I signed up for Facebook a few years ago to see what my children were doing at college. Yes, that sounds like spying…. Instant Messenger, MySpace, Facebook. They signed up, I signed up. (They weren’t sneaky enough to keep it a secret.) As soon as they moved on — it took me a while to catch [...]
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July 29, 2009
Woodstock — Forty Years Ago? Wow….
My friend Kathy and I took a photography class in a Wichita, Kansas, high school during the summer of 1969. Mark, one of the other students, told us about an outdoor three-day music concert he was going to in New York state after the end of classes. He was sketchy on the details, but it sounded like they’d [...]
July 13, 2009
Robert Plant receives Commander of the British Empire Honor
(Photo by Johnny Green)
Former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant , right, receives his CBE from Britain’s Prince Charles during the investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace in London on Friday, July 10, 2009.
Associated Press, July 10, 2009 — Robert Plant received a royal honor from Prince Charles at Buckingham Palace on Friday, putting the former Led [...]
July 2, 2009
Old Cowtown Museum Celebrates Independence Day
A few decades ago, when I was a Girl Scout I spent a week during a couple of summers as a tour guide at a living history museum called Old Cowtown in Wichita, Kansas. There were only a few buildings in those days, and it was hot and dusty, but I loved it!
This past weekend, I returned with my [...]
June 8, 2009
The Elders and Beautiful Furniture
Twenty years ago my husband handed me a flyer he’d found on a bulletin board in a Martin City, Missouri, barbecue joint.
“Maybe this guy can make some tables for us,” he said. We’d wanted a couple of oak tables to match a pair we already owned.
“Sure,” I said. ”Call him.”
And that’s how we met Ian [...]
May 2, 2009
My Horse Won!
I’d never heard of “Mine That Bird” until my husband pulled his name out of a hat at a Kentucky Derby party today. “Mine That Bird” was a 50-1 shot. (I’d never heard of any of the other horses, either…)
“There goes the ten dollars we threw in the pot” was my thought when I looked at the odds. It [...]
April 21, 2009
Frugalista
Being frugal is cool these days. I like the new name — frugalistas, people who are experts at finding frugal ways to enjoy life. Becoming or remaining debt-free is one of their top goals. (See link below.)
I was born a coupon clipper and a recycler. There’s a photo of me as an infant with a pair of scissors (blunt, [...]
April 1, 2009
Just Call Me Little Bo Peep
Sheep are probably more common in Australia than kangaroos, but on a recent visit there I never got close enough to hear so much as a bleat. I wanted to see a sheep shearing (as seen on “The Thorn Birds”). I wanted a picturesque mob of sheep to flood out onto the quaint road, you know, the usual [...]
March 25, 2009
Covering All of the Angles of the Bermuda Triangle
A recent television report about the Bermuda Triangle gave me the shivers. (See video below.) I love the Bermuda Triangle spookiness because it validates my dislike of flying in small planes and sailing out of sight of the shore. Hey, you could lost out there!
Some people love to get goosebumps about the weird and the unexplained. Others get their thrills from [...]
