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Saturday, August 16, 2014

Then And Now

"Another little Stone has "flown the nest". Mandy moved yesterday, Friday, down to the UCF campus and is all moved in to her dorm. Classes start on Monday. - - - I'm so thankful for Megan and Ryan being younger... otherwise it would be way too quiet around here now. I love being a dad and raising... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

No Wonder

" No wonder then, that Nathaniel Pipkin was unable to take his eyes from the countenance of Miss Lobbs; no wonder that Miss Lobbs, finding herself stared at by a young man, withdrew her head from the window out of which she had been peeping, and shut the casement and pulled down the blind; no wonder... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, August 12, 2014

Play It Again

From the day I dissected a bovine eye in my biology class in high school, my interest was peaked in the difference between life and the absence of life. Of course I had fleeting interest in that subject before, but here was a hands-on object lesson. A large container full of fresh cow eyes from the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 10, 2014

Light A Fire (--Yeats)

“I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” ― Maya Angelou It is school time again, already...time to get back to educating and being educated, if there was a temporary halt from that. Tomorrow morning my Teacher DIL heads off to a school void of children for a week to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 9, 2014

Wood I Love One? Yes I Wood

Just in the two weeks since I last visited Blogit, the world has become a crazy place,...well crazier anyway...and the inmates are running things every which way but loose. Wasn't it Daniel Pipes that said something to that effect, or have I changed it so much it is no longer recognizable. So, why... Sign in to see full entry.

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