Wondering

The news this week has been horrible to read, I can't even imagine being a participant in any of the stories that disturbed me.

There was a 14 year old boy that molested a 4 year old child, then when the child threatened to tell, the kid drowned him in the bathtub and hid his little body in a dryer.

The army major that opened fire in a room full of soldiers, killing and wounding with an automatic weapon that he legally bought.

A man opening fire in a Tampa office building.

A mentally disturbed woman gave her child away and the person she gave her to kept her in a box under a bed.

I wonder what is wrong with this world? What is wrong with its people?

Looking down

Went you walk along the beach always look down.

Farmers Market

In the grand scheme of things, fall vegetables are the most beautiful. These are from our local farmers market last weekend.

The blanket that has sleeves

I am the proud owner of a pink Snuggie! My beloved surprised me with one tonight and I am wearing it right now. It is very cool, well actually it is very warm. Once size fits all - oh yeah! It is really big, I have had to roll the sleeves up and have it wrapped around my feet.

I like it! Thanks beloved.

Although the picture on the box shows the woman sitting on a plane wearing her Snuggie, I am not sure I'll be taking mine traveling, but I will be wearing it around the house this winter.

Back again

Well we are back from another trip to North Carolina. It was mommy dearests 80th birthday and my beloved and I went to visit. My RI sister was there as well as the Col & family. We had a really nice time. It is amazing how the kids grow between visits. The nephew is a senior in high school and quite proud of his six pack. The niece a spitfire with a good back stroke.

We also managed to see Door Dyke and Spouse A. Spent some time on the beach with them watching dolphins. We also visited a little town near where they are living called Southport.

Southport is a tiny little town on the Cape Fear River, right up river from Wilmington. It was established in 1792 as Smithville and around 1808 it was renamed Southport. It is quite charming in old small town ways, lovely houses looking out over the river, little shops, great places to eat and a lovely young woman dressed in a black hoop dress carrying a lantern and telling ghost stories.

It seems that just about every where you go you can take a ghost tour and we found one in Southport. Katie Stewart grew up in Southport and got a history degree and actually put it to work. She runs Old South Tour Company and wanders the ally ways, streets and burial grounds of Southport in a swear to god hoop skirt. When you walk behind her, it looks like she is floating. Of course the could have had something to do with the fact that it was dark, she was carrying a lantern and ghosts were jumping out at us.

It was really a good time and I recommend it if you happen to be in the area.

We also went into Wilmington for a few hours. We took a trolley tour (yes, I am a Tourist with a capital T). Must go back and spend some more time in Wilmington, would love to explore the historic area more. Oh and they have a ghost tour!

We had a lovely time with J&P and will see them again when we return to NC in June.

Hmm................. back to 1

Regarding the interracial couple refused a marriage license.

Gee wish I'd said this:

Stacy from St. Augustine, Florida writes:

What’s the problem? He said that he has piles of black friends and they use the bathroom in his house. It’s good of him to look out for those biracial children. You know how they turn out. Grow up go to Harvard and become the President of the United States.

Hmm........ 2

"Selection of minivans by bears in Yosemite National Park was the likely consequence of efforts to maximize caloric gain and minimize costs by targeting vehicles with higher probabilities of payoff. ... The trade-off between food acquisition and penal actions by humans likely pressured bears to target vehicles with the highest probability of attaining food,"

Does anyone understand this? Better yet, does any actually believe that bears sit around and talk about the pros and cons of breaking into a Honda Mini Van vs a Toyota SUV or Chevy Camero?