I remember my most recent trip to Disneyworld. It was in 2012 with my folks and the kids. When we were there I couldn't find anything labeled for the place where Betsy and I spent our honeymoon in 1995. Dixie Landings is no more. Took me a Google search and some Wikipedia reading to find … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #10 — Hidden Honeymoon Destination
Here is another blast of the past. These pictures come from Corning, in 1995. I was living there with my family, and Betsy, then my fiance' was living in Missouri. But the ladies of North Baptist Church banded together and put on a shower for her anyway, while she visited that summer. The party was … Continue reading A blast of the past #9 — Wedding Shower
With a title like The Melting Pot, you might think of American history, or the Schoolhouse Rock song “The Great American Melting Pot”. But this post is going to be a little more low-key, though possibly hooked to the American melting pot theme. For this is a restaurant review of The Melting Pot – a … Continue reading The (Great American) Melting Pot
Earlier this week I started a project I have been intending to work on for quite some time. It will take quite awhile to finish. That project is scanning all our non-digital photos into the computer. Part of the length of the project is going to be how many photos we have. Another part is … Continue reading A Blast of the Past — someone else’s past
Friday -- The First Day of Spring Saturday -- The First Day of Spring Cleaning Spring Cleaning is the time of year when you drag everything out after being cooped up all winter and clean it all out, give everything a clean shake. It probably was a little more obviously necessary before the age of … Continue reading Spring Cleaning
I have been doing a lot of reading for my upcoming class on international and intercultural communication. I expected information on communication between foreign cultures, things that would help in communicating with people in the various global offices of the global corporation that I work for. But the readings all seem to be American-centric, and … Continue reading Who are you? I am myself.
I found a news story today, from Aug. 22, 2014 about the Waggin' Trail Park, but it wasn't until about a week ago that I personally discovered the park and it wasn't until New Year's Day that we actually took our dog Rocky to try the park out. You might not know what a boon … Continue reading A trip to the dog park
For Christmas, I choose to put together another sound bite compilation, this time of some seasonal sounds to soothe and encourage. Let me start with this French Provincial carol, a song of announcement and declaration: Masters in this Hall: This next piece is Deck The Halls, as done by the AUMC Mid-High chime choir. Follow … Continue reading Here we come a caroling
Lately our power company, KCP&L, has been sending out bimonthly letters telling us how we rate in power consumption among 100 neighbors. The 100 neighbors is "approximately 100 occupied, nearby homes that are similar in size to yours (avg. 1,832 sq ft). What amazes me is over the past 6 months we have varied from … Continue reading Poor use of comparison: lack of context before making a judgment
The family was sitting around on Thanksgiving Evening, after hosting the extended family Thanksgiving dinner. My son was in the playroom digging through an old toy chest, looking for stray Lego pieces he was missing, when he came across a toy he was unfamiliar with. It was a windup clock that played a song, old … Continue reading A Toy and a Song Book
At The Rainbow 