Dogs, grief and gratitude
Our year ended on a sad note as we said goodbye to our sweet old girl, Sarah. She was our coffee-loving, bean crunching girl. We got her in 1999, the same year we bought our house. Howie and I both grew up with dogs and loved them, but as renters we’d not been able to [...]
WWII in HD and pictures of the American homefront
Howie and I recently watched the excellent documentary series WWII in HD on the History Channel. Aside from a few war movies, novels, and what little we covered in high school, I was quite ignorant of many battles and events of the war. The majority of the footage the filmmakers used was original full color [...]
Texting while driving is deadly
I could quote statistics, but this PSA and the accompanying interview is far more effective. Have I texted while driving? Of course I have. Even after my accident, caused by a distracted driver who looked up just in time to slam into my stopped car, I have done so. But this video is reminder enough [...]
Tell them I’m a mermaid
I stumbled upon Filmstripman’s great collection of vintage 1970′s and 1980′s 16mm educational films tonight. Wow, what a resource! This particular film, Tell them I’m a Mermaid, is particularly interesting. In it, seven women – all physically disabled in one way or another – share their stories via song and spoken word. Originally begun as [...]
Mrs. Obama’s dirty knees
I saw photos of Michelle Obama today, ones showing her clad in tennis shoes and gardening gloves, sporting dirty knees. I like seeing her out in the garden like that. Of course, she’ll likely never venture out looking like I do when I garden in the heat of summer, but I’ll cut her some slack. [...]
Sorry, hopeful and thankful
Last night was a low point for me. I think the stresses of the last year and life in general built up and I reached “that point” that we all do when we bottle things inside. I had a bad sinus headache to begin with, and that moment of physical weakness broke me down to [...]
Googly eyes gardener
As both a gardener and a fan of Christopher Walken, this Saturday Night Live skit makes me laugh. Though it was pretty obvious during the whole episode that he was reading from teleprompters, it’s still pretty funny. “Ferns don’t have pricklers like cactuses, but what if they all ganged up on you, tried to choke [...]
