Well, maybe not abroad, but at least news from the Right Coast. I've been to Manhattan, picked up my eldest daughter, and headed down South to Savannah Georgia. This morning I sadly board a plane and return to NYC to pick up youngest daughter before flying home again. (In other news, we're going to definitely use the Library a little more when we get home. I think my daughter may read faster than I do. She's been gobbling books at the rate of one or two a day. Oh, my aching wallet.) Grandma says that eldest daughter, when she visited The Metropolitan Museum of Art, kept flinging her arms to the side and spinning, impersonating Maria from Sound of Music, she was so filled with glee. She told me this morning that "We never even got to see the Portraits! I have to go back!" Sure kid, if it makes you that happy, I would love to pour art all over your head until it drips from your fingertips. She's been great fun to travel with.
So far, on my trip to Savannah, I've:
Visited the Owens-Thomas house, a Regency era mansion in Historic Savannah
Explained to my daughter that when people talk about The Book in Savannah, they are not referring to the Bible.
Purchased a copy of Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil for my daughter.
Lived on a Davenport horse farm for three days.
Explained to my sheltered California girl what a summer thunderstorm was.
Got rained on.
Stayed up until midnight every one of those days trading stories and laughs.
Rode a stallion, now 26, that I last saw in 1992.
Fed the stallion ice cream, which his new people-servants did not know he loves.
Helped my daughter ride him.
Rode him myself.
Giggled when he picked a fight with the younger stallions through the fence after being ridden. "I'm the King of the Castle! You're the Dirty Rascal!"
Fell in love with his children.
Had a wonderful time.
Sunday, July 30, 2006
Saturday, July 22, 2006
Blogging meme
Cindy tagged me:
1) When did you first start blogging and why?
2) What don't you talk about?
3) Are you and your blogging persona the same person?
4) How do you use blogging to build friendships?
5) How would you describe your writing style?
OK, I'm printing that out and working at it on the plane. This morning I leave for a trip to NYC, then a trip to Savannah, then back to NYC. (And you though I was gone already, nope, just packing.) Dear Butcher and young son are going to have a whole week just to themselves, to which the son said, "Does that mean we can sit around All DAY in our underwear?"
Be nice everybody!!
1) When did you first start blogging and why?
2) What don't you talk about?
3) Are you and your blogging persona the same person?
4) How do you use blogging to build friendships?
5) How would you describe your writing style?
OK, I'm printing that out and working at it on the plane. This morning I leave for a trip to NYC, then a trip to Savannah, then back to NYC. (And you though I was gone already, nope, just packing.) Dear Butcher and young son are going to have a whole week just to themselves, to which the son said, "Does that mean we can sit around All DAY in our underwear?"
Be nice everybody!!
Friday, July 21, 2006
Anniversary
One Year.
Wow.
(Well, one year next Tuesday. But I'm heading off on vacation, so I'm putting this up early)
I pulled a bunch of links together to get a sample of the stuff I've done over the past year, but now I'm sure it's all too long, or too self-referential, or...
Whatever.
Start over:
These are the posts I enjoyed looking back over in the past year.
Books:
Joan Wolf's The Deception from August of last year. I didn't like it.
More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh from September of last year. Which I did like.
Black Silk by Judith Ivory which I liked, I think. I may still be unsure.
A Singular Lady by Megan Frampton, which I Really Liked.
Another one I liked, by Terri Wilhelm
The one that made me cry, sob actually, yet not a romance.
Politics:
Thirteen Words which will make Suisan's head explode.
Tea with the Neighbors
The Power of a Woman
Rants:
Circus, Part I The Warmup.
Circus, Part II The Rant to end all Rants. No more Circus tales for me, EVER.
With a Sword, a Mask, and a Rose for Milady
Babies
Historicals are better than Contemporaries
And I hate weddings too
King Arthur
Silliness:
Bing!
Ha Ha, Very Funny
Grey vs gray
Pirates of the Caribbean
Proof that the Triangle doesn't exist. (Nonetheless, I'm still not convinced.)
Pirate Meeting How did I forget to put that in?
Personal:
Old Man, Originally titled, A Veterinary Story.
A Proustian Bargain
A Memory That Wasn't
Injuries Sustained from Horses
Davenport horses
Edited to add: I forgot to add the link to my foaming at the mouth rant Circus, Part II. That post is never going to cooperate with me on any level.
Wow.
(Well, one year next Tuesday. But I'm heading off on vacation, so I'm putting this up early)
I pulled a bunch of links together to get a sample of the stuff I've done over the past year, but now I'm sure it's all too long, or too self-referential, or...
Whatever.
Start over:
These are the posts I enjoyed looking back over in the past year.
Books:
Joan Wolf's The Deception from August of last year. I didn't like it.
More Than a Mistress by Mary Balogh from September of last year. Which I did like.
Black Silk by Judith Ivory which I liked, I think. I may still be unsure.
A Singular Lady by Megan Frampton, which I Really Liked.
Another one I liked, by Terri Wilhelm
The one that made me cry, sob actually, yet not a romance.
Politics:
Thirteen Words which will make Suisan's head explode.
Tea with the Neighbors
The Power of a Woman
Rants:
Circus, Part I The Warmup.
Circus, Part II The Rant to end all Rants. No more Circus tales for me, EVER.
With a Sword, a Mask, and a Rose for Milady
Babies
Historicals are better than Contemporaries
And I hate weddings too
King Arthur
Silliness:
Bing!
Ha Ha, Very Funny
Grey vs gray
Pirates of the Caribbean
Proof that the Triangle doesn't exist. (Nonetheless, I'm still not convinced.)
Pirate Meeting How did I forget to put that in?
Personal:
Old Man, Originally titled, A Veterinary Story.
A Proustian Bargain
A Memory That Wasn't
Injuries Sustained from Horses
Davenport horses
Edited to add: I forgot to add the link to my foaming at the mouth rant Circus, Part II. That post is never going to cooperate with me on any level.
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