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Hurricane Matthew - Columbus Day Celebration
Here's another upside to our hurricane adventure: We had mail delivery on Columbus Day! I'm guessing they're making up for...
sursumcorda, 10 October 2016 |
Hurricane Matthew Update, Saturday, October 8, 9.30am
Our power was restored around one in the morning. As the bright light over our bed came on, I mentally chided myself for not being sure...
Hurricane Matthew Update, Friday, October 7, 7:40pm
We're fine; the lack of updates is due to the lack of power. We're running the generator for about an hour out of every four or...
Hurricane Matthew Update, Friday, October 7, 11.30am
Power is off. Then on. Then off. Repeat. Right now it's off, and I'm turning the computer off to save battery.
Hurricane Matthew Update, Friday, October 7, 7:15am
Gratitude. Waking up at 5 a.m., which should have brought us the worst of the storm, and hearing: nothing. After a while I...
Hurricane Matthew Update, Thursday, October 6, 11:45pm
This should be my last update for the day; I hope to be heading to bed soon. Porter took the wiser course tonight, reading his book...
Hurricane Matthew Update, Thursday, October 6, 5:50pm
Thanks to the kindness of the small-engine repair hobbyist, plus $50, the generator is working! We've finished bringing in...
Hurricane Matthew Updates
Dusting off the "Hurricanes and Such" category.... It has been 12 years since a hurricane has bothered our part of Florida, so I...
EPCOT Food and Wine Festival 2016
We're not finished, I hope, with our visits to EPCOT's Food and Wine Festival, but someone asked which were our favorites, so I'll make...
Talking Points - Part 8
I need to finish this off. With this post I come to the end of LaMonte Fowler's points . (Loud cheers!) The series in...
The Zipper Merge
I had no idea. When I'm driving and see a sign that one lane is ending, I move out of that lane as soon as possible. I want plenty of...
Does Jazz Make You Anxious?
Soon we'll be singing a new Gloria in church: Carl MaultsBy's Gloria in Excelsis . (Yes, that's how he spells his name, with the...
The Task of Twelve O'Clock
I’ve created a new category, “Inspiration,” for collecting quotations. I’ll be gleaning from many sources, but...
Ember Falls
Ember Falls : The Green Ember, Book II by S. D. Smith (Story Warren Books, 2016) It was with a heroic effort I...
The Cost of Free
This isn't a serious "freedom isn't free" post about the price of establishing and maintaining liberty. It's about my attempt to obtain...
Sully
Saturday is baking day, and I was just taking the first sheet of chewy M&M cookies out of the oven when Porter came into the kitchen...
Ellie Reflection: 15 Months
Ellie is a super cute charmer, but we try not to let her get away with too much. She’s walking almost exclusively and just...
Daniel Reflection: 3 Years and 1 Month
Daniel is growing taller and thinning out. He’s nearly always dry at night, but struggles during the day . . . and he had...
Bryn Calfaria
I know a lot of hymns. We've sung in many denominations, and even in the Episcopal Church the congregation's favorites can vary...
Swimming Goal Attained
My 95 by 65 swimming goal was very modest: Swim five miles, and brachiate one mile. The reason brachiation was part of the...
Hiroshima
Hiroshima: The Unforgettable Account of the Event that Opened the Atomic Age by John Hersey (Bantam Books, 1946) The...
Joseph Reflection: 6 Years and 2 Months
June Joseph: Hey! Janet: Hay is for horses. Joseph: I said “hey” with an ‘e’ not with an...
Vivienne Reflection: 4 Years and 7 Months
From our notes: July After hearing thunder outside Vivienne asked “Is that a dinosaur?” You can tell what the...
My Birthday Present
As Porter handed me the large, wrapped, rectangular box, he told me that my birthday present came at the recommendation of a friend...
Eleonora Reflection: 14 Months
Ellie has grown so much! She now chooses walking as a mode of transportation more often than not. She uses many signs...