Monthly Archive: November 2013

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The Lost Lesson of Thanksgiving.

On the Thanksgiving episode of the Big Bang Theory, the story line let the gang’s friend Raj (from India) do the cooking.  The writers gave him the funny line, ” It wouldn’t be Thanksgiving without an Indian providing the food.” Good one. John Stossel  has a few things to say...

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Gardasil The HPV Vaccine

I infuriate doctors. Not on purpose. Often simply because I’ve done my research and don’t buy everything they’re trying to sell me. Not all dislike me, many do like me for the same above reason. I go in there, I read, learn, and once we’re in agreement on what are...

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Way To Turn 20

After us thanking the Lord for sparing Laura’s life in a car accident, Miranda said, “Way to turn 20!” Indeed. So the birthday began in a sweet way…   I am so thankful for these times with my family. I cherish them.  

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Laura is 20

My little girl is sliding out of the teen years today and turning 20. She has always amazed me, from the moment she was born and announced she was a “10” and all through her life, and even now, escaping death in a car accident. I know she is a...

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Your Works Are Wonderful

I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made;     your works are wonderful,     I know that full well. Psalm 139:4 The human body has over and 100 trillion cells. They are so tiny that 10,ooo could fit on the size of the head of a pin! The cells in...

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Hands with Daddy

Tonight after dinner, it was play time with Daddy. Silas was busy with his new treasure, a folding up map of whales and dolphins. Rubí climbed on Daddy’s lap.

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Veterans Day Funeral for Uncle Arthur

We lost Uncle Arthur to lung cancer. It all seemed to happen very fast. I was away in Australia when the news came in, and upon my return, he passed away. I only had a quick visit with him in his later stages of the cancer, a sadness I will...

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Autumn Drive

Besides seeing my precious family, another reason to come back to Maryland was my favorite time of year. I came back at the peak of autumn colors! My apologies and thanks to  my son Miquel, who did all the driving and put up with me!  🙂

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Birthdays Missed

While in Australia, I missed three birthdays. (I might have been tempted to make it four, but Laura threatened me). I missed in order, Silas, Miquel’s, and Enric’s. So even in my jet lag stupor, it was up to me to make their promised dinner, Moroccan Lamb, which I learned...

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Back Home in Maryland

After a flight from Perth to Sydney to Dallas to Baltimore…I was back to my Maryland home with some little ones who showed me in many ways they were extra happy to see me.

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Last Sunset

With only a short time left to my stay, John and I headed out to the Indian Oceanside for one last sunset together in 2013. We tried out our new video camera on the sunset:

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Team Effort

Making Mud Cake with John? On kind of the spur of the moment, we invited the boys to dinner. I had mud cake for the idea for dessert. I wanted to ice it, but John said he’d like something simpler. Icing sugar on the top, for example. So, I thought...

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New Displays at Caversham Wildlife Park

John takes me to Caversham Wildlife Park almost each time I am in Perth. I never get tired of going there. This time there were some new displays. So I grabbed my cell phone and got a movie of it:   We were told they are very communicative and that...

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Mad Rush to a Sunset

John has been extremely diligent in making sure I get to see as many Indian Ocean sunsets as possible. Given this time to Perth there has been a lot of rain and clouds, there were days there just wasn’t any sun. This day, we were taken by surprise and decided...

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Rainbow Bee Eaters

So God created the great sea creatures and every living creature that moves, with which the waters swarm, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.  ~Genesis 1:21 I feel like, in Australia, I guess because so many animals...

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Bells Rapids

Last time we went to Bells Rapids, there was no water. Not a drop. It’s hard for a Marylander to understand this. However this visit, where it may  not have been as much water as John was expecting, given the amount of rainfall we had been having, I surely got...

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John’s EH

John has a 1964 EH Holden. He doesn’t drive it much when I am there, but Dad was having issues with his KIA, and it looked like John was going to have to share his primary car with Dad, which left him to use his EH. So, we took it...

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Louise

Georgie has 4 grandchildren, and I’ve watched from afar each of them growing up from John’s pictures and Georgie’s accounts to me. They don’t know I’ve loved them for a long time already. One, Louise, likes to ice skate, and Georgie thought to invite us to one of her competitions....

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Whiteman Park Bird Hide

Last summer (Australian summer), we went to the Whiteman Park bird hide, but there was no water anywhere. This Spring had been wet so we decided to give it another try. Over 100 bird species are recognized as having their range or breeding ground within the Park grounds. Numerous water...

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Driving Through The Wheatbelt

Some scenes of what there is to see, driving through the Wheatbelt of Western Australia.   We even got to see some Everlastings.   The hills were colored with Patterson’s Curse.   The setting sun put a glow on the Salmon Gums. A perfect end to a perfect day together.

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Lake Ninan

Leaving Rica Erickson Reserve and headed east along the Wheatbelt we came across this likely little known place called Lake Ninan. Lake Ninan is situated just 10 kms west  of a little place called Wongan Hills, in the wheatbelt of Western Australia. Stepping into this salt lake area, we felt...