As my last act before I go to bed on Late Tuesday/Very Early Wednesday, and before I go into 3 days of very little internet connectivity (agggh… the shakes, withdrawal…), here are a few notes and links: The only thing I can get my…
Author: Ms. Jen
Small Note
Just to let folks know, and request prayers, my step-grandpa Bill West is in the hosptial for a fractured hip. My grandma Grace is very stressed and having dizzy spells. The family is taking two day tours of duty to go down and stay…
Memorial Day 2003
My mom’s side of the family is OVERWHELMING… Large, Irish Clan that has way too much energy and is always in everyone else’s business. Athletic and Nosey, a bad combo. My dad’s side of the family is laid back and non-nosey to the point…
OC Scottish Games 2003 Pics
Here are my pictures from this last weekend’s Scottish Games at the OC Fairgrounds. I spent the better part of both Sat. & Sun. watching the Pipe & Drum band competition. The best part of this, besides lots of men in kilts, is that…
Wrong Spot!
There I was reading Dave Barry’s blog and I followed a link to a Heroic WeinerDog story, when I noticed at the top of the News24.com website a headline that said: SA’s miracle baby: A miracle has occurred at Groote Schuur hospital as a…
Men in Kilts!
Today is Thursday, for most folks in the US, they are eagerly anticipating their first big weekend of the Summer, Memorial Day weekend. My brother took off yesterday for the River and won’t be back until next wednesday. But for me, I stay in…
Villanelle Update
File under the category of “Ooops”…. In class last night, I learned that I got the rhyme scheme in the villanelle wrong. Oops. The teacher diagrammed a Villanelle for us like this: A1 b A2 a b A1 etc. Now I, being a poetry…
Villanelle Hell
Ok, tonight is poetry class, my efforts are…. small grumbling noises. This week is the Villanelle and a spontaneous poem ala Frank O’Hara. Here is the villanelle: Dreams of London As spring warms to summer, I dream of London As Los Angeles heats, I…