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September 11
Last year, I participated in the 2996 project, which was an attempt to recognize all of the people who died on September 11, 2001. I was assigned a name, and I did a bit of research, and copied and pasted what I found about Mr. Abad. After that, I felt the need to write something more personal, and since I (happily) didn’t lose anyone that day, I wrote about my thoughts and feelings at the time. I was kind of proud of this post, so I’m repeating it for you today. Edelmiro Abad of Brooklyn at a wedding with his close-knit family: his wife, Lorraine, and in white from left,…
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Madeleine L’Engle 1918 – 2007
I know, I said I was on Hiatus…but really, the reason was that I had nothing new to say. Plenty to say, but nothing new.  We’ll see how the whole ‘hiatus’ thing goes. I could ignore the whole iPhone price reduction scandal, which was tempting to write about, but I couldn’t ignore the passing of one of my favorite authors of all time, Madeleine L’Engle. I think the first book I read of hers was A Wrinkle In Time. I loved the books in this series, loved reading about Meg, Charles, and the whole family. Loved that their mother was a smart, loving scientist. A Wrinkle in Time was written…
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Hiatus?
So I’m thinking I may take a little hiatus from the blogosphere…I kind of feel like you all know where I stand on grammar, on eating a family dinner together, on the stupid government we’re stuck with, what kind of food I like to eat, what kind of books I like to read. You know about my family, my music, my house selling woes, my dog. You know more about me than you could possibly ever want to know, I’m sure. So I find myself thinking, Oh, I could write about that…but I wrote about it a year ago already. Not sure I want to keep repeating myself. Maya says…
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Duh…
I mean, I totally knew this about myself…. You Scored an A It’s pretty obvious that you don’t make basic grammatical errors.If anything, you’re annoyed when people make simple mistakes on their blogs.As far as people with bad grammar go, you know they’re only human.And it’s humanity and its current condition that truly disturb you sometimes. The It’s Its There Their They’re Quiz Thanks, Mom, for correcting my grammar all of the frikkin’ time, so that I don’t even know the rule or why something is right or isn’t, I just KNOW it, deep down in my soul. (That wasn’t sarcastic…really, thanks.) Too bad spelling doesn’t work that way…
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OK, I guess it’s ‘blogthings’ Thursday around here…
You Are 60% Good You are a fairly good person. You strive to live a moral life whenever possible. You are usually kind, generous, and loyal. However, you do have a dark side that even you may not see. When it comes down to ethical decisions, you tend to take the path of least resistance. So you may end up lying, cheating, or engaging in other bad behavior… because it’s just easier to do so.You are also probably: Conflicted and confused about the current course of your life Right now you are on track to being: A slightly crooked politician Sorry mom. I know that politicians suck. Honestly. And I…
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Sunday in France
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8raqLzb3rQ[/youtube] This last Sunday, Maya went to spend the day with her BFF, leaving Ted and me on our own. I love Maya so much, and so much of being a parent defines me, that I sometimes wonder what we will do when she has grown up and moved away…days like Sunday remind me…we were fine before we had her, we’ll be fine when she is in college, or married, whatever. Days when we can go and see a movie that we want to see, without worrying whether it’s appropriate for a child or not…dinners at restaurants where we don’t need to think about kid conversation…which no wonder how wonderful…
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Gilead
I’ve always envied men who could watch their wives grow old. Boughton lost his wife five years ago, and he married before I did. His oldest boy has snow white hair. His grandchildren are mostly married. And as for me, it is still true that I will never see a child of mine grow up and I will never see a wife of mine grow old. I’ve shepherded a good many people through their lives, I’ve baptized babies by the hundred, and all that time I have felt as though a great part of life was closed to me. Your mother says I was like Abraham. But I had no…
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Happy Labor Day
Summer repeats…this is a post from last Labor Day. Enjoy your long weekend, and take a moment to thank those who worked so hard to get you the day off. 😉 Who Put the Labor in Labor Day? We did, that’s who. When I think of labor day, my mind first thinks of the end of summer…the crisp fall weather on the horizon, the cool weather clothes, school starting up again, the return of the good TV shows… Then there are the Labor Day celebrations…one last bbq of summer, maybe a trip to the beach, the lake, or the shore… For some people it is a chance to get caught…