Through the years, unless I had to go out and work on this day, I avoided leaving the cozy comfort of my house. This year was different, as Laura was armed with gift cards and birthday money and wanted to go to the mall. So, I braved traffic, crowded parking...
I am very grateful that I live in a nation that has set aside one day a year for giving thanks. I did a search in Bible.com to see how often the word Thanksgiving would come up, I found 29 instances, and this would not include of course, the words...
Tomorrow is Laura’s official birthday, and because it falls on Thanksgiving, we seemed to have started way ahead of the actual day with her party on the 4th, and it still carries on. Today, we had a small family get-together at Olive Tree, where I gave her part two in...
Not completely sure I have identified this surprise early morning visitor to our backyard cherry tree this morning, but I think it is a red tailed hawk. Larger image here [Edit] I am thankful for all the emails and input I have received. Although there doesn’t seem to be...
November is often just thought to be about Thanksgiving…but here in Maryland, it’s also about the LEAVES. We’re still trying to keep up with the falling leaves. Here Laura demonstrates the yard we raked clean only a few days ago, being done AGAIN. From a point of the yard looking...
In the spirit of Halloween and fun, I thought to share the haunted places of Maryland. This collection of hauntings took Beverly Litsinger of the Maryland Ghosts and Spirit Association years to compile and summarize. Please investigate these at your own risk!!!!! Oddly enough, one of the schools mentioned...
I suppose most are familiar with the classic “Stairway to Heaven” by Led Zeppelin, but how many know the “covers” and “parodies” that have been done with this song? What if The Doors sang Stairway to Heaven? Or Elvis? What would it sound like then? Stretch it even further, what...
(My friend and longtime neighbor Lisa passed this on to me) You know your from Maryland when… You know more than 10 people who own boats, all at the same marina in Solomons. You can pronounce and spell “Pocomoke,” “Mattaponi,” “Accokeek,” “Havre de Grace” and “Silopanna” (Annapolis backwards). You...
 "Way too much coffee. But if it weren’t for the coffee, I’d have no identifiable personality whatsoever." ~David Letterman  After hours in the National Museum of History, everyone decided they wanted to go to Starbucks. Remembering seeing more than one last week, we set out to find them. Starbucks...
Not even a whole week after going to D.C., we decided to return. Having more of an understanding of how the metro works made a second visit easier. I took 500 photos this time! This time, we decided to visit the National Museum of Natural History. The main building on...
While reading my book “The Handwriting on the Wall” by David Jeremiah, I had to stop to read this quote twice. When the thirteen colonies were still a part of England, Professor Alexander Tyler wrote about the fall of the Athenian republic over two thousand years previous to that time:...
Growing up there was music that I heard in church and on recordings, and even participated in cantatas that was this side of heaven. Over and over again, it was the music of John W. Peterson. John W. Peterson is a songwriter who was a major influence on evangelical Christian...
As a homeschooling mom, I always love to see or read items that can enhance our classes. I think I have found on delicategeniusblog an adorable old show, apparently enjoyed by Australians (John said it brought back memories) on ABC from 1963 to 1986, with a very enthusiastic Professor Julius...
“Barb, tell Mr. King we want to go play dodge ball.” My classmates seemed to think I was a teacher’s pet and could influence the teacher to let us out of class early for a game of dodge ball. We had hours and hours of fun in our school playground,...
“Professor Bob Carter of the Marine Geophysical Laboratory at James Cook University, in Australia gives what, for many Canadians, is a surprising assessment: “Gore’s circumstantial arguments are so weak that they are pathetic. It is simply incredible that they, and his film, are commanding public attention.” What’s this? Someone even...
Customer: I’m trying to install LOVE but need some help. I’m not very technical, can you help? Service Rep: Sure. The first step is to open your HEART. Have you located your HEART? Customer: Yes I have, but there are several programs running right now. Is it okay to install...
“Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” – Albert Einstein …and now for something rather serious to me: Emotional abuse is something that can make its victims feel as if they are going crazy. If you feel you are living with an emotional abuser,...
Mom came in my room with a big package from down under which had been left at the front doorstep. Inside amidst lollies and whole wheat crackers that Laura especially loves, was a small box for a little something for me for my birthday, which isn’t until May 11th. Inside...
Being a stats nut, when I learned that my host at PowWeb had free stats, I opted to run them and see what they were like. Now active for a full month in April, I decided to see which was the top keyphrase search for the whole of XerraireArt.com. It...
You know you are too busy when the first chance one gets to read a magazine bought on November 7th,2005, is finally read (and in the bathtub I might add) on April 29th, 2006. I used to love reading women’s magazines. My sister used to subscribe to Good Housekeeping, and...
Continuing on American Idol…Bucky just sang my mood…. "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" So you sailed away Into a grey sky morning Now I’m here to stay Love can be so boring Nothing’s quite the same now I just say your name now [Chorus] But it’s not so...
Want to live longer? Go to church!No kidding! A new scientific study finds people who attend religious services weekly live longer. “Religious attendance is not a mode of medical therapy,” said study leader Daniel Hall, a resident in general surgery at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. “While this study...
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest In 1957 the respected BBC news show Panorama announced that thanks to a very mild winter and the virtual elimination of the dreaded spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. It accompanied this announcement with footage of Swiss peasants pulling strands of spaghetti...
When I read these answers from other women, I was looking at something deeply familiar and scary to me… Abusive men always think there is a motive behind a womans actions and her words. They see her as only trying to maniupulate. They never see goodness in them. They distrust...
These are the nominees for the Chevy Nova Award. This is given out in honor of the GM’s fiasco in trying to market this car in Central and South America. “no va” means, of course, in Spanish, “it doesn’t go”. The Dairy Association’s huge success with the campaign “Got Milk?”...
No doubt this comedian, Brian Regan, has made my family and I laugh, even during the hardest of trials in life. Often Listening to….. I’m wearing my, uh, “Hey, I’m getting fat clothes.” …Started untucking. I don’t know what to eat. My doctor told me to read, uh, food labels....
I don’t recall ever having a holiday for President’s Day when growing up… Oh well, they sure do now. In honor of President’s day, I thought to post some quotes by Abraham Lincoln; quotes on various subjects at a variety of venues. AGRICULTURE “Every blade of grass is a study;...
On this romantic occasion of Valentine’s Day, I thought I would blog some quotes about Love…. Happy Valentines Everyone. “Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get, it’s what you are expected to give — which is everything.” “Ama me fideliter! Fidem meam noto: De corde...
Georgie from Australia sent me this funny, with an Orwellian futuristic feel. ORDERING PIZZA IN 2010 This is so close to what is probably going to be happening in 2010 that we’re not sure how funny this really is… Operator: Thank you for calling Pizza Hut. May I have your...
Question: You describe the narcissist as a cunning, immoral extortionist. How does the narcissist affect people around him? Answer: Sooner, or later, everyone around the narcissist is bound to become his victim. People are sucked Voluntarily or involuntarily into the turbulence that constitutes his life, into the black hole that...
In honor of Groundhog day, here are a few quotes from the memorable movie starring Bill Murray: This is pitiful. A thousand people freezing their butts off, waiting to worship a rat. Come on, all the long distance lines are down? What about satellite? Is it snowing in space? Don’t...
This is one from my sister…Thanks, Linda! Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, “I’m tired, and it’s getting late. I think I’ll go to bed.” She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day’s lunches. Rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of...
