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Martha Hyduke remained in Ukraine when her husband, Nick, went to work in the coal mines of southwestern Pennsylvania. By the time she joined him in 1922, their daughter, whom he had never met, had passed away.
They raised their family in one of the coal patch villages near New Alexandria, and like virtually all of the immigrants from Galicia in the Carpathian Mountains, their Eastern Rite church and traditions were important parts of their difficult lives.
The Hydukes passed on to their daughter, Stella, the art of pysanky, an ancient Ukrainian custom of decorating eggs. Stella married Andy Nalevanko, and although their daughter, Ginette, was baptized in his Roman Catholic church, she attended church with her mother.
Stella taught her how to create pysanky, and now Ginette Simpson keeps her mother Stella Nalevanko's memory alive by placing a tiny heart on each egg. And Simpson creates them for the sole purpose of supporting the church of her ancestors and her childhood, the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church.
"Nothing I do with pysanky is for myself," she said. "I do it only for my church."
The finely detailed work can be exhausting, but it brings her peace.
"It has a calming effect on me to be working alone and praying and meditating on the eggs," she said.
"This time of year, the egg-making makes me feel very close to God. I also observe a strict Lenten fast (from all meat and dairy), which is something that my mother taught me," she added.
Simpson starts creating pysanky early in Lent and takes them to demonstrations where many people return to add eggs to their growing collections.
She makes hundreds of eggs each year, and the donations that she receives ($20 to $100, depending on the intricacy of the patterns) are the main fundraiser for the church that at one time served the surrounding Pennsylvania coal patch towns of Huron, Frogtown, Shieldsburg and Salemville, where her mother grew up.
These towns once were thriving villages with identical company-owned duplexes where big families crowded into limited space and often took in boarders who slept in shifts. Mining was dangerous work, and when men were killed on the job, their families were evicted after the funeral so another miner could move in. For many, that was an improvement over the feudal oppression that they left behind.
Visiting priests initially celebrated Mass in miners' basements, then the Roman Catholics and Eastern Rite Catholics shared Sunday space in a school. Around 1906, the superintendent of the Keystone Coal and Coke Company granted both churches adjacent plots of land. The Romans built what became St. James Church, and the Ukrainians used their parcel for a cemetery, then built their church on privately donated land across the road.
It was dedicated as the Carpatho-Rusyn Greek Orthodox Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, later known as the Carpatho-Rusyn Byzantine Catholic Church, and finally, its current identity.
The green shingle siding on the exterior harks back to past generations. Inside, there are only 12 short pews, six on each side, and room for about 50 people. But it has been decades since the church was anywhere near filled. The icons on the walls and on a white screen and gates called an iconostasis were once blackened by candle smoke and have been restored.
The church is a mission of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Ukrainian Catholic Church in Latrobe, part of the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy (Diocese) of St. Josaphat in Parma, Ohio. Both were staffed for years by Father Xavier Elambassery, now retired. The current priest is Father Yaroslav Koval, who came from Ukraine with his wife and daughter and celebrates liturgy at the New Alexandria church on many Saturdays.
Simpson, who retired as postmaster in a nearby small town, has taken over many duties of the church, including leading the singing like her mother did.
"The liturgy here takes you back in time," she said. "When I sit down and kneel in my mother's spot, I feel like the little girl who held her hand throughout the liturgy. It keeps me close to God and close to my mom. I feel like she is with me in church and that she is with me when I make the eggs."
There are several Eastern European styles of decorated Easter eggs, but Ukrainian pysanky tend to be the most intricate and well-known. The tradition has pre-Christian roots in the worship of the sun god Dazhboh. According to legend, birds were his chosen creations because they were the only creatures that could get near him.
Their eggs became magical objects that represented a source of life and rebirth and were honored during the rites of spring. With the advent of Christianity in the 10th century in what is now Ukraine, the eggs took on the symbolism of Christ's emergence from the tomb and man's rebirth in Christ.
Ukrainians carried the ancient tradition through migrations, though it was nearly lost in their homeland during religious suppression from the Soviets.
Creating pysanky begins with a clean uncooked egg. Some artists leave the insides intact to dry out. Others poke holes in both ends, break the yolk with a paper clip and blow out the contents. Simpson decorates them first so that they sink in the dye and later empties them. They seldom break.
First comes a penciled design, and all have meanings. Among them, tear drops represent Mary weeping at the foot of the cross; ladders are for searching; fish are the symbols of early Christianity; and flowers represent love, charity and goodwill.
The Holy Trinity is represented by triangles; deer and horses are for good health, wealth and prosperity; spirals are for immortality; wheat represents a bountiful harvest; the sun and stars symbolize life, growth and good fortune; and dots suggest stars. Unbroken waves or ribbons encircling the egg represent eternity.
Colors have meaning, too. White is purity, yellow is wisdom, green is hope, blue is health, brown is happiness, black is remembrance, orange is strength and red is spirituality.
The process requires applying multiple layers of melted wax from a burning candle or electric stylus. The first layer goes over what will remain white, then the egg is dipped in the next color and that's covered before the egg goes into another dye. At the end, all the wax is removed with a warm cloth.
After nearly 50 years of creating pysanky, Simpson is still surprised. "I'm breathless when the designs emerge," she said.
This year, all donations for the eggs will help fund a new roof on the church.
Father Koval told Simpson that her God-given talent is a way of repaying the parents, grandparents and ancestors who brought their faith from Ukraine and built the church with their own hands.
"She tries to preserve the heritage that she received, and she prays that somebody else in that small parish will continue to preserve this holy place," he said. "The church belongs to them."
Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller writes from Pennsylvania.
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More lemon recipes anyone? Apparently, we're on a lemon kick here. First, the lemon-ricotta cookies with lemon glaze and now this. A delicious, tender quick bread with just the right amount of lemon. Can we still be friends?
I actually got the inspiration for lemon-chia seed bread from the back of my bag of chia seeds. It was for a vegan recipe which I'm interested to try some time. Just not this time. The day I made this bread, I didn't want to get too experimental. I wanted to take a lemon-poppy seed bread recipe I knew I'd like and just use the chia seeds in place of the poppy seeds.
In the end, the bread was delicious. The chia seeds were a little less crunchy than poppy seeds, but they were still plenty crunchy for me. The flavor was different than poppy seeds, too, though not in a way that detracted from the bread at all. In my opinion, the chia seeds were a great move--they have much better health benefits than poppy seeds and I already had them on hand :-) Of course, if you'd rather use poppy seeds please do. I'm sure you'll like the bread either way.
