Monthly Archives: October 2008
Ohashi, Onigiri, Obento, … “OH NOooooo!”
Today you get an old treat: Ohashi, Onigiri and Obento. I went deep into the vault to pull out this one which was written four years ago. Bon Appetite. Continue reading
It’s working again
Thanks for the emails this morning about the site. I have deactivated a plugin that was causing part of the problem and fixed the coding that was causing the other problem. The problematic plugin is still active on my other site http://thewalkerhomeplace.com which is one reason those posts and series list look so akward. As soon as I get word that the plugin has been updated, you will once… Continue reading
Parenting with a SPLASH!
I spoke recently with a friend, a professional educator, complete with PH.D. and tenure. We talked about how once you get to a certain age and certain position, that people will expect you to tell them things. Write things. Speak and write things that sound like you know what the heck you are doing and at the same time add something to their knowledge base that ideally will be useful. I am unsure how this has happened, but, daggonit, I keep finding myself in this position. These people I don’t even know keep asking me questions. What follows is part of newsletter article I was asked to write: Continue reading
Eclectic Music Fridays
Years ago, a friend came over to my house for the first time. He went over to the stereo to check out my record collection (I told you it was years ago). Some time later he came over with two albums and two cassettes: A Lynyrd Skynyrd Album, a Pavarotti album, a cassette of a classical Spanish guitar virtuoso, and a cassette with a bizarre drawing and “Painim Wok” written… Continue reading