Monday, September 28, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
John Denver "Country Roads"
A Beautiful Song for Beautiful Country
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN86d0CdgHQ&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oN86d0CdgHQ&feature=fvw
Tamarack, Beckley, West Virginia
Debbie and I are going on a trip to visit Tamarack in West Virginia.
http://www.tamarackwv.com/about/history_of_tamarack.aspx
http://www.tamarackwv.com/about/history_of_tamarack.aspx
M R Ducks Poem
1. M R Ducks
M R Knot
O S A R, C M Wangs?
L I B
M R Ducks
2. M R Mice
M R Knot
O S A R, C M E D B D Feet?
L I B
M R Mice
3. M R Snakes
M R Knot
O S A R, C M B D Eyes?
L I B
M R Snakes
M R Knot
O S A R, C M Wangs?
L I B
M R Ducks
2. M R Mice
M R Knot
O S A R, C M E D B D Feet?
L I B
M R Mice
3. M R Snakes
M R Knot
O S A R, C M B D Eyes?
L I B
M R Snakes
Sunday, September 13, 2009
Why Vidalia
I have been encouraged by a friend to explain the title I've chosen for this blog. Vidalia is a type of onion, especially found in Georgia. Though I do like onions, this onion is very tasty. However, it is just happenstance that this name is being used, not because I like onions.
When I was in college, I had a wonderful roommate named Ginny Thomas. It was my senior year and I was dating different people. Sometimes when I would come in from a date, Ginny would ask me how it went. If I held anything back about my feelings, she would say, "Now, Buuuudeee, I can read your face, something else is going on." She was damned good at intuiting what was going on with me. This kind of insight on her part didn't just apply to my dating. She could tell when I was upset about other situations. We remained friends for years after I graduated.
Years went by and after I was married and had children, Ginny and I renewed our friendship by mail. I could do email by then, but she would write her letters out in long hand and have her husband fax them to me. She just didn't understand how to work with email. I reminded her how she used to be able to detect my feelings and that, it was as if I were an onion and she was "the peeler", peeling back layer after layer till she got to the bottom of my feelings. I jokingly told her my favorite onion was the Vidalia. Thus, I started writing to her and calling her "Peeler" and she called me, "Vi". I have always remembered that and when needing a name for this blog site, I chose a favorite word of mine from my history with Ginny.
Where is Ginny now? She lives with her PHD husband Peter Fleischer in Pass Christian, Miss.
When I was in college, I had a wonderful roommate named Ginny Thomas. It was my senior year and I was dating different people. Sometimes when I would come in from a date, Ginny would ask me how it went. If I held anything back about my feelings, she would say, "Now, Buuuudeee, I can read your face, something else is going on." She was damned good at intuiting what was going on with me. This kind of insight on her part didn't just apply to my dating. She could tell when I was upset about other situations. We remained friends for years after I graduated.
Years went by and after I was married and had children, Ginny and I renewed our friendship by mail. I could do email by then, but she would write her letters out in long hand and have her husband fax them to me. She just didn't understand how to work with email. I reminded her how she used to be able to detect my feelings and that, it was as if I were an onion and she was "the peeler", peeling back layer after layer till she got to the bottom of my feelings. I jokingly told her my favorite onion was the Vidalia. Thus, I started writing to her and calling her "Peeler" and she called me, "Vi". I have always remembered that and when needing a name for this blog site, I chose a favorite word of mine from my history with Ginny.
Where is Ginny now? She lives with her PHD husband Peter Fleischer in Pass Christian, Miss.
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