The Winter Solstice Concert
Lorena
A little over a week ago we went to the annual Vets for Peace Winter Solstice concert; as usual it was beautiful music and standing room only – this year…
2009
A Long December
Today would have been my father’s 68th birthday. Has it been almost seven years? It feels like forever; it feels like yesterday. Here’s a song I listened to a lot…
Welcome home!
1. Unca Joe, 2. The fam’, 3. Welcome home!, 4. Welcome home!, 5. Waiting for the plane, 6. Any minute now.
Thanksgiving
I’ve never really known what do do about Thanksgiving. I don’t remember most of them as a young child until my grandparents moved to Merritt Island. Then there were a…
Lorena Spivey Haldeman
I’ve been uploading some old slides to Flickr, and here’s my most favorite picture of G-ma ever (long time readers have seen it before, but hey; it never gets old!)…
QOTW – 2009/11/23
And the Question of the Week is… what is your favorite concession stand food? My answer is after the cut…
Happy Non-Birthday, Quinn!
Why I am a sucky friend, #493 – I have been convinced for a number of years now that my WONDERFULsexyTALENTEDbeautifulSWEET friend Quinn’s birthday is November 22nd (it’s not). It’s…
QOTW – 2009/11/16
And the Question of the Week is… could you sketch your family tree? My answer is after the cut…
A tale of two rooms (part three)
(Part one; part two) So, remember a couple of weeks ago when I was quoted in the paper, talking about the 3/50 Project? My friend Juanita saw it, and called…
A tale of two rooms (part two)
Continued from here… One of the bedrooms in our house is a glorified Cat Room. It’s also the Paperback Science Fiction and Hardcover Biography room (shut up, I come from…
A tale of two rooms (part one)
This may shock some of my more recent readers, but there’s something crafty and creative that I like to do more than knitting. I KNOW. Many many years ago (back…
Unca Joe has been set free!
If you want the great news, skip right to the last one! Wednesday – Joe was in the best shape he’s been since September 19, the day this whole thing…