Lemon-Chia Seed Tea Bread
adapted from epicurious
zest and juice of 2 large lemons, divided
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. salt
6 TBSP unsalted butter, softened
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Colorado-Fresno State game postponed
Release from University of Colorado Athletic Department:
BOULDER — Saturday's football game between the University of Colorado and Fresno State has been postponed, university officials decided Friday morning.
After careful consideration, CU-Boulder Chancellor Philip P. DiStefano has decided that the University will not hold a football game tomorrow, and that school officials will discuss a possible make-up date for the game.
"Even though the weather is improving, Boulder is still designated as a national emergency site," the chancellor said. "Our community is hurting. Many of our students are displaced from their homes, including many of our student-athletes. This is not an appropriate time for us to hold a game that would put pressure on the community, both in terms of security/emergency personnel, but also in diverting attention from people in need."
DiStefano also said that "ensuring the safety of CU affiliates and fans has always been the No. 1 priority."
Athletic Director Rick George said the decision was made with fans' opinions in mind.
"We feel that this decision is the appropriate one in light of the circumstances," George said. "Many of our students, alumni and fans have been affected by the events of this week and again, this is the right decision to make in light of those."
CU head football coach Mike Macintyre said his players are supportive of the decision.
"Our players have a strong desire to compete, but many of them and many of their friends have personally been affected and I know they support this decision to postpone as well," he said. "This is the appropriate decision and we are all 100 percent in agreement."
The Athletic Department will be communicating details as soon as possible with tickets holders regarding how they will be able to utilize the tickets for the make-up date.
This is the third game in CU history that has been postponed; in 1963, the CU-Air Force game in Colorado Springs was delayed two weeks after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; and in 2001, Washington State was set to visit Boulder on Sept. 15 but all college games were called off after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. That game was not made up until the 2003 season.
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- A former Saudi Aramco executive said he believes the world has peaked.
- Production at the large international oil companies appears to be dropping like a stone. (Recent reports on Shell, BP and Exxon tell the story.)
- Greenland's offshore undiscovered reserves are estimated to be far less than previously thought.
Persistent new highs in the oil price of late only add to the end-times quality of the game.
Of course, there is a desire among the participants to be validated in their belief that peak oil is a major concern that needs our attention now. Otherwise, what would be the purpose of all that effort and worry concerning peak oil awareness and preparation? There is also the desire to discover THE revelation that will finally shock the rest of the seemingly zombified planet into realizing the seriousness of our predicament. And, there is always hope that even if today's news was not enough, another round of "Peak Oil Shock Me" tomorrow will finally yield the Holy Grail of peak oil awareness, namely, a piece of peak oil news so horrifying that it simply cannot be ignored by the population at large.
Played for the purposes of education, entertainment, solace, or even a kind of morbid comic relief, the game itself is harmless. But when played in an earnest quest to find that Holy Grail of peak oil awareness, it courts a two-fold danger. First, we peak oil activists have a way of putting off even our friends with the latest bad news. It's not that bad news should be ignored. But if the purpose of the peak oil movement is to spread awareness and ultimately spur action, then telling uninformed people news which radically challenges their worldview may cause them simply to tune us out. In this regard, the worse the news is, the less likely people are to want to hear what we have to say or to believe it if they do listen. Second, the preoccupation with that "breakthrough" piece of news misses the point. Peak oil is a complex phenomenon with ramifications that are difficult to see. The way news is nowadays conveyed, one can hardly expect people to understand that complexity without considerable background--background which is almost never offered up in either the print or electronic media. By focusing on finding a "breakthrough" piece of news, we take energy away from the more difficult but necessary task of public education.
Certainly, many peak oil activists wonder if anything will cause the public to wake up. The vast majority of those activists--by my admittedly small and informal poll--appears to believe that an extreme crisis will have to arrive before the public finally "gets it." Accordingly, many of those I talk with have become deeply pessimistic about the prospects for making any substantial society-wide preparations before peak oil arrives. Indeed, many believe peak has already arrived and that therefore it is too late to prepare. All we can do now is cope.
But we cannot assume that even an extreme crisis will be interpreted within the context of peak. In fact, we can already see that the usual bogeymen are being trotted out: price-gouging oil companies, speculators, Arab oil producers who hate us, and government policy that blocks new drilling. There is also the belief among the public--who are heavily influenced by the priesthood of professional economists--that the high oil prices of today will resolve themselves the same way they have in the past, i.e., by going a lot lower.
Undermining what I call the official story is going to take persistent and intelligent effort on the part of the peak oil movement. And, this effort will require constant vigilance as new conspiratorial explanations and cornucopian stratagems (such as the hedge that above ground risks are more important than below ground risks) are deployed to defend the current paradigm.
In the meantime, I'm all in favor of a few rounds of "Peak Oil Shock Me," especially when it's used as an icebreaker among peak oil activists. But don't mistake this game for genuine preparation in dealing with the as yet uninformed public. That task requires an entirely different approach.


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Smyrna Town Council unanimously approved Monday to temporarily hold off demolition of a vacant property on Smyrna-Clayton Boulevard due to a possible sale of the building.
Council had approved at the March 4 council meeting to demolish the buildings at 431-437 Smyrna-Clayton Boulevard. However, shortly thereafter the town was approached by local businessman Michael Sparco, of Ducts Unlimited. The business is a sheet metal company; Sparco has a location at 339 W. Mount Vernon St.
Sparco asked council Monday night to reconsider the demolition of the building so he could buy it from the owner and rehabilitate it for his own business. He said it would benefit the town because not only would they not have to pay for the demolition of the building, but someone else would upgrade a neighborhood eyesore.
"It's a win-win for the town, a win-win for the owner, a win-in for me," Sparco said.
Concern from residents
Some residents voiced their frustrations earlier in public forum over the town possibly reconsidering their previous vote on the demolition.
Ken Boulden, owner of Penn Vernon apartments across from the property, said he was in support of the town demolishing the building and was already told that the town was moving forward in dealing with the rundown building.
"I'm here to ask you to honor that decision," Boulden said.
Smyrna resident Cindy Cogar asked council how they could approve demolition one week and reconsider at their next council meeting.
Town Lawyer Barrett Edwards said council is free to change their decision.
"But I thought the town said they tried, tried and tried to contact the owner of the property and decided to move forward with the demolition," Cogar said.
Edwards said new developments had arisen since the last council meeting; Sparco's interest in the property was the new development.
Questions from council
Several council members had questions regarding the possible change in direction. One of the main questions had to do with a possible timeline of the work to the building, should Sparco eventually purchase the property from the owner.
Councilwoman Valerie White said there should be a strict guideline for Sparco moving forward with the project. Councilwoman Joanne Masten agreed.
