Archive for September, 2005
Friday, September 30th, 2005
Solar Lamps and, A Visit With Vinnie
Last evening I spent more than an hour in the backyard with the Empress positioning a fully charged solar flood light at various key points to demonstrate how such lighting will effectively replace half of our electricity hungry fixtures. In the end, I won her over and now it’s just a matter of presenting our [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Thursday, September 29th, 2005
Raccoon Update
Last night after the movie group left I was straightening things up in the living room and noticed something out on the neighbor’s patio. I walked over to the glass door and there was my friend the Raccoon, the little guy I photographed napping up under the eave of the house a couple of weeks [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in Slice of Life by Rana
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005
From The Files
Since our domestic goddess Inez will be here today and I have to get ready for movie night, I’ve pulled something from the files, the entry that brings more Google searches to my site than any other. It first appeared on July 26, 2003.
Kuno, The Dog-Eating Catfish
Surfing around this morning in search of inspiration I [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Regular Feature by Rana
Tuesday, September 27th, 2005
Observing a New Group
Lately I’ve been noticing a new group of men drinking coffee together at Starbucks. Some must be in their eighties since I’ve overhead snippets of conversation about their service in World War II, Korea, or both. Yesterday when I pulled into the parking lot one of them was in the space ahead of me going [...]
2 Comments » - Posted in Misc by Rana
Monday, September 26th, 2005
My Friend Roach
Friday morning I read about the death of a high school friend from the Little Town. Because he was small of stature and build we called him Roach, which was also a play on his given name. He was 43 and had struggled with diabetes and its complications all his life.
I immediately thought of his [...]
4 Comments » - Posted in The High School Years by Rana
Sunday, September 25th, 2005
Synopsis Sunday
Summing up another week of unbelievable images proves challenging. The massive swirling storm approached a massive snarling crawl, upwards to 2 million people ordered to evacuate in advance of an anticipated but thankfully, unrealized, disaster. What did happen was bad enough. Lessons piled on top of the lessons not yet fully comprehended from the last [...]
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Saturday, September 24th, 2005
Snapshot Saturday
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Friday, September 23rd, 2005
Vignette
Yesterday I filled up the van in anticipation of higher prices and a potential shortage in the wake of Hurricane Rita. As I was standing there I couldn’t help but hear the conversation on the other side of the pump.
“I told you this was going to happen,” said a woman’s voice.
“Helen, for God’s sake would [...]
7 Comments » - Posted in Slice of Life by Rana
Thursday, September 22nd, 2005
Rita
With a projected high of 101 on the books for today, I got busy yesterday afternoon and tinted the windows in the alcove in R.’s room. The job went much more quickly than the dining room because I had some clue about what I was doing. Still, at the end of an hour and a [...]
1 Comment » - Posted in Opinion / Current Events by Rana
Wednesday, September 21st, 2005
Randomness
“For future reference sake, no one on this show is married to anyone else on this show.”
These are the kinds of things I find myself saying as new series premier each fall. By the time we’re at episode 3 or 4 of any given program, R. will have names and relationships down, but learning non-Law [...]
