The Original Mother’s Day Proclamation I post this poem every year but commentary differs. We have gotten so far away from the original thoughts of Julia Ward Howe and made Mother's Day into yet another day to promote shopping and buying. [my mom, circa 1932] We are encouraged to telephone, send cards, send flowers and…
Please beware – if you know of some newer users online who might not know about the old Nigerian scams which have now graduated from the mail box to the inbox. In these days of post 9/11 money concerns – the threat of being charged with money laundering may scare some into responding to this…
Today in honor of Earth ay [and a rare sunny DRY day,] I walked to my nearest library branch. According to my pedometer it was 10,325 steps [or 5 plus miles!] In less than 2 hours, I got there and back, got some new books, took some photos, sat for a rest in the library,…
[the yearbook met a few flooded basements in it's 50 years] Earlier this year a friend asked me if I would co-chair a law school reunion committee with her as it is our 20th!! I had not been paying attention to the number of years that rolled by since law school – so I was…
In Vermont you get a lot of snow – really a lot of snow! But schools rarely close unless it's very bad – or unexpected – or both! For years prior to Vermont, my son and I played April Fool tricks on each other – usually along the line of trying to get the other…
The bed these two are in is a one cat bed…and they both easily fit into it when they were were adopted at 2 and 3 months of age. But now they are 5 and 6 months old and like people, they have grown but the bed has not…. Yet when…