"I don't want to hear you're buying the property and it'll be finished June 1st but then January 1st we're hearing about it again," Masten said.
Councilman Anthony DeFeo asked if Sparco had a plan for the property. Then Councilman Jeff Flairty cut in to tell Sparco that while council has several questions, they just want to make sure if they go in this direction that Sparco's going to follow through.
Sparco said he understood there was some history with the property, but his 14 properties elsewhere in the area including Middletown, Odessa, and Smyrna shows his company takes this seriously.
Since there were some concerned residents at the meeting, White eventually addressed their concerns again. White said that while she did previously vote to demolish the building, she was glad someone came forward asking to purchase the property. Otherwise the burden of the demolition, which would've cost over $40,000, would've been on the backs of the taxpayers.
"I'd like to see the town manager work with Sparco on the logistics," White said.
After further discussion, council agreed to put off demolition of the property for 60 days to give Sparco enough time to get everything together to purchase and renovate the property. However, the motion came with the stipulation that if significant progress isn't made within 60 days, the town can demolish the building.
Some questioned the motion because putting the demolition off 60 days went against council's urgency to address the issue.
"This doesn't have to take 60 days," Edwards said. "We could be back in two weeks finalizing everything. This is just a window."
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Senators re-evaluate how to achieve democracy in Syria
WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) – The Senate Foreign Relations Committee met Thursday to evaluate the United States' approach to policy in Syria.
In April 2017, President Donald Trump launched a military strike on a Syrian government air base in response to a chemical weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians -- including young children. Before then, airstrikes in the region were targeted primarily toward the Islamic State group and not Syrian Government. The Islamic State group's presence in Syria had diminished by the end of 2017.
The United States along with Russia and Jordan signed a memorandum of principles in Nov. 2017 to maintain administrative arrangements in opposition areas, primarily the southwestern portion of the country.
The committee met Thursday to discuss how the U.S. can continue to help in securing the region from terrorist groups and help the Syrian people establish a fair and democratic process for governing.
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, R- Tenn., blamed President Bashar Assad's regime for its involvement in the country's ongoing unrest and instability.
"More than 12 million people, roughly half of all Syrians are displaced and the Assad regime bears overwhelming responsibility for this destruction and extremism it has spawned," Corker said. With the support of the U.S. and collation partners, the Syria democratic forces succeeded in sweeping ISIS out of the capital of Raqqa in October."
The chairman said that while the territory was lost in Syria and Iraq, the Islamic State group is still a major threat to the regional stability.
"There is also the ongoing danger posed by al-Qaida and Syria affiliates, which maintains significant influence in opposition-controlled areas," Corker said. "Iran and its proxies (for example Hezbollah) have deepened their foothold in southern Syria potentially exacerbating the conflict sectarian nature. Risking further instability by threatening our ally Israel."
The Senate Committee's Ranking Member Ben Cardin, D- M.d., called on the committee to remain conscientious of Russia's role and interests during this process.
"How will American diplomacy play out?" Cardin asked. "What is Russia's role here? In the future will it be effective in preventing Mr. Assad from being held accountable for his war crimes?"
But the senator also reminded the committee that stability in Syria cannot be achieved through a military-only approach.
"The Trump administration appears to view Syria through a military lens, make decisions of troop levels and military missions in a policy vacuum," Cardin said. "Now the administration is arguing even after ISIS is defeated, our forces will still remain in Syria to make sure that ISIS cannot return. The same time, U.S. forces have significantly increased without any public explanation."
Both Sens. Cardin and Corker were disappointed in the Department of Defense, which was invited to testy during the hearing but declined the invitation.
Senior Bureau Official for Near Eastern Affairs at the State Department and Former Ambassador to Lebanon, David Satterfield, was the hearing's sole witness. He told the committee that while the United States has made significant progress the job is not done.
"While Russia may deem and announce that the fight in ISIS in Syria is over the U.S. and our collation partners do not regard this as a finished effort," Satterfield said. "The U.S. is committed to the total and enduring defeat of ISIS al-Qaida other terrorist groups in Syria and the region ensuring that they cannot regenerate and return."
The ambassador added that America would not work with the Assad regime until a credible political process led by the Syrian people to select their own governing officials. He said that until that process takes place the U.S. and our allies would not participate in large scare efforts to reconstruct the county.
Corker questioned if it was possible to even achieve a fair election in Syria and if the Assad regime could stand to be fairly elected.
"We cannot conceive of a circumstance in which generally fair electoral process overseen by the U.N with participation with the Syrian displaced community could lead to a result in which Assad remained at the helm," Satterfield said.
Cardin wanted to understand how a fair election process could be implemented and sustained. Satterfield told the committee that the international community and the United States will not provide money until the process has taken place.
"Syria needs reconstruction the bill varies in estimate but let's say between $200 and $300 billion plus to reconstruct," Satterfield said. "The international community committed itself not to provide that reconstruction assistance until those goals convolutional reform U.N supervised elections are realized. Now that is a powerful incentive."
"We don't underestimate the challenges ahead," Satterfield said. "This is going to be hard, very hard to do. Assad will cling to power at almost every cost possible."


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The road bisquits cannot handle the "D" this weekend and there "D" will not handle Mr.Moore,"who will have a great game"
Big Ben will have a good game and throw a couple of TD's,,,,,,,,,,
Road Bisquits 13
man, i've been up since 6:30 a.m! i can't wait for this game!! it's a cold day here, in the burgh too!! a nice TD run by MEMO should warm up heinz field!!!
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Hey guys apparently Woodley isnt expected to play today! Gameday didnt say why so I think Tomlin might be sitting him. They were saying Willie Parker has a torn liberum (?) in his shoulder too, so moore could be scoring more touchdowns then we thought
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as far as woodley goes, that's not good either. we can't catch a break with all these injuries!!!
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RIDICULOUSLY good looking...
Thats fine.. Id like Tomlin to sit him this week so he can get healthy.. It'll just be Timmons time to dominate. He is, imo, almost as good as Woodley. He is at least faster, which should be needed against Colts o-line! Look for Timmons to have quiet a good game!!
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Somebody needs to ****ing fire the Steelers trainer....I never seen a Steelers team so injured before......Well Timmons should get his first NFL start.......I like what I have seen from him and he has made plays this year.....But that was in a backup role....Should be interesting to see how he handles his first start.....Woodley and his bull rush will be missed today....Hopefully the Colts RT can't handle Timmons speed off the edge.....
