, that call on his sense of buffoonery, comic timing, and his Russian accent. The last is my favorite, and I will share it with you as soon as I either figure out how to embed the video of a 2-minute scene here, or he gets it set up on Youtube. Shakespeare. There is something intimidating about the name,... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, November 28, 2012
End of the month... Really? Already?
Here comes Christmas and the holidays are underway, with Thanksgiving leftover finished off, and December looms. I started packing up some boxes of things for the daughters, some of the family stuff that they will enjoy as heirlooms. And a few odds and ends: some neat rocks, and some jewelry items. There is Christmas, of course, but also four family birthdays during December and January. This year, I might just keep up! Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, November 24, 2012
soup for lunch
First 'healthy' meal in a few days.... A can of Progresso french onion soup, plus some of the leftover smokey ham from Thanksgiving, and a chopped leek, a dash of Balsamic vinegar: simple, tasty, and reduces the leftover stack. What do you do with the leftovers? Sign in to see full entry.