Friday, July 12, 2013
Longaberger Baskets & Tea
"Life is like the blink of an eye. What is that worth? Nothing. But the eye that blinks - that is something......Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things." ~ Chaim Potok Laughing Girl, my Dad called her when, due to his progressing Alzheimer disease, he could no longer...
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Thursday, July 11, 2013
Organizing My Put Log
The other day, I overheard Son #1 and Son #3 having a conversation about the definition of the word "putlog". Since I had never heard of the word, I kind of was eavesdropping, which I am not above doing if I think I might learn something interesting. Of course, Son #1 who is the studious type and...
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Monday, July 8, 2013
CSI My Home Town
An awful lot of crime scene investigations have been coming down recently in my city because there have been, and continue to be many crime scenes to investigate. In fact, a Kansas City Crime Scene Investigator finished his night shift on Saturday, and pulling out of the crime lab parking lot about...
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Friday, July 5, 2013
Blessed Quietness
So quiet. Everything is so quiet today. I don't hear anything but the hum of a fan nearby, and the twittering of a few birds outside my window. The celebratory noises of people getting ready to have fun yesterday at this time, are silenced. No car doors banging, no car trunks being packed with...
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Wednesday, July 3, 2013
POW! POW! KABOOM!
Somebody is wasting a lot of money around here on B OO M B OO M 's tonight. But, I guess it's not a waste if they are enjoying themselves, and being careful. It's kind of fun listening to them and picturing them having fun doing all the things with them that I used to do when I was a kid, like...
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