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MLB.com recently conducted an interview in Spanish with Mets pitching prospect Rafael Montero about his future in baseball and his goals for 2014. One of the benefits of having a senior editor like David Conde, who reads and writes Spanish, is that it affords us the opportunity to conduct more interviews with many of our Latino prospects and also being able to translate interviews like this.
Here is an excerpt of the Interview:
MLB.com – You signed a bit late at age 20 for an International prospect, at any point in time were you worried that you weren't going to get an opportunity?
Montero – If I told you that I worried, It would be a lie, because the truth is I was working hard to reach that goal. It's one of the the primary goals that I worked hard toward. I always walk with my head held high and I knew it was coming.
MLB.com – Many have spoken about your calmness and your command, how do you explain that?
Montero – When you go into the game, you can't be nervous, you have to enter calm and relaxed to be able to play the game the way you want.
MLB.com – In 2014 Matt Harvey won't be on the team, but there are other young arms; Do you want to be in the next phase of young arms that will be rising to the team in Queens?
Montero – If they give me the opportunity to be there, I will be working hard and will put in the necessary work to get there.
MLB.com – What is the primary goal for 2014 for Rafael Montero?
Montero – To reach the Major Leagues, if it's God's will.
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One of the things I'm looking forward to in 2014 is the major league debut of both Rafael Montero and Noah Syndergaard. While it's clear that Montero is more major league ready according to many in the Mets organization, it is also apparent to me that Thor is not that far behind.
I'm just ecstatic as the number of young arms with high upside that you can find speckled throughout each level of the Mets minors. From Kingsport to Las Vegas, there are no less than a dozen great young pitchers all oozing with top and middle of the rotation stuff. It's an exciting time to be a Met fan.
By the way, I want to thank my senior editor David for translating this interview for our readers to enjoy, and our staff writer Gus for finding the link.
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The Traffic Club of Memphis' February luncheon on Tuesday, Feb. 12, featured Wally Devereaux, director of sales and marketing for the Cargo Management Group of Southwest Airlines.
Devereaux's talk focused primarily on the cargo side of Southwest's business, but he did drop a few hints of what to expect from the passenger side as 2013 unfolds. Devereaux said he could not comment on airfare questions because he did not know.
"But typically when Southwest Airlines enters into a market, you will see some fare relief," he said.
With its recent AirTran Airways integration, Southwest is converting more and more of the AirTran stations into Southwest stations. Charlotte, N.C., and Rochester, N.Y., will convert on April 14, and Devereaux expects the same to happen here in Memphis later this year.
"Ultimately, the desire or the hope is to have Memphis converted over to Southwest Airlines aircraft by the end of the year," Devereaux said.
Memphians can expect to see increased flight options thanks to connectivity between the Southwest and AirTran networks.
In early February, Air Tran announced one new nonstop to Baltimore, two nonstops to Chicago and one nonstop to Orlando.
"This will happen on Aug. 11, so at that point and time you will really have one-stop service to the vast majority of the Southwest Airlines network," Devereaux said.
Southwest operates more than 3,200 flights per day, with another 600 flights each day from its new AirTran subsidiary, making the carrier the largest in terms of domestic passengers boarded annually in the U.S. The airline's cargo side serves 73 cities nationwide, and overall the airline serves 97 cities for passenger and cargo traffic.
The Southwest and AirTran fleet consists of a total of 692 aircraft, with 550 of those belonging to Southwest (all Boeing 737s). The company recently took on 34 of the larger 737-800 series planes, and the airline plans to add 20 more this year followed by 24 in 2014.
With the Air Tran acquisition, Southwest acquired its 717 fleet, and Southwest now expects to sublease those aircraft to Delta Air Lines over the next three years.
"We are a launch customer for the 737 MAX series aircraft, which really is a re-engined version of the 737," Devereaux said. "It will be more fuel efficient certainly, and that will be something that will definitely benefit us. That should take place in the 2017 timeframe."
Passengers flying from Memphis can expect to enjoy comfortable aircraft with all leather seats, Wi-Fi connectivity with live TV, and bags flying for free.
On the cargo side, unlike some of its competitors Southwest does not transport hazardous materials, live warm-blooded animals or U.S. mail.
"We're a high frequency, point-to-point carrier. We don't run a traditional hub-and-spoke type operation at Southwest, which is a little on the unique side," Devereaux said. "We have 3,200 flights per day and around 2,000 pounds of lift on a per flight basis, so it's quite a bit of capacity that is available on a daily basis for us to use."
Southwest works with some contract handlers and is interested in finding some here, but the majority of cargo is handled directly by Southwest employees.
"Ideally we would like to start a cargo facility here, and we are actively looking for a handler to set up a cargo facility here in Memphis," Devereaux said. "We haven't a tremendous amount of luck finding somebody to handle us so far."
Combination carrier domestic freight traffic has fallen dramatically over the past decade, dropping 52.6 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.
The events of 9/11 changed the rules for acceptance of freight from unknown shippers, the recession of 2008 and 2009 impacted volumes domestically, and fuel surcharges have risen considerably since being implemented in 2002.
The type of cargo handled has also changed in the past decade. Southwest formerly handled a large amount of bank work and that has nearly disappeared due to digital check imaging online, and processed film had previously been the airline's top cargo commodity.
"Two of our top five customers when I started on the cargo side of the house were processed film shippers, and that just simply doesn't exist anymore," Devereaux said.
More recently the airline is seeing increased consumer confidence resulting in more demand for high-end electronics and a variety of other online goods.
"Since 2009, we've actually grown our air freight business each year, and, in fact, we had a record year last year in terms of revenue we produced at Southwest," Devereaux said. "So we fully expect that this year we will continue to grow on a year-over-year basis."
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"This was a much darker film than what I set out to make, but I wanted to show what trucking is really like. And I knew it was a success when truck drivers came up to me after seeing and said 'that's the real deal.'" -Doug Pray, the director of "Big Rig."
Point of full disclosure here before we get started: I love movies, especially documentaries. I'll sit back and watch Ken Burns' legendary epic "The Civil War" for hours, even view those ghastly "Rock & Roll" documentaries on VH1 when they come on the tube. So getting a chance to talk with Doug Pray, the director of instant documentary classics such as Surfwise (made last year about the legendary Dorian "Doc" Paskowitz and his family) and Hype (released in 1996 about the Seattle grunge music scene) is like winning the lottery for me.
Pray also just made a documentary about trucking called "Big Rig," a film now available on DVD and one that's going on a "summer tour" of sorts today, being shown at 25 TA/Petro truck stops starting in Foristell, MO and wrapping up in El Paso, TX, on August 14. Pray and his producer, Brad Blondheim, and an assistant spent months out on the road in two-week blocks, traveling 21,000 miles across 45 states and dozens of truck stops to film independent owner-operators at work: delving deeply into their lives, personal struggles, and above all their love of truck driving.
