It seems every year at Christmas, some goofy email gets forwarded around the world. I couldn’t resist this one. It’s me, Annie, Annie’s sister Kara, and my Nana. (I noticed this doesn’t work with Firefox… you’ll need to use Internet Explorer)
Last week I made a new friend: Aaron who lives down the street. This is the owl he made.
This year Annie and I spent Thanksgiving with our new friends from Pathways. Ruth hosted everyone at her house just down the street. She made an excellent turkey and everybody else brought the fixings. It was a great day of food and games, especially the crowd favorite “Pass the Pigs.” Of course the highlight moment [...]
I like owls for several reasons. 1. They look funny (this is my main reason for liking any animal). 2. Sophie the cat looks like an owl when Jeremy irks her and she angles her ears back. 3. I taught The Odyssey, and owls are the animal of Athena (the patron goddess of Odysseus and [...]
This is for all my former roommates, especially those who watched me stay up all night writing only to turn every term paper in an hour late, who might be amused to know that I am today frantically planting spring bulbs. The weatherman announced this morning that a cold front is winging its way toward [...]
“Ron Mueck (born 1958) is an Australian hyperrealist sculptor working in Great Britain. Mueck’s early career was as a model maker and puppeteer for children’s television and films, notably the film Labyrinth for which he also contributed the voice of Ludo.” “In 1996 Mueck transitioned to fine art, collaborating with his mother-in-law, Paula Rego, to [...]