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Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
Follow the ( old, buried) brick road
One if the few childhood memories of the house I live in ( it belonged to my Great Uncle, whom we saw rarely) was a patch of brick road in the neighborhood. It was rare even thirty years ago, and the novelty stuck with me.
Long since paved over, a portion was uncovered during recent street work, and it was worth a quick picture.
Long since paved over, a portion was uncovered during recent street work, and it was worth a quick picture.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Bitter Rain and the loss of a parent at the kid's school
After I dropped the kids off at school I took the car in for some much needed repairs. Unable to find a ride home, I walked the mile and a half home. The walk wasn't the problem; that honor goes to the pouring rain, the wind and the bitter temperatures. I'm not saying it was the Frozen Chosin, but by the time I arrived home I was soaked to the core, and was so cold that when even as I type this my skin is 'burning' as it warms back up. Misery, sheer misery. What a gawdawful start to the daylight hours.
You know what, now that I've whined about a walk in the rain let me lend some perspective: on Monday the mother of a student at our kids school was murdered by her boyfriend, mere blocks from where her daughter sat in class. I can't imagine what that girl is going through, with an absent father and a mother cruelly taken from her in a mindless act of violence. Our prayers have been with her all week.
Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Dark Skies
Last night I watched "Dark Skies" a thriller/horror movie starring Keri Russell. I found it suspenseful and at times scary. It deserves better than this dull review, but I was up til four watching it and have been up and on the go since seven, so that'll have to do.
Monday, April 8, 2013
I started the fantasy baseball season at 2-9-1, a RIDICULOUS result stemming from falling a single inning below the arbitrarily created 'minimum # of innings." Give my boys one more inning of work and we would have easily, *easily* taken 3 additional categories, and might have taken or tied a fourth - putting me at 5-5-2. Lesson learned: they're going to try and break The Danny by any means possible. From the ashes of your draconian, self-serving rules, The Slapjacks Shall Rise!
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Stations of the Cross March 20th
The review of the Stations of the Cross? Hmm, not good I'm afraid.Smiley did well, carrying off the pivotal role of Simon with skill and emotional weight, but the rest of the cast was lackluster and divorced from the events they portrayed. Apparently Jesus falls only once, and then merely stumbles from that point on, and Mary didn't seem to care one bit about her son dying in front of her. The costumes were good, and Smiley's photo is on the cover of the program, but beyond that I'd grade the whole thing a D-. They ought to be grateful they are only 2nd graders, or it'd be a flat F. ;)
Saturday, April 6, 2013
The Mustache Trio
Lord knows why, but a current fad for kids is to don fake mustaches. You can buy 'em just about anywhere now.
Here's three of my kids rocking the fad on February 10th.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
A trip to the hardware store
With a painting chore at hand, Junie and I went to the hardware store in the old Sears on 14th and Forest Home to grab some supplies.
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