"We spent days in truck stops pitching what we were doing to drivers, and most of them were shocked we were making a documentary about them," Pray told me. "They were like, 'why the hell do you want to make a movie about truck drivers?' But it's a subculture that's always fascinated me. I loved 'truck driver' songs, loved the truck driver movies of the 1970s, so I really wanted to see what it was like."
He knew his naïve and boyish "Smokey & The Bandit" perception of the industry wouldn't hold up under the cold light of his camera lens. What Pray didn't expect to learn was just how hard it is to making a living in trucking today, how the commonly held stereotypes about truck drivers are miles and miles from reality, and most of all how truly sad the "old timers" are about how this industry has changed.
"The drivers that have been out here for a decade or more, the ones with 1 million or 3 million miles under their belt, they are the ones that are the saddest," Pray said. "They remembered how drivers used to be a close-knit community, how they used to be viewed as heroes of the highway, how it used to be so much fun to drive a truck for a living. While they still love driving trucks and seeing this huge, amazing country of ours, they now deal daily with a culture of disrespect. 'We used to be a family' one driver told me. It's not like that anymore."
The days are long, fuel prices are out of sight, and the pay doesn't begin to cover the needs of most of the independents Pray talked to. "Now, I realize our film is slanted that way in part because I didn't get to talk and film company drivers, or ones working in more profitable segments such as car haulers," he explained. "But what truly shocked me is how much we rely on trucks to keep this country functioning, yet we treat drivers and the industry so poorly. We completely depend on them, yet we treat them like dirt."
Pray quickly stressed to me that he did not approach making this film with an agenda in mind. His modus operandi was simple - find subjects willing to talk, to let him and his assistant ride shotgun in their truck as they discussed whatever happened to be on their mind. When the interviews ended, Blondheim - following them in an RV - would pick the team up and they'd go shoot exteriors, scenic vistas, etc., until they found another subject willing to talk on camera for a while.
"We got kicked out of a lot of truck stops, let me tell you," Pray told me. "And it would have been a very different film if we just followed one character around for a month. But I just love the way this project turned out - the meandering, almost random journey we take with these drivers is just great."
His cameras follow Jessie, a Mississippi driver who is battling Graves disease while his son fights in Iraq; Loretta, a mother from Ohio who carries a concealed weapon in her cab for fear of truck stop violence; Ron, a native-American who uses his 18-wheeler to visit tribes throughout the country while delivering vinyl; and Bear, an Idaho steel-driver whose love of country has him wanting to overhaul the government, to name a few. All of them are fiercely independent souls who, as one young driver says, "represent the last of the spirit of the American cowboy... it's a dying breed out there."
(Big Bear at the wheel, with his canine companions by his side.)
Screen Media Films is releasing Big Rig, with financing by international sales company, Ocule Films. The movie runs about an hour and a half and features a musical score by Canadian hip-hop artist Buck 65. Brad Blondheim produced it, along with executive producers Kirt Eftekhar and Randy Wooten.
The "Big Rig Summer Tour 2008" will be presented by Sirius Satellite Radio's Road Dog Trucking Radio, and the DVD also contains a short documentary about the Freewheelin' with Meredith Ochs and Chris T. radio program.
"The main thing drivers tell me about this movie is that they feel they're being portrayed honestly for the first time," Pray told me. "And non-drivers that see this movie tell me the feel very different about trucks and truckers afterwards, that they don't look at tractor-trailers as just big 'boxes' on the road anymore. I don't sugarcoat anything; I feel it's an honest a portrayal of this industry and its people. The main thing for me was to be a conduit for their stories. It truly was a great and fun experience for me."


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Holy shit Klyde. I won't lie, I think game tattoos can be incredibly tacky... you're making me think a helluva lot differently (maybe just the examples I've seen just look messy!). The lineart is so clean~! I love the sort of "light" whizzing around and trailing the leaves.
Another really cool one Klyde. I think I like the woodman one best of the three.
I'm not a fan of tattoos at all, but that is one badass Wood Man.
Klyde, if I rock your tattoo, will it help me to defeat air man? (I know, should have used that as the original joke).
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One would think after the 'Battleship' debacle there'd be a reluctance to base movies on board games. Alas, Hasbro recently signed a deal with Universal to bring more games to the big screen, including (yes, this is real) 'Hungry Hungry Hippos.'
The video above is not an official trailer for 'Hungry Hungry Hippos.' (Or 'HHH,' as it's dramatically referred to.) It's just a fake teaser from the Film School Rejects. Is it satire? Unfortunately, we imagine the real trailer will look an awful lot like this.
And good move one the Rejects part including Liam Neeson in the action. A man who somehow made it through 'Battleship' with a straight face and faced off against a different species of hungry beasts in 'The Grey' definitely needs to star in this impending train-wreck.


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India's traditional monsoon went missing for several long spells this season, and in the end, it may provide only 70 percent to 80 percent of traditional precipitation to the region. Perhaps, as U.S. farmers are starting to suspect, the lost rainfall has made its way to the Mid-South, where in late September, it continued to wear out its welcome in cotton fields from the Missouri Bootheel to Greenwood, Miss.
During a time of the year when all Mid-South crops are in need of warm, sunny weather, Mississippi rainfall totals for Sept. 1 to Sept. 19 included: 6.28 inches in Meridian, 6.87 inches in Tupelo, 8.1 inches in Greenwood and 2.91 inches in Natchez.
The U.S. drought monitor for Sept. 15 has not been this devoid of color in the Mid-South for years, although a band of mild dryness stretches across the middle of Louisiana and the southern tip of Mississippi.
Indeed so much rain has fallen on the Mid-South this season that many grain and fiber producers might have contemplated giving every inch back, just for the opportunity to control the application of water with irrigation pumps instead. It's not just been the Mid-South experiencing odd weather this year. On Sept. 21, the last full day of summer, a Laramie, Wyo., television station reported that a soft blanket of snow fell in the city.
The weather has taken a toll on early-planted cotton, according to Mid-South cotton specialists, and is slowing defoliation of the later planted crop. If the rain doesn't stop soon, quality of cotton will degrade and yields will suffer. There are already reports of seed sprouting in the bolls.
"This is hitting us where it hurts right now," said Tom Barber, Arkansas Extension cotton specialist, on Sept. 21. "We could have done without this last 10 inches of rain. Our earliest cotton was our best cotton, but may not be our best cotton anymore. Some is sprouting in the bolls, it's strung out. We're starting to get hardlock on some positions.
