Posted in Current Event Commentary on July 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
I am not green. Being green is not a priority in my life. I put my recycle bin by the curb every week, but I also put some things in the trash. I like plastic, not paper - and use my plastic bags for other things around the house. I hate [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary on May 3, 2007 | No Comments »
She’s here. Well not here as in my house, but near. In Williamsburg. That’s right, Queen Elizabeth II. It’s the whole Jamestown 400th thing. It’s really supposed to be something BIG. And, I guess it’s nice that she’s coming for it.
Doesn’t do a thing for me. So we’ll [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary, Family on March 23, 2007 | No Comments »
Zach is finishing up a long morning nap. I sneaked into the house to check on my little boy, leaving Bump in the back yard where we had long been playing and running around. As I came down the stairs, I heard the “roller coaster” sound. This is the screaming type noise [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary on December 6, 2005 | Comments Off
From my email box this morning. Sad but true commentary on the state of hearts in this country.
As you well know, we are getting closer to my birthday. Every year there is a celebration in my honor and I think that this year the celebration will be repeated. During this time there are many [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary on November 23, 2005 | 3 Comments »
I said it before and I’ll say it again - the Pilgrims were not the official first celebrants of Thanksgiving. Virginians actually were not either, but on the Berkley Plantation in 1619, they officially declared a day of thanks to the Lord and celebrated it in subsequent years until they were wiped out by [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary on November 11, 2005 | 3 Comments »
Yesterday Bump and I went on our weekly Walmart excursion - grocery shopping. Outside the main entrance, there sat a VFW stand with their poppy display. I whispered to Bump, “We’ll catch him on the way out.”
I prepared my donation before we exited the automatic doors. The man was thankful, and reminded [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary on November 7, 2005 | 2 Comments »
There seems to be a misunderstanding about when and where the first Thanksgiving took place. Legend has it that it was celebrated by the Pilgrims in New England. But down here in Virginia - we beg to differ.
Posted in Current Event Commentary on November 3, 2005 | No Comments »
The race for Governor in Virginia is in full swing. The two candidates are literally neck in neck. They are Tim Kaine(D), the current Lt. Governor, and Jerry Kilgore(R) who I believe is currently serving in the House of Representatives. In the last weeks we have had countless messages (primarily for Kaine) [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary on September 16, 2005 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been waiting for Hurricane Ophilia all week. Once it became obvious that she wasn’t going to give us a direct hit, I welcomed the idea that she would bring instead much needed rain.
Our back yard is a dust bowl. Gil is roto tilling the entire back yard (when we do [...]
Posted in Current Event Commentary on September 11, 2005 | 4 Comments »
That’s all I can say. I’m not going to go back and rehash it all. I watched some on line tributes with powerful images. You should, too. It was a dark day for this country, and I pray that not only will we not forget that day, but we will honor [...]
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