A survey of 2,000 Britons by Ordnance Survey reveals 20 traditional skills are falling by the wayside and facing extinction. They’re just the latest casualties of technology — examples of digital disruption devaluing more than goods and services, but skills that were once considered vital to life. 20 Skills Facing Extinction According to the survey, […]
Child’s Easter Drawing Jesus Is My Gud Shepherd
Happy Easter, everybody! Here’s some artwork Sully drew for Easter. He’s sounding out his words, so this year, Jesus is my “gud” shepherd. This was a first for me — an Easter egg pinata. We spotted this on our walk this evening through the neighborhood. Happy Easter! My wonderful family on Easter Sunday. I love […]
Oklahoma City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade
Today was the Oklahoma City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade. It was a beautiful parade with hundreds of entries. I always love to see the old men with green and red beards; the bagpipers and young girls with llamas. Every year, the same Native Americans with Irish in their veins come out for the pomp and […]
And Ma In Her Kerchief
We celebrated Christmas Eve with my mom today. Each time I visit her at her place, I take comfort in seeing all the things that are uniquely her, like this bejeweled container of crochet hooks. I’ve loved these things ever since I was a kid. Here’s the jello Mom made us for dessert. I thought […]
Downey, California [1971]
I am three years old and my mother has left my fatherShe’s taken me with her. I don’t rememberOur goingOur arrivingOur leaving or The day we returned to our green stucco houseReturned to my father I only rememberBeing there. We stay in a trailerShaped like a bean.It is tiny, my mother, independent.I wonder where we’ll sleep. What an […]
Christmas 2009
Thank you for stopping by to check out some of my favorite Christmas pictures. I took some 500 pictures this season, so culling it down to these few was not easy. The snow was coming down hard on Christmas Eve and we still hadn’t taken the kids to see Santa Claus. Thankfully, Santa kept his […]