I once blogged about assisted suicide. It wasn’t a post about the ethics of it. I didn’t argue the legalities of it. I didn’t blog the pros or cons of it. I didn’t write about it to either condemn, nor justify it. It was simply about a young, dying patient and an hour that I […]
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I’ve been informed that this does not make me a geek . . . it just makes me geek-ish. Test your digital IQ
Pearl Harbor is its Name Ships resting gently in Pearl Harbor, A very peaceful sight. No one thought by early morning, There would be a terrible fight. For the Japanese came sneaking, Out of the morning light, And headed towards Pearl Harbor, To attack with all their might. They caught the Harbor unaware, Set loose
Did you have a good Saturday like I told you too? I hope so! I did. Melissa (my daughter) and I went to see that play last night and had some great fun doing it. It was a 2003 version of Little Red Riding Hood, done by a local children’s theater – and we enjoyed
Chelle taught me about Blog It Forward Day. A relatively new ‘thing’ for me – as I had never heard of such a thing before. Until “Blog It Forward”, I used to refer to it as “Shameless Link Whoring”. Semantics, semantics. The idea here – from what I gather, is to pick a few blogs
. . . I find myself standing in Manhattan on Church Street between Liberty and Vesey Streets. We parked about 5 blocks away, on Murray. We walked down the very streets that the people on television ran down – – screaming, frightened. Somehow, being there, even three years later – made it more real. My
Three years later . . . Read More »
Did you know that Albert Einstein could not speak until he was four years old and did not read until he was seven? His parents and teachers worried about his mental ability. Beethoven’s music teacher said about him, “As a composer he is hopeless.” What if young Ludwig believed it? When Thomas Edison was a
*click* *click* *click* There’s no place like home! Seriously, I’m such a home body that I actually get home sick. Pathetic, huh? I know, I know – you all think I’m this worldly and wise woman of the 21st century – – but, quite honestly, I get homesick, I’m a creature of habit and I
We returned from New York this morning. Caught the 6:30 a.m. flight out of Newark and were back in Wisconsin at 8:05 a.m. – not bad time, really. I have tons to write about regarding that trip. Meeting his mother, his sister, visiting the city, including our trip down to Ground Zero and all of