I always new I wasn’t one of the cool kids, but I never realized just how nerdy I was (thanks foolery).
this is redeemed only by my new-found royalty
here’s me as the only Junior in high school in the Math Club – redeemed only by the fact that at least I’m wearing my soccer uniform,
and not my typical preppie one (yah, I was one of those too)
The black and white photo has spared you from the hideousness of my navy blue and BRIGHT kelly green outfit (yes, complete with “little whale” motif). The photographer also saved you from the sight of my green rubber “duck shoes” – who came up with that idea?! And, only in the South would you find a preppie with a mullet.
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“History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived,yet if faced with courage, need not be lived again.”Maya Angelou
(Someone on their blog recently mentioned what a powerful voice Maya Angelou has; I can share that that power emanates from her very core – she is one solid and deeply spiritual woman. I had the bounty of meeting her at a small political fundraiser in Winston-Salem, NC (her hometown) back in 1992. We were all sitting in a circle of chairs to hear her speak, and she happened to stand next to me while talking. The power in the room while she speaks is unbelievable, but then she placed her hand on my shoulder, and I could literally feel the power of her voice course through my body. She is one amazing woman. Deeply kind and thoughtful and unapologetically honest.)
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We had a lovely hike and picnic today
right next to this
with this view
Wish you could have joined us!
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“No matter how far you go down a wrong road, turn back.”Turkish proverb
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Happy Naw-Ruz! (“new day” in Persian)
Bahá’ís celebrate the new year on the first day of spring.
Here’s hoping you’re having as beautiful a day as we are.
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Did you know that, if you hold a mirror in just the right place, you can walk on the ceiling?
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This
plus this
(saute in a little olive oil: one large onion chopped,
3 stalks celery chopped, 4 sausages (sweet or hot Italian)
with meat squeezed out if the casing)
equals – YUM-A-LICIOUS!
(of course, if you have a vegetarian-of-sorts in your house, you may want to set aside a small pot of the bean soup and add the sauteed onion and celery mixture BEFORE you add the sausage to be cooked – and of course, you MUST use a separate spoon to stir the veggie soup, because if the spoon that has touched soup that has sausage in it is used to stir the “veggie” soup, that soup becomes contaminated and inedible)
unfortunately, Elle wasn’t able to finish her 4th bowl.
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Do you think the Girl Scouts had fun this weekend on their ALL-day-trip to the Aurora Fossil Museum and the Estuarium?
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“I’d rather be hated for who I am
than loved for who I’m not.”
Chuck D of Public Enemy
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Nothing beats a beautiful flute solo, especially with a side of recorder.
Faith & Leyla, 1999
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and not my typical preppie one (yah, I was one of those too)
