The other day I woke thinking "I wonder what happened to ....." These people were honored persons when we married, and godparents to my kids. Then they went Christian. All of a sudden, to my view. They had a bonfire in the back yard and burned all the books they had borrowed from me, among others, as well as their own books - beautiful editions ( Read more... )

This quote was part of an editorial Theodore Roosevelt wrote for the "Kansas City Star" during World War I ( Read more... )

Just sitting, listening to the radio, as I always do, and watching things flit in and out of my inner vision. I wonder if listening to the radio is a bad thing, because topics change so often that it does not encourage follow-through, like coming to a conclusion and posting something ( Read more... )

I have had a difficult month. It takes me a loong time to figure out or work through emotional stuff. Just don't know how, unfortunately, so I hole up and don't talk to anyone ( Read more... )

I made a mistake, and joined yahoo messenger, because the chat groups don't work any more. Now people are IMing me all hours of the day and night, mostly people I don't feel that I can refuse, but some absolute strangers. Other than not getting anything done, I sure feel sorry for the strangers. I never (or almost never) show myself as available ( Read more... )

We recently bought a station wagon. Two days ago, someone shot out the window with a pellet gun. Our brand new to us car! Perhaps soon we can get it fixed ( Read more... )

I just sent a new person, completely unprepared, to the landover baptist homepage. I love when I can do that. It happens so seldom.
And she was soo polite about it!

2006, in review, has, for me, been one of the better years in many ways. Kevin is no longer in the military, and only went to Iraq once that I know of. I feel much safer about his current occupation. Tom is fully rid of the BPD wife, and is beginning, with difficulty, to recover. Unfortunately, the nice girlfriend moved out, so much childcare ( Read more... )

I am very glad to have power and heat back today. It was a cold, dark couple of days, but could have been worse. I had my wind-up radio and wind-up flashlight for company, my phone worked (but the phone list was on the computer-silly me), and we had a fireplace and some wood. Apria had thoughtfully refilled my tank the day before, so I had ( Read more... )

When computers became user-friendly, genealogy became the most common hobby in this country, as I understand. Genealogy is most often the hobby of older persons, who want to leave a sense of family and a sense of history to the next generation. Computers are the hobby of younger persons, except for all the very old persons (with good spelling, ( Read more... )