My Own Thoughts

Eight days of nightshade freedom and I haven’t been really well yet. Well, earlier today I thought I was better. But then I had supper and my hand and my knees and my legs hurt. I decided to put in currants, since that’s the only thing I ate tonight that’s not normal for me. And [...]

Sigfried, Carl & Alfred has a great collection of comments on sex. My favorite, because it redeems me thorougly since I have never been guilty of this, though knowing my reading habits one might suppose I have been… “My girlfriend always laughs during sex —no matter what she’s reading.” – Steve Jobs, found[er] Apple Computer [...]

It is a sad thing when we don’t recognize our heroes. Thankfully forty years later, one hero is receiving the Medal of Honor. Read about Bruce Crandall.

His age: 42. He’s three years younger than I am, though lots more in life experience. (I grew up young.) How tall is he? 6’1″ which is great for wearing high heels or for being cuddled. How long have you been together (married)? 18 years How long did you know each other before you got [...]

is us? Chimps make spears, hunt bushbabies, eat the meat, and lick their spears. Ants don’t like each other, but different ant species coexist because some are better at finding food and others better at guarding it. Western scrub jays stash food when they knew that they would be facing a food shortage. True this [...]

It may sound like a strange thing to discuss at a gun education meeting, but we did. They said moral is principles of right and wrong. Ethics are the societal opinions and accepted standards of conduct. …Interesting thought here. When we try people we try them based on our ethics, not morals, because we in [...]

My husband is a computer programmer. He’s my IT dept. And he’s the reason I can blog. Something went wrong with my blog. He contacted Dreamhost and got it fixed. I wouldn’t have even known to contact them. I appreciate all his work. I love my IT dept.

“…a Russian general warned that Poland and the Czech Republic risk being targeted by Russian missiles if they agree to host U.S. missile defense bases.” from Yahoo News. We’ve been talking about the Cold War at our house. My eldest has no understanding of the concept of being afraid of the USSR. “They never did [...]

Restylane, a popular cosmetic treatment that temporarily plumps out wrinkles, may actually make the skin produce more collagen, a natural substance that makes skin look young, researchers said on Monday. According to Reuter’s.

“A rose by any other name would smell as sweet,” wrote Shakespeare. But is he right? Today’s news included the fact that the color of orange juice is the primary factor in determining whether people think it tastes good. Maybe a rose called a pickladabom wouldn’t smell as sweet. Maybe a person called by another [...]

My boys are teenagers and have been for a while. But I have a hard time letting go of the toys, games, and books that they played with as tots and toddlers and funny young boys. But our church is having a garage sale to benefit an inner city mission, so I’m doing the spring [...]

I did three hours worth of spring cleaning today. I got three bags of trash, four loads of leaves, four give away boxes and bags, and one closet clean. I have a lot more spring cleaning to do.

Mother defends her children. She yelled stop at the guy coming in her house. Then she fired. Three times. I need to practice. I don’t want them to be outside my house again later that week. What if they figured out a way to get to the boys where I didn’t hear them?

Prince Harry will soon be stationed on the Iraq/Iran border. Hats off! I am glad to see that he will be helping to fight for freedom. I pray God keeps him, and all our soldiers, safe.

A Madonna and Child painting, which is similar in style to a master’s, has been determined to have been from the Renaissance, by laser-based technology which identified the old glue and yellow pigments in the painting.

is the title of the article. But really it is an article saying that people don’t do well for or in connection with those they see as controlling. Are wives really the biggest controller in men’s lives? Does my husband see me that way?

Involve your kids in bird watching for 15 minutes before Feb. 19th and join a huge group who are involved with the Great Backyard Bird Count.

Just like the rest of us. Except that apparently they forget more. Which is why folks don’t remember much about being little. Most only remember highly emotionally charged events. I remember falling off the rocking horse outside and cutting my head open on the stones. I would have been 18 months old then. Sometime between [...]

One of my students, who is a medical practitioner in her home country and is studying here to regain her accredidation, wrote that abortion based on sex is not ethical (Don’t kill girl babies because they are girls.), but that abortion in general is fine because some people are not ready to have babies. Could [...]

I am allergic to nightshades. I went two days without eating any. That doesn’t sound like very long, does it? But yesterday at noon I went with my dad to a Mexican restaurant. After lunch, I had to pull myself up the stairs. I woke up this morning with “morning pain” in my fingers and [...]