Category: Everyday Stories
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Some music for the soul
We were down at Shorty’s Saturday for blues guitarist Geoff Atchison. Have you ever heard of him? Huh? No? He was voted one of the Top Ten Hottest New Guitarists (Guitar Player 2008). Which is kind of odd, being “newest” except perhaps newest in that he’s totally unknown in the United States. You see, he…
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From the road
Listening to Sue Wilkinson’s new album as we drive. Beautiful! Marty and Sue have been working on it off and on for about a year and a half(?) and they’re close to finishing. “Sympatico” is perhaps my favorite thus far, atmospheric, Middle Eastern percussion. Riq and bendir and…washtub! Great big aluminum washtub. Courtesey of Raphael.…
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The child has (yes, thank god) half a brain!
The Bad Homeschooler is what we ought to call this blog except for the fact that I don’t write much about homeschooling here (relatively speaking) and it’s not like we want to draw attention to ourselves and have people gathering about going, “Look, they’re bad homeschoolers!” It’s that time of year in which books I’ve…
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The Boy Who Loved Jawbreakers
I’ve been going through my files today looking for several pages of writing that I now fear are lost, probably dumped in one of my purges. But I found this, which I’d forgotten about, which I wrote a few years ago. * * * * * * Mom. I always find it refreshing when somebody…
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The new header image
My thanks to Ed Wiancko for letting me use a great family photo of his for my new header image. This site has nothing to do with rowboats but of course the majority of Google searches I get have to do with rowboats…and banana popsicles. I wrote about banana popsicles once or twice and now…
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Fairy tale podcast fails at first try (and I don't think I'll do it after all)
H.o.p. and I attempted Sunday to do a fairy tale podcast (a first–H.o.p.’s done his own little radio shows, but this idea was mine) and it failed. We made four attempts and though H.o.p. enjoyed himself even he admits, in this case, that having a good time doesn’t make for something to release on the…
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Has Internet Technology (i.e. Googlemaps Streetview) Destroyed a Perfectly Good Sort-of Vacation?
So, Marty is going to play at the CD release party for a record he produced (nice guy, I’ve met him and his wife, had dinner at his place once) and it’s going to be in New York. This started in June, his talking about it and planning for me and H.o.p. to go with…
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In which H.o.p. visits Club Penguin
H.o.p. learned about the online community for children, Club Penguin. He thought it sounded fun. “Waddle around and make friends!” their promo says. And I’d read a piece about Club Penguin and how some members had raised money for an environmental concern, project, whatever, it sounded like coherent life afoot, plus it’s looked over by…
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Oh m'god, those look like…scientists!
Just had to note this. A couple days ago I wandered into the plant room (the nook where our plants live, that has sunlight) and looked out the window to see a man in his late 50s or early 60s and one in his late 30s on the opposite sidewalk engaging in body language that…
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Now it is gone
Nobody took me up on the offer to view a photo of Marty’s kombucha, which he never could get to taste quite right, and now it is gone, pfffbbbt, over and done with and not a single photo to memorialize it. All week long going on about how he thought this would be THE batch…
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The Valkyries Rode
Julia Harding of Fox News gave the Centennial Olympic Park’s firework display as ending with the 1812 Overture…when instead, prior the fireworks, the youth symphony ended with the climax of Tchaikovsky’s 1812 Overture, while the fireworks display ended with Wagner’s Ride of the Valkyries. I know this because we were at the display, and afterward…
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Woke up, made coffee, stepped outside to watch the Peachtree Road Race
We woke up, made coffee, then stepped outside to watch the finish of the Peachtree Road Race. 10 or so cases of bottled water were sitting in the hall. Above is the winner in the men’s division, Ethiopian Terefe Maregu. Yes, from the rear, but I was clapping as he came running by (we were…