crates | April 14, 2009
I admit it. I’m musically illiterate (also I’m not a big he-man :cough:). It is not that I do not like music, I do, it is just that I tend to be unconscious of it. I almost never listen to music on the radio or disc players. I have two really nice stereo systems and [...]
crates | April 2, 2009
In some ways this has been a very frustrating day. I had to hang around the house today waiting for the delivery of some kitchen appliances (stove, overhead microwave, dishwasher). I had told the company, Home Depot, that they may have some problems negotiating the very steep, twisting driveway. I was right, the truck had [...]
crates | March 29, 2009
I have noticed for a long time that whenever I go to look up a meaning of a term or phrase, I often do not understand the definition or explanation that is given. Often the definition involves jargon or words with which I am unfamiliar. Take the following examples. I was looking up information on [...]
crates | November 13, 2008
I was watching two small children with their father at the coffee shop this morning. The tiny little girl reminded me of my daughter when she was small. When the father left he had the little girl on his arm and led the little boy by the hand. I began remembering when my daughter was [...]
crates | September 13, 2008
At times it is almost overwhelming watching my father hold my mother’s hand and tell her that he has loved her since she was fifteen years old. This December they will have been married sixty-six years. My father will be 84 and my mother 83. She still will kiss you when you bend over to [...]
crates | September 8, 2008
For many years I have been interested in the history of my family. The advent of computers has sped up this process and recently a new tool has been added to the process–DNA analysis. Recently when I was in Texas, I noticed that the genealogy web site, Ancestry.com, had a half price sale [...]
crates | August 17, 2008
Blackberries We were just friends when you tripped on the blackberry vine. I got to my knees beside you and Helped pick out the thorns, Putting your fingers in my mouth to Bite them out with my teeth. Then to make you laugh I fed you Sun-warmed blackberries Lying there in the grass, and Then I [...]
crates | July 14, 2008
The idea of simplicity in our lives seems to be growing in our awareness. We find that in an increasingly complex existence, simplification has an immense appeal. We seem to have too many things, and our lives become filled with clutter, both physically and mentally. Sometimes we yearn for simpler times when the world [...]
crates | May 9, 2008
There are few things that really matter in this life. At the top of my list is family, and second are friends. I am of the sort that makes very few friends. I have seen many people that can make friends extremely easily. I have never done this. I am more of a [...]
crates | May 3, 2008
Well, I am still making plans for the Wedding in Hawaii! So many loose ends to tie together. For example I found that the short hop from Honolulu to Kona was on Aloha airlines which went out of business. Expedia, with whom I made the resevations, basically said it was up to me to [...]