Monthly Archive: June 2011

Imagine if John Lennon was a Republican 0

Imagine if John Lennon was a Republican

Is it easy if you try? Maybe not so much, but according to his assistant, Fred Seaman, who worked with Lennon in the last years of his life, John Lennon was indeed a closet Republican. He was also, according to Fred, a fan of Ronald Reagan. Mr. Seaman is writing...

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TSA TSA

Wake up America, and anyone considering traveling here. Security is a beautiful thing, everyone from infants to the elderly like to feel safe and secure. It’s wonderful, it’s cozy. Until, government get involved, and there is nothing secure about our government. Two recent headlines from the TSA, and there have...

The Australian Shelf 0

The Australian Shelf

In order to finish painting the living room/dining room, I have yet to paint one more wall. The problem is there is a huge wall unit filled with stuff in front of that wall. I am slowly putting the items in storage so that the heavy wall unit can be...

Rubi at the mall park 0

Mall Park and Driving

Inside some malls are these adorable play areas for children, that Miranda has called the “Mall Park” A few days ago, Rubi­ had her first visit and then we went again fairly soon after that. She LOVED it! I thought she would be a bit timid, but she went at...

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She Likes His Whiskers

I am sometimes slow to download content from my phone to my computer, so recently, 2 months AFTER John was here, I downloaded and watched this video of Rubí on John’s lap. She was quite fascinated with his whiskers. (John was very much on vacation). Oh, Rubí, I like them...

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Secretariat

In 1973, my mom introduced me to the world of horse racing in a big way. She sat me down to watch the Kentucky Derby. I had my eyes on a black horse, and she pointed to a big red beauty, “That’s the one to win.” She got so excited...

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Going Without Government

Did you know that Belgium has gone a year without government? Daniel Hannan had a few things to say about this piece of news, which I am guessing few people know about. Belgium has now gone for more than a year without a government and, you know what?  Life is...

Great blue heron at Fort Smallwood Park 0

A Visit to Fort Smallwood Park

Today Laura and I decided to take a walk at Fort Smallwood Park. We saw a helicopter overhead, at the time we didn’t notice that it was channel 13 news. There were these extra large dandelions on the beach… On the same beach, a beautiful butterfly landed. A crab washed...

Best Sunset Ever 0

Best Sunset Ever

On one of our outings in Australia, we spent the day in Fremantle. To come home we drove up the coast of the Indian Ocean. As it turns out, I had to ask John to stop every five minutes to get photos. This sunset, kept changing and getting more amazing...

Silas and the Ice Cream Cone 0

Silas and the Ice Cream Cone

We’ve had a heatwave here in Maryland, and Silas got to have a treat after lunch, an ice cream cone! I took him on the back deck as that seemed the best place, in the end, it was… 🙂

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Distractions

It’s June 2nd, and we don’t even have the pool open yet. Not to mention we just went through a nasty heatwave. Our pool is surrounded by a LOT of trees which presents us with an issue the end of each spring, getting the fallen leaves off of the pool...

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Climate Change Skeptic

Here is something from the Financial Post about “Climate Change” that John and I found interesting: Climate models go cold The debate about global warming has reached ridiculous proportions and is full of micro-thin half-truths and misunderstandings. I am a scientist who was on the carbon gravy train, understands the...