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Just Say No To Museum Running
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit. Happy New Year. Happy New Decade (depending on how you count). That special kiss at midnight. Yes, 2009 was a rough year, and 2010 is starting off great. It seems like that is often the case for any new beginning. I remem...
The Feast of Stephen
Good King Wenceslas looked out On the feast of Stephen Today is the Feast of Stephen, or Boxing Day. We don’t particularly celebrate this in the States, but it is an important day to note. The song Good King Wenceslas is set on the Feast of Ste...
Christmas Day Blog Post
“And so this is Christmas…” Last night, we ate the goose. This morning we opened the presents and now everyone is off in their own little worlds with various prized possessions. My big present of the year was the Nokia N900, which I received...
#arrow Provides and Important Christmas Message
I settled down into my pew while my eight year old daughter practiced for the Christmas Pageant. She was practicing her lines, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Sav...
Digging Out, Making Cookies and Cake, and Streaming Live
Sunday morning after the great blizzard of 09, which only brought us about five inches of snow, we have been digging out, making cookies and cake, and I’ve streamed some of it live on Qik.com from my new Nokia N900. Unfortunately, the Internet was ...
RIP Aunt June
This morning, I received an email letting me know that my Aunt June has passed away. It was a little over a month ago that I received an email from a cousin letting me know that June had lung cancer and was no longer capable of living alone. Over t...
Distracted
Normally by this time of the day on a Monday afternoon, I would have read through many of the emails that came in overnight and sent several responses. I would have visited a couple hundred blogs, glancing at what was going on and perhaps added a fe...
Thanksgiving Morning on Cape Cod
It is about 6:30 in the morning, and I’m sitting in a vacation house in North Truro on Cape Cod. It is a beautiful house owned by and artist and full of her work. With the exception of an occasional crow outside, the house is quite. The weather ...
Random Updates
Fiona’s Radio Show Last week, we did not have an episode of Fiona’s Radio Show because I was driving back from Virginia. Things have been so busy it is hard to believe that it was just a week ago. This week, we will have a very special episode ...
A Post-structuralist Goldielocks sits in Joseph Kosuth’s Chairs at George W. Menard’s Wake
It feels like each day throws new curves at me, getting in the way of writing my novel and potentially messing up business appointments. The latest was a message from a friend on Facebook that said, “Please live life like there may be no tomorrow....
Is This What College is Like?
Yesterday, a child came out to wander. So many times, I sat on the edge of the bed of my older daughters and sang that song to them as they fell asleep. Fearful when the sky was filled with thunder Then, one morning Miranda, when she was about five...
The Road to Virginia (Another Personal and #NaNoWriMo Post)
I spent about eight hours on the road driving down to Virginia yesterday. It was a grey day, with brief periods of rains along the way. For the first couple hours, I listened to the news. Then, I switched over to a book on tape. Kim had picked up...
Follow Friday #NaNoWriMo Author @renegadegenius
The sound of heavy wind outside only adds to my desire to stay warm and comfortable under the bed covers. It is five in the morning and dark outside. Is the wind and rain are the remnant of Hurricane Ida? I’m not sure but it may make the ride a ...
Chasing Hares
Fiona is at home, sick again. This time, it sure seems like the flu, with a fever of a hundred and two. Taking care of Fiona will be a top priority, and may cut into a bit of my other time. My testing of Wave Federation took a major step forward ye...
Horoscopes
It feels like the story line for today could have been taken straight from a newspaper horoscope column. You’ll start the day distracted by concerns about loved ones’ health and finances. Yet messages from long lost friends and a few new friend...
Personal Updates
There are many things that I should write about, but it has been a long and complicated weekend, so I will save my other posts for when my head is clearer and simply provide a bunch of personal updates right now. Over the past few days, we’ve all b...
Carol: I will remember you
Carol and Dani, originally uploaded by Aldon. I will remember you Will you remember me? Don’t let your life pass you by Weep not for the memories In the nineties, I was working as a technology manager for a large international bank. I ofte...
A River Runs Through It
It is a clear, bright, sunny, autumn day. I look out my office window and see the first of the leaves that have started to change. On the web, a friend has posted Late Afternoon Foliage, VT. I am low energy this morning. The weekend was filled up...
“Don’t stop believing”
“Don’t stop believing” blared from the DJs speakers as the bridal party danced with energetic abandon. It had been a nearly perfect day for a wedding. Members of the extended family had greeted one another after a long hiatus. Life had gotte...
Sadie's Dream
.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Rescue #54 - Sweetie, originally uploaded by Aldon. The young pup rom...
Contest at Lulu – The Silent Serian by Miranda Hynes
Lulu.com is having a August Author Sales Contest. My daughter, Miranda Hynes has signed up for the contest. Please, go out and buy a copy of her latest book, The Silent Serian, by Miranda Hynes. In addition, if you entered the code “README” at...
Notes for August
Rabbit, Rabbit, Rabbit, or should I say Lapin, Kaninchen, coniglio. Each month starts off with new hopes, and on this blog, I like to start with the old superstition that saying Rabbit, Rabbit, in some form will bring luck. Today, August 1st, is al...
Updates
Well, I'm back from the Falcon Ridge Folk Festival. I have around 5000 unread emails with many additional messages on assorted social media sites. There are many things that I need to write about, but it will slowly trickle out as I also have to get...
Promises
“It promises to be another beautiful day on the Outer Cape…” As I awake on this beautiful Monday, I think about all the various promises in our lives. Some are God’s promises; the promise of a new day, or the promise of a rainbow. Some are ...
