Friday, June 12, 2009

MY GARDEN!



Our first heirloom tomato! Nearly ripe! What you can't see are hundreds of ripening tomatoes, what seems like thousands of beans, about eight watermelons, cucumbers, squash, basil and tarragon! Yummmmm! Jason Minshew, owner of JBird Landscaping, our gardener, adds something new for each season!

SueAnn


Wednesday, June 10, 2009

vive la différence!

A Commentary on the Wonderful Differences Between Women and Men
Chapter 1


He tried to hide his excitement, but she could smell it woven in amongst the tar and heat. He seemed a leopard, crouched in the cover of the jungle, waiting, controlling the massive power of that which made him so obviously different from her.

His steps quickened in the quiet pensive moments of their approach, as tiny pearls of sweat popped out on his smooth, tan forehead.

Sunday, June 7, 2009

The Horse Boy by Rupert Isaacson



I don't usually write a review 66-pages into a book, but either the caffeine from my morning coffee has taken over (not unusual) or I am just too inspired to hold off until the end of the book. I want to believe it is inspiration.

When I was childbearing age, women just weren't very informed about all the things that could go wrong for our babies. Our biggest fear was that our child might be born with some type of physical deformity (i.e., the still-prevalent counting of fingers and toes at birth). Little did we know that the absence of an appendage was the least of our worries. Through massive public awareness, books, movies, and of course "Oprah," we now know more than we even want to about the seemingly endless list of disorders that can impact the life of a child and family - Autism being one of those. It's not that I don't want to know about Autism, I am in fact intrigued by, and have read a lot about Autism, which has not impacted my family, and another similarly tragic disorder Schizophrenia, which has.