Independence Day. Let’s celebrate.
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Category Archives: Cultural Life
Surviving a dog attack
With the girls out of town, Pippin and I have been able to take really long walks in the evening. Most have been uneventful but enjoyable. But you never know when you’re going to get blindsided. Last evening, I learned the hard way that you can never let down your guard.
Pippin and I were returning [...]
Heart-wrenching
War is not the answer.
Six-and-a-half minutes of horror.
Babies can’t just say no.
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In an effort to raise awareness of the tremendous work that land trusts are doing across the state in support of Land Trust Day,the Great Outdoor Provision Company has launched a Land Trust Day [...]
A matter of interpretation
Sometimes, like deaths, these things come in threes.
First: Chatting with someone in the neighborhood about Pippin and his increased libido since he was neutered, I mentioned that he was particularly fond of our babysitter when she came over to watch the girls on Mother’s Day. I explained that the babysitter told us her dog was [...]
Weekend food for thought
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“La Di Da Di”
We like to party. With great deals.
Slickdeals.net has deals. I need to spend some time checking them out
Anybody using Slickdeals.net? It seems to be really popular, on an uptick.
What did you get out of it?
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Whatever happened…
To the Apple Store at Friendly Center?
To the Mellow Mushroom?
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New reading for you
A former colleague (of mine anyway) and friend is now doing the blog thing. Dawn and her husband, Scott, have been thinking about adopting for some time. Now, they’re on the Web sharing with everyone their road toward parenthood and through life at the Engleswan Family Blog.
Give ‘em a read. I’m just now catching up.
She [...]
The code
I don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that. — [...]
She and her husband made it possible
Mildred Loving, matriarch of interracial marriage, dies
RICHMOND, Va. - Mildred Loving, a Black woman whose challenge to Virginia’s ban on interracial marriage led to a landmark Supreme Court ruling striking down such laws nationwide, has died, her daughter said Monday.
Almost two years ago I posted about the possibility that Susan and I couldn’t have [...]
“The Speech” opens dialogue on mixed race
And it’s about time thanks to Sen. Barack Obama and all those that have made race an issue.
We often speak in terms of black and white. But mixed race means much more. For example, how is your life different when your mother is Filipino and your father is Arab? What about when you trace your [...]
