I really like that phrase, “celebrating art in life”. I noticed it today while I was wandering around at University Village. It is the catch phrase for a store called, Fireworks. They have all kinds of different kinds of stuff that I enjoy looking at. For me, celebrating art in life can take on different…
Category: Ponderings
Claire’s Husband
Claires’ husband is/was a tree. He got chopped down a few months ago. Claire is a friend of my daughter, Bethany. I heard about this, this morning, on our drive to school. Somehow we got into a conversation about the wooded area of the playground at school. There are two wooded areas designated for different…
Watching Grease with Bethany
My 13 year old daughter, Bethany, is sick today and home from school. I decided to take a rest break with her and rented the movie, “Grease”. I haven’t seen this movie in a long time but I remembered loving the songs and the story. I wanted to watch it with her as the content…
My parents and my kids
Dave and I just got back from a vacation in Paris and Madrid. We had a wonderful time. Our kids had a wonderful time with my parents. I am incredibly thankful for my mom and dad. They looked after our kids for 10 days – they got them everywhere they needed to be, loved and…
Cannon Beach, Spring Break 2005
We just got back from Cannon Beach, OR. I love going down there. The drive is a little long, but once I’m there, it just doesn’t matter. Dave and I took the girls (Nate was with his buddy Alex) and my mom, dad and brother met us there. We stayed in a house right on…
What is it about tradition?
Nathan is playing baseball this year. He’s playing in the North King County Little League, 7/8ers, Red Sox. Today was the season opening Jamboree. There were about 150 kids, plus parents, all at Hamlin Park. It was freezing cold. We had to be there at 8:15 to line up in teams for the parade around…