"I don't think the early crop is as bad as it was with the hurricane last year, but in some areas it may be."
Cotton planted after May 15, and real late cotton, planted between May 20 and the first week of June, "is starting to show some boll rot. We need some sunshine to help us with the boll rot and to dry things up a bit."
At the time of this writing, the forecast was for the threat of rain for the remainder of September. Barber noted, "If this thing stalls out over the top of us like the last one did, it may put the nail in the coffin on the early crop."
Growers were quickly applying defoliants on Sept. 20 and Sept. 21, two rare days of sunshine. "We just don't have that many days to put defoliants out," Barber said. "It's a hard call to make right now. We need temperatures above 60 degrees to defoliate the crop, and it's going to be getting close to that in October when we start defoliating a lot of this late cotton.
"It's terribly frustrating when you have a crop out there getting exposed to this, and you can't do anything about it. It's not just cotton. A lot of soybeans are going to be hurting pretty bad, too."
Barber says yield losses are certain. "If we keep getting rain, we could lose 30 percent of some of our earlier crop. And our earlier crop was really going to help us. It really looked good."
Eddie Dunigan, a consultant in northeastern Arkansas, says fields are a mess. "We need two weeks of sunshine so we can get started. We can start defoliating our April cotton if it will ever get dry. We're setting on go. If we see a break in the weather for a few days, we'll defoliate some of it. But we also need to worry about hurricanes coming up. If a lot is defoliated and one comes through, you can get in a heap of trouble."
"In Greenwood, it's rained for eight or nine days in a row," said Mississippi Extension cotton specialist Darrin Dodds. "We're starting to get some boll rot in the bottom crop, and some farmers are starting to see seed sprouting in open bolls."
Growers have been waiting to defoliate, but just haven't had the window to do it. "We just need this rain to get out of here. It's been the craziest year I've ever seen."
The rain "hit us two times when we didn't need it," Dodds said. "It got us early in May. We had the fifth wettest May since 1892 that pushed us into planting three weeks late. Then heavy rains came again on the back end of September."
USDA projected excellent yields for Mid-South crops in its September crop report, which surveyed growers on conditions as of Sept. 1. "We had a great-looking crop," Dodds said. "For the first two to three weeks of August, we were accumulating 20-25 heat units a day. We went to a cool spell where we went to 10 heat units a day for the next two or three weeks. Then the rain started."
With a break in the weather, Mississippi cotton producers could still pick some good cotton this season, noted Dodds. "We'll see what the pickers say. If this rain gets out of here, we may still do pretty well."
But progress has been slow. According to USDA, 1 percent of the Arkansas crop had been harvested by Sept. 20, compared a five-year average of 8 percent. In Louisiana and Mississippi, 9 percent and 2 percent, respectively, of the cotton crop had been harvested by that date, compared to 17 percent and 16 percent.
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AT $725 for half an ounce, Rich Hippie Kalachakra is not in the realm of financial possibility for most. However, this column is called JET-SET BEAUTY... the remit isn't to feature affordable things but jet-set beauty buys and I'm pretty sure this fits that criteria. Many would argue that it's ludicrous to pay so much for something when you could find a pretty good facsimile elsewhere for less. I don't care. If money were no object, I'd have regular baths in this stuff.
Back to the point... The Rich Hippie perfumes are pretty good at not smelling like organic hippies. You won't detect a hint of patchouli here. It's a beautiful warm citrus floral that gets more complex as it warms up on your skin.
The LA-based Rich Hippie ingredients are all natural (being California chic and all), made from organically farmed ingredients (rather rare for sophisticated scents) even using organic wine alcohol. Everything is made in tiny batches and limited edition (even more jet-set).
As expensive as gold but smells better... it's like your own little sliver of rich, famous and socially conscious LA.


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The little duck is another gift from my dear friend Marty at A Stroll through Life and is a brother to a duck that she has! Isn't he a cutie? And isn't she such a sweetie? She sent me a whole box full of wonderful goodies that I've been sharing with you in my last few tablescapes!
01 April, 2009
Tablescape Thursday: A French Child's Table...and...A Child!
The little duck is another gift from my dear friend Marty at A Stroll through Life and is a brother to a duck that she has! Isn't he a cutie? And isn't she such a sweetie? She sent me a whole box full of wonderful goodies that I've been sharing with you in my last few tablescapes!
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Beautiful silverware. Love the photos of Kitty.ReplyDelete
What a darling child's setting! All that blue and white and those cute little french saying's. Baby Kitty is a handsome dude all grown up now! Oh, and that silverware is awesome, I would be looking for more too. Cindy
What a sweet tablescape! And a sweet story of baby kitty - love animal rescue stories! I just know that they know that they've been given a special chance and it creates a very special bond.ReplyDelete
I love your tablescape and your cats! I have three cats myself and they are just the most hilarious creatures. Mine are old, two are 13 and one is 10, but they are still spunky! They are definitely members of our family!ReplyDelete
Lou Cinda :)
that is a nice French tablescape, your kitty is so cute!ReplyDelete
Oh Debbie, now this is just the cutest ever and baby kitty is just adoreable. Such a sweetie and always such a great host. I love all the pieces that you chose for the tablescape, they are so pretty together. Your frenchy pieces are always so interesting. Love it all. Hugs, MartyReplyDelete
I love your French themed table scape. I have a calico cat that I dearly love. I feel like I have neglected her when I see baby kitty's lovely table scape! Ha!ha! Seriously, the bowl is so adorable!ReplyDelete
That is such a sweet tablescape. Some little person would love it and obviously Baby Kitty loved it too.ReplyDelete
what a wonderful posting, i love it all the blue and white, the kitty and baby kitty, what a wonderful surprize, thanks so much for sharing!!! and the french musicReplyDelete
Dear Debbie,ReplyDelete
What adorable dishes, love that blue and white too. We had a kitten from a feral cat as well. I have pictures of feeding her with a doll bottle. She lived a very happy long 15 and a half years.
Thanks for sharing.
Have a Lovely Day~
Debbie this is just darling girl...and I will hunt for more fork for you on my antique travel girl..love baby Kitty...how special to have your baby spoon and its silver...were you born with a silver spoon in your mouth ha ha!! I suffer from foot in mouth disease myself...may you have a great day girl...hugs and smiles Gl♥riaReplyDelete
Debbie, that is the most adorable tablescape and story! That china is precious and the fork! Be still my heart! And I laughed so hard at this... "I don't know who you are, CD, but I have your fork and I'm not giving it back! lol" I don't blame you one single bit! :-)ReplyDelete
I got teary reading about poor Baby Kitty being abandonned, but oh, if he were going to be abandonned, how fortunate for him that he was abandonned in your driveway! God smiled on him that day, and God is still smiling on him. What a guy he is, and what a mom he has!
Sheila :-)
Oh Debbie,i love it all.The childrens set.The flatware.All of it.I think i like your baby spoon the best too.And the kitty,bless his heart.Yes,you ARE a cat Mom and I am a rooster and a bird Mom.Face it!...AnnReplyDelete
Baby Kitty DOES melt the heart.ReplyDelete
I thought I'd like to be a child again...and be French. Love this place setting. So happy to see the silver baby spoons. Love that yours was what your Mom's silver pattern was. Towle is so timeless!
My silver is Old Colonial by Towle. I selected it when I was 16and still love it.
That is one beautiful child's table. I have to tell you though, Baby Kitty steals the show for me. :)ReplyDelete
This was a wonderful post filled with so many treasures.ReplyDelete
I see why you had to have that silver plated fork, it is definitely exquisite. What a sweetie Marty is, that is a sweet little duck.
Your co-host was such a precious little kitten, and is now quite a handsome little fellow.
Have a wonderful evening, Nicole
C'est pas possible....nous avons posté (un mot? mdr)la même idée...la table des petits! J'avais décidé de ne pas participer ce jeudi, mais au dernier moment, je me suis souvenue de notre célébration familiale dimanche et - voilà - j'ai préparé la table en avance. Nous étions ensemble chez la Madeleine quand tu as acheté ce couvert adorable - je l'aime bien! Linda
Debbie... I always love your tablescape posts... and this one is no exception... but is exceptional!ReplyDelete
and as for manners... I believe it is entirely appropriate for a wee kitten to place his tiny paws into the bowl while sipping his milk... just as long as he licks them clean upon finishing...
blessings. Dixie
cute dishes, but love the cat!ReplyDelete
Oh how sweet! I love your little kitty...how nice of you to take him in.ReplyDelete
Oh how sweet! I love your little kitty...how nice of you to take him in.ReplyDelete
This is just the sweetest tablescape I have seen by far. I just adore children dishes and the fact they are French make them more coveted! And thank you for translating! ;-)
Your Rogers Brothers fork is very pretty~I too, love grapes (and by the way, I nearly piddled myself over the "I have your fork...). I have a ton of antique/thrift silver & silver plated pieces and many of them are Rogers Brothers. I will take a peek tonight to see if I have anything with grapes. If you have a chance, let me know how you are able to search for the patterns. And, hee hee, many of mine look like they may have been through a garbage disposal also!
I did not know anything about Baby Kitty other than he was pretty much Employee of the Month most times! Oh, my heart aches at the thought of him being abandoned. Luckily, it happened in the right place~for both of you! I always tell my dogs (yes, I talk to them~a lot!), "You could have been junk yard dogs!"
Oh goodness, I've rambled on. Thank you so much for the sweet Bebe Tablescape!!
Tres Beau! I took in an abandoned calico kitty. LOVE her. She is the best. You are great to love your little pets. Adorable dishes.ReplyDelete
This was a sweet post! Those dishes are adorable and so were the kitty photos. Every time I visit your site it puts a smile on my face, cute, cute cute!
Hi Debbie! Oh what fun your tablescape is. I love it. Love the pattern on that fork you found. Have fun looking for more!!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie...and a beautiful child baby Kitty is....I love the French childrens set from leMad....it's adorable....I missed this weeks tablescape but I will be back Friday with my Weekends in PAris...see you then!! Sue.ReplyDelete
Hello Debbie; I just adore they child's table setting, just to to sweet. I love the photo of your little kitty eating his first solid food,,, so so cute. and he sure grew up to be a handsome one for sure..what a sweet heart you are for taking him in and feeding him...ReplyDelete
Oh no! I can't stand the pressure. If my dogs see this they will demand a tablescape! very pretty!ReplyDelete
What a sweet child's table - I can see why you are on the hunt for the flatware..it's beautiful and intricate!ReplyDelete
Baby Kitty is adorable as ever!!
Awww...Baby Kitty is so sweet! I love your tablescape, and especially the silver fork with the grapes!ReplyDelete
What a wonderful set of dishes! I think my favorite is the little bowl with the name and the pictures of Paris on it. Great post! SallyReplyDelete
Awww Debbie now you know Baby Kitty has stolen my heart. I will forever remember and LOVE this story. Bless you.ReplyDelete
The childs place setting is precious and the little birdie is darling too!
Have a great week.
~Melissa :)
What a cute table...Unique..but then that is you!ReplyDelete
Love the sayings on the dishes..:)
Well Debbie you've done it again. This is so lovely and sweet! But you know me, my favorite part of this post is the picture of baby kitty as, well, a baby! How adorable. It is so much work to raise on orphaned animal, but look how well he turned out! Hugs, KatReplyDelete
Lovely .... lovely lovely! I adore the dishware and the photos are awesome. Beautiful kitties! Thanks for sharing!~KatyReplyDelete
Deb, this is just precious,I love the dishes, You always do such an amazing job. You have just the right amount of interest on the table. Simple and Sweet. I love the bowl to drink coffee out of. Someday I just might have to buy me some ,they fascinate me. Hugs,KathysueReplyDelete
Deb - all four of my babies were abandoned, too. We also hand fed Baby Omi and Miss Prissy. Their little eyes were not even open yet.ReplyDelete
My heart belongs to my kitties. :-)
I just love your dishes, and I love seeing and hearing all your little stories about the bowl and spoons. What a wonderful and touching tablescape. Thanks dear friend - and I will be on the lookout for more silver for you. :)
Hugs, Barb
What a sweet tablescape. Love those dishes. A great find. And your kitten -- he is adorable.ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie, my friend! Oh, first of all, look at Baby Kitty! How precious he is and I loved your story of how you rescued the little precious one! He's adorable.ReplyDelete
I love your little dishes and being blue and white - they look just like you! The silverware is gorgeous.
Take care my friend,
Be a sweetie,
Shelia ;)
Such a sweet tablescape, but the best part was Baby Kitty eating his first solid meal! ♥ReplyDelete
Baby Kitty was so lucky his mom left him for you. You did great job there mom! He's such a beautiful boy! ♥
Okay, love the grape fork, you must find more of them! ☺
First of all I love the cat pictures , the one with the Easter bonnet and the deep thinking cat, they are adorable. And of course your tablescape is beautiful again with the wonderful siver and dinnerware. I love your co-hosts.ReplyDelete
I love hearing how Baby Kitty started out in life. Worked out great for the both of you. I love the cute dishes. But then I love anything french as well.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 6:47 AM
This was adorable. Love the beautiful blue!ReplyDelete
Love you cats too! I may need some Kitty Advice from you soon!
