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Last night we had a history trivia contest at Toastmasters about the Revolution in honor of Independence Day--I knew all the answers except which signer of the Declaration of independence had two descendants become president--I had an inkling that Samuel Adams was a trick, but I couldn't remember two Harrison presidents. What surprised me is how few other people knew any of the answers--and we had multiple choice.
Today at Kiwanis we had a guy portraying General Lee giving us background and history from his perspective. It was pretty cool. I had no idea that Lee had seven children and that all three of his sons were officers in the Confederacy and none of them died in the war. I had no idea that Lee's sole injury in the war was that he broke both his wrists when he was thrown from his horse--not even in battle. I had no idea that Stonewall Jackson was killed by friendly fire because the gray and blue looked so similar all faded out and there wasn't a lot of grey left as the war dragged on--Lee had to wear beige for the pictures after the surrender. Stonewall Jackson's death probably played a part in his decision to surrender. I had no idea that Lee wore a red sash which denoted that he was an engineer (which he was) rather than a gold sash for commanding officers so as not to be too obvious a target. I had no idea that one of the last battles was the confederacy trying to capture a shoe factory, because they needed shoes and that the union army had anticipated the battle and was ready for them. [Your trivia update for the day, so that if you ever play trivia and it's about the Civil War, you can make fun of all the people who can't get these answers--even when it's multiple choice.]
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I have had no luck with the books on CD recently. After the Robert Parker that I finished a few weeks ago, each one I have picked up has been a dud. I had been hearing about Don DeLillo and I picked something up by him and it was terrible. Maybe it just didn't work on tape. I never had any idea of who was talking or where they were. I wish I could get a list of books that my library has on CD so that I could look up reviews, etc. before I go. I usually just stand in front of the selection, pick something up at random, and if it sounds OK on the jacket I get it. This is not a good method of book choosing.
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Sunday, January 30, 2011
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Woman has Chicago El map tattooed to her foot
tattoos - Tattoo Body Map: What Your Bad Decision Says About You
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The first session as part of EVO 2015 was 16 Jan 2015. Thanks To Filip and Kalios who got me started!
My intro - I live in Wales, have been a teacher for far too many years. Love making machinima and would like to make some in Minecraft - once I have learned how to manage the game itself.
I tried it a few months ago but never got very far - just kept getting killed!


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In the Latitude era, the Maps app had settings to report location data to your Google account. This included a global account-wide setting, and a newer "Report from this device" setting. However, after Google axed Latitude in favor of Google+ Locations, they changed not only the frontend, but the backend as well. Gone are the familiar options to disable reporting from a specific device.
I turned on my tablet (HP TouchPad running a CyanogenMod build of Android) which I haven't turned on in weeks. Since it stays at home, of course, the "Report from this device" option was always unchecked. I updated all my apps, and got the new Google Settings app. Then I saw that my location kept being set at home, even when I was out, so I was zigzagging at impossible speeds.
Looking around the settings on the tablet, there was no obvious alternative to "Report from this device". I looked around and the options were not only less powerful, but less clear