Vera has asked that friends repost her post: From Vera: Foreclosure and Cross-Country Moving – Book Sale This is a difficult post for me to write, since I am once again asking for help. But… I’ll try to make it short and only bittersweet. As many of you know, I am losing my home to […]
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Eating rice — soft, soft, rice — and the tooth I had the root canal on just a week ago split in two. Yup, right up the middle along the drill hole. So half a tooth fell out into my mouth. Luckily, I didn’t swallow it. From tip to gum, a half a tooth. It’s […]
For the last few days, I’ve been thinking a lot about teeth. Last Tuesday, I forget what we ate, but I thought I might have something caught in my teeth so I flossed. It still seemed a bit sore. Wednesday it was even worse — brushed my teeth and flossed about five times. By Thursday […]
Can you believe that after noting here that Earth Hour was coming up and getting all excited about it — well, I never got a chance to do anything about it. We had a planning meeting that day, and it was in DC. After the meeting, because we were there and it was supposed to […]
Please take part in this year’s Earth Hour. Check out the Earth Hour website. (Gayle still recovering from the flu but planning to take part.)
Only Mr. Darcy Will Do by Kara Louise. Sourcebooks Landmark. ISBN: 978-1-4022-4103-1. Pages 368. Trade Paperback. ($14.99 / Amazon: $10.19, Kindle $9.68). Originally published as Something Like Regret. Only Mr. Darcy Will Do is a “what if” book building on the characters and somewhat on the plot of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. In this […]
A friend sent me this link which is an episode of Rachel Madoow’s show that touches on the Budget protests in Madison, Wisconsin. She breaks the issue down and shows that the budget issue is Wisconsin is not about a budget crisis but about the continued effective existence of the Democratic Party in this country. […]
Today, I got this link to Leo Murray’s Wake Up, Freak Out – then Get a Grip video. It one of the better overviews of what causes global warming / climate change and what the phrase tipping point is all about. (Video is about 11 minutes and 35 seconds). Wake Up, Freak Out – then […]