It is the VETERAN, not the preacher, who has given us freedom of religion. . It is the VETERAN, not the reporter, who has given us freedom of the press. . It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. . It is the VETERAN, not the campus organizer, who…
Happy Aloha Friday! From Kailani at An Island Life: In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So on Fridays let’s take it easy on posting, too. Ask a simple question…nothing that requires a lengthy response. It’s a great way to make new blogging friends! It’s…
I wish I had memories of Prom. But to have memories of Prom, you have to have had a Prom, right? No, I’m not really from the dark ages, nor from the dinosaur times (as Princess Nagger teased me once…and only once). I just happen to have gone to a very small private school that…
Last week Princess Nagger’s class went to the Baltimore Zoo on a field trip. It was a first for PN, and she was excited as she waited for her morning bus: I was tempted to send my point-and-shoot camera along, but I was worried it would be lost on the trip, and she insisted she’d…
A humid and drizzly Monday makes for a bad hair day. That is all. The Weasel War is currently at a standstill because we’re moving the invisible fence to exclude that section of the yard so we can set up the trap and not trap a dog or two in the process. Moving the invisible…
Now that Spring has finally come to stay (since Mother Nature decided to quit giving us her cold shoulder and threatening us with late frosts), we’ll be able to get busy fixing the flower bed the voles ravaged last year. But wait. About those voles. We haven’t seen any in quite a while, though their…
“Stress: The confusion created when one’s mind overrides the body’s basic desire to choke the living daylights out of some jerk who desperately deserves it.” Author Unknown Stress is a feeling that’s created when we react to particular events. It’s the body’s way of rising to a challenge and preparing to meet a tough situation…