Happy Thursday!
All Things Heart and HOme
Hey Girlfriend...ReplyDelete
What an adorable child's tablescape! I love the little french phrased dishes...just darling! Love your cute little blue spongeware duck that Marty sent you too...so sweet!
Girl, wished you could hear me oohhh and aahhh over Baby Kitty's baby picture! He really is such a handsome fella!!!
Warmest wishes,
Debbie, what a darling tablescape. I especially love baby Kitty..just too cute for words..your flatware are definetly treasures...thanks so much for swinging in with your sweet words of encouragement..they mean the world.. that's all I'm doing right now darling, taking it one hour at a time..many many hugs ~lynne~ReplyDelete
My how fast the kitties grow! Such a sweet little children's set. Very fun!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie, a lovely tablescape once again! I love Baby Kitty's story. My kitty, Kitty, adopted me on my birthday in 2000. I was cleaning the house with the backdoor open and he walked right in and never left! He has brought much joy in my life just like Baby Kitty!ReplyDelete
Debbie, This tablescape was so precious. I love the silverware. The music is perfect.ReplyDelete
Hugs, Terrie
Debbie, I forgot to mention that Peter Rabbit, over at my place has been looking for your sweet little Petunia... poor little guy even has a basket of flowers for her! LOLReplyDelete
Debbie, what a cute post for a cute table and kitty! I love those dishes, very cute!ReplyDelete
How adorable...I love blue and white!ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
Love the dishes. The kitty is just too cute with the paws in the bowl.ReplyDelete
Hey Debbie! I totally love the French Child's theme today., and Baby Kitty was soooooo adorable as a real Baby! ;) You did a fabulous job of narrating, as always! Your blue and whites and French theme were so fun to view! ;) ~CC CatherineReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 2, 2009 at 1:59 PM
This is such a sweet tablescape Debbie. I just love the little bird. What a treasure and how lovely that your friend sent it to you. Your cats are all so precious. I hope you have a happy day!ReplyDelete
Hi Debbie...wow, you have your own baby spoon! That's fantastic that your mom rescued it from the jaws of the disposal...I've had a few recent issues with that...I wish I knew how to speak or at least read French...it sounds/looks so pretty! Someday maybe you can post about what motivated you to become a French teacher...This is one sweet little tablescape & give my hugs to Baby Kitty... ;-) BoReplyDelete
Your tablescape is adorable, and so is your kitty!!ReplyDelete
This is the sweetest tablescape! Loved the blue transfer ware, story and the whimsy fun for a French child.ReplyDelete
Your daughters spoon is the same pattern of silverware I grew up with. Mom still has it. It is so great you have your own babyspoon.
Thanks for sharing!
Debbie, I love the child's place setting. It is just so charming. Thank you for the translations. I enjoyed seeing those precious dishes, and I enjoyed learning something. I bet your students loved you and also thought you made learning fun. Baby Kitty has grown into such a beauty! laurieReplyDelete
Debbie...I love this darling childs tablescape...I can see why you had to have that adorable china! Baby Kitty is one lucky sweetheart...to be found by you...he is a beautiful boy! Great tablescape for TT! SusanReplyDelete
P.S. Cameron Diaz called and she wants her fork back. :-)
Your kitty is precious! love the plates and silverware! Bad influence!ReplyDelete
If I miss a single post of yours..I am always so sorry because I miss so much! How I miss having a kitty around. Mine died shortly after Pat passed away and I never got another. This post made me want another so much!ReplyDelete
Love and Smiles~
P.S. I SCREAMED when I saw I was added to your favorites! What an honor!! wow...thanks so much Debbie!! Just...thanks!!! :)ReplyDelete
Oh, where to begin? Love the dishes, the flatware, the bunny. LOVE the kitty. ;) Such a cute table!ReplyDelete
Debi, j'aime beaucoup les vaiselles en francais! Bonne journee!ReplyDelete
Oh your dishes are always so unique and fabulous. You kitty cat is one handsome fellow and one smart guy for finding his way to you. What a great match!ReplyDelete
Happy Twirls,
Jackson, TN
HiYa Debbie!!!ReplyDelete
I know it has been awhile since I posted!!! We bought a home and just moved in two weeks ago!! Soon as I can I'll post some pic's.
I like your FRENCH CHILDS TABLE...so sweet. Adore your baby spoons!!! CHEERS! Michele
You are like Adam on American Idol...I can't wait to see what you do next! I love this darling tablescape...those dishes are precious! Your kitties cheer me up all the time and the new one is sooooo soooo cute, feet in the bowl and all!ReplyDelete
Love your tablescape. Those dishes are so cute. Again kitty steals the show. DebReplyDelete
Tres magnifique! And that includes that ultra cute kitty.ReplyDelete
What a cute post. Your cutie pie guy looks just like a cat I used to have named Muffin. She disappeared on my wedding day! My Mom didn't have the heart to tell me until I got back from my honeymoon. I was devastated.ReplyDelete
I have some appetizer knives and forks that have grapes on them. I love them! I got them in Paso Robles at a winery (imagine that!) A lady was kind of looking at them. Her husband called her away, and she left them behind much to my delight! I snatched them up and was paying for them when she walked to the counter and asked if they had any more. Nope! I kinda felt bad, but hey, she left them there! I love finding just the perfect thing.
Have a good day! Karen
Baby Kitty is so adorable and handsome! Great post!! Especially love those adorable bowls and plates. :)ReplyDelete
I love your sweet French table setting :) And what a precious kitty!ReplyDelete
What a darling little table setting. Little people should be allowed to dine this way instead of using plastic all of the time. The Vintage pattern is also one of my favorites. I started with a few thrift shop pieces and then expanded to other grape themed patterns ~ the grapes are addictive! And your sweet little kitten is so adorable =^..^= !!!ReplyDelete
Debbie, I'm having a leisure afternoon reading some of your older posts. How I adore to visit Confessions! Your posts leave me feeling happy and inspired. This child's table is full of delights. I have some of the French lesson cups that La Madeline sold for many years. I wish I had purchased each one because they have now discounted having them made. A friend in Dallas was the original designer and painter for these, but she moved to CO a few years ago. My cups a the large latte cups. I like to use them for soup. I've got a post planned using them. Just need to get my act together and get it posted. LOLReplyDelete
Thanks again for sharing your creative spirit....Sarah
Thanks so much for stopping by and taking the time to comment! I appreciate my wonderful readers!... Debbie


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