Post archive for ‘All good things’
The Next Phase
Today I helped my daughter move into her dorm room. She’s a college girl now. *sniffle* She’s been so excited, so nervous, and stressed and bouncy… It’s been amazing to watch her get her stuff together and plan and talk to her roommate-to-be and well, she’s just simply amazing. Because I’m me, here’s some pix [...]
Catching up
It occurs to me that I have been neglecting this blog. This blog that I have had since before Google owned Blogger. This blog that has been through so many changes, both cosmetic and in focus. That’s just it though, I’ve never found a focus for this blog. It’s just been my catchall for my [...]
Melia goes to Washington
This is for my family, friends and anyone else who might care to follow along as I head off to DC to celebrate my daughter’s 18th birthday, and see the city, and watch the fireworks on the Mall. I will be tweeting, twitpiccing and audiobooing. For those of you who don’t bother with Twitter or [...]
Playing with Wordle
This is a fun little site that creates word clouds based on text you give it. I gave it a link to the blog here and it turned this out
The last show
I’m sitting in the Senior High auditorium for the last time right now. Tonight is Shannon’s final orchestra concert after 7 years of musical education. I think out of all that time, I’ve missed two of her shows. The high school orchestra has mostly consisted of about 800 violins, cellos and violas, and about 4 [...]
A day at the park(s)
We did a wander around a couple of parks on this Day of the Zombie. Weather was cold and gloomy, but we enjoyed nonetheless. These were taken at Stolley Park and Pier Park in GI. My dad might want to note that the cool cave he told me kids used to play on has been [...]
Our Furry Leader
The 50s on 5 channel on XM satellite radio, when Matt the Cat was on the air, was my favourite channel. Matt knows every square inch of some of the most influential, important music in recent history and he poured his heart and his soul into his shows ‘Night Prowl” and “Harlem”. He’s put together [...]
