"All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much."
-George Harrison
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Thanks for a Great Day!
"All the world is birthday cake, so take a piece, but not too much."
-George Harrison
Monday, April 28, 2008
Good people. Springtime. Sunshine. If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.
"I urge you to please notice when you are happy, and exclaim or murmur or think at some point, 'If this isn't nice, I don't know what is.'"
-Kurt Vonnegut
A Man Without a Country
A Man Without a Country
Gramma with her walking stick and Tamtam with her bus and Angel the dog.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Sunday, April 20, 2008
Wronky, right, and fun
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Steve and I were on a bike path yesterday and came across a wafting chemical smell.
"See! That's it! It's those little purple flowers I've been telling you about. Aren't they terrible?"
"They smell..." I searched for the word,"...wronky."
The new word was my tongue's mash up of "wrong" and "funky" and it worked.
Also, from our walk: look carefully at the sign... fun. Clever. Head to the nearest hardware store.
Steve and I were on a bike path yesterday and came across a wafting chemical smell.
"See! That's it! It's those little purple flowers I've been telling you about. Aren't they terrible?"
"They smell..." I searched for the word,"...wronky."
The new word was my tongue's mash up of "wrong" and "funky" and it worked.
Also, from our walk: look carefully at the sign... fun. Clever. Head to the nearest hardware store.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
Thursday, April 17, 2008
A little explanation...
My explanation of how I didn't realize the morbid angle on the previous quote:
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Hey all, as you know, I've made it a bit of a theme to write quotes with this blog and when I picked the last one, I was thinking that that it was funny - as in...kids are hard work, they keep you up late, and you have to chase them around a bunch and if they stayed the same age forever, well, the average life span of an adult would decrease dramatically because while they are cute and charming, they're damned exhausting. In taking a second look at the quote, I realize that it is a little morbid in Kingsolver's original intention, so ignore her meaning and laugh with me as I imagine Finn staying the same age for 20 years and the responsibility that would befall my brother and Hilary. Imagine 20 years of chasing a 1 1/2-year-old.
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Hey all, as you know, I've made it a bit of a theme to write quotes with this blog and when I picked the last one, I was thinking that that it was funny - as in...kids are hard work, they keep you up late, and you have to chase them around a bunch and if they stayed the same age forever, well, the average life span of an adult would decrease dramatically because while they are cute and charming, they're damned exhausting. In taking a second look at the quote, I realize that it is a little morbid in Kingsolver's original intention, so ignore her meaning and laugh with me as I imagine Finn staying the same age for 20 years and the responsibility that would befall my brother and Hilary. Imagine 20 years of chasing a 1 1/2-year-old.
LIFE SIZE Reminders
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't.
-Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams
Recently, my brother sent me a leeetle (itsy bitsy) image of my nephew Finn, so I had to center it on the computer. Then, Hilary, Finn's mom, sent a BIG picture and I centered it. This is it. Now I have a life size Finn in my own office even though he is many miles away.
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