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Only the Second Full Day?!
I continue to push Mom and Dad to their limit as we fill the days with fun activities. Today to the surprise of everyone they...
harp, 3 April 2007 |
The first full day in Switzerland for Mom and Dad
We got off to a leisurely start because we all needed the rest and I was shocked to find I’d slept until 9. Shortly after we...
Mommy and Daddy are here!!!!
The best birthday present I get for the big 25 is a visit from two of the most lovely people in my life: Mom and Dad! The only...
More on Cultural Exchange
Joshua T. White, of the Institute for Global Engagment , spent a year in Peshawar, Pakistan, as the guest of the provincial chief...
Bleib cool, man!
Here is some random Swissness for you that I encountered today. Carrying around a big quilted package in the shape of a harp...
Grandma Bragging Time
We just received a very cool picture in the mail, from Jonathan, and I had to share it with those of you who will appreciate it as much...
Name that Tune
I played harp a lot today, but I mostly used the time to work out a piece that I love by ear. I went to check it with the original,...
Quis Custodiet Ipsos Custodes?
Once again, Tim at Random Observations has provided post which I must pass on. (Warning: Yes, it's depressing, but worth...
Update (Sun.-Wed. March 25-28)
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s more of the same: concerts, lessons, discovery, joy, and not a shred of time to straighten my head out...
Prenatal Beef Consumption?
It was the title that struck me: Study spotlights prenatal beef consumption I found the image of tiny babies-in-utero chowing down...
My New Harp
Here is a video of my new harp. I'm playing the piece I was assigned at my first lesson last Wednesday. Playing for the camera is...
More Spring Flowers
I was going to e-mail these pictures to Grandpa W., from whose long-ago gift of amarylis bulbs these beauties are descended, but then...
Day Care Study
The day care debate would be only of mild interest to me, given that despite my own strong feelings on the matter, I equally strongly...
HPV: They Did Try to Tell Us; I Remember
I remember the response, too. I've written about the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine campaign before. Now I want to...
What Happened to Imagination?
I overheard a comment the other day that made me shudder. Without further comment, I leave you this food for thought. ...
Cheap Title
In Arizona, the winning team in the kindergarten through sixth grade category of the recent state scholastic chess championship must...
My First Day in France (Saturday, March 24, 2007)
Today I went with my ‘twin sister’ from BCF (Basel Christian Fellowship) and her brother to the Alsace region of France....
Why Schools Are Better in Japan (Not?)
I'm posting a link to this U.S. News and World Report short article on Japanese schools , hoping it will provoke commentary from one who...
Week of the Improvisation and Dance Fest (March 19-23)
This has been the busiest week yet of being out all day running for event to event. I’d complain about being tired, but who...
What Is Going on in Germany?
Earlier I wrote about Melissa Busekros , the 15-year-old German girl who was taken from her family to a psychiatric ward and thence to...
Can I Take This with a Grain of Salt?
Now it's Chinese food that's bad for you ! I'm especially sad that they singled out my family's favorite, General...
So Caiaphas Was Brain-Damaged?
This article on making moral judgments is a good example of the kind of false dilemma that drives me crazy. It reminds me of...
Why We Need More Cultural Exchange Programs
A friend sent me the following YouTube link. WARNING: Parts of the video are offensive, and if you go to YouTube and read...
An Evening of Music and Dance: Renaissance, Baroque, and...
Tonight was the Tanz-abend. It’s midnight and I should go straight to bed, but my blood is still pumping from the fun....
Republicans Have No Hearts; Democrats Have No Brains
Or you can substitute "Conservatives" and "Liberals" for a more general application. This unfair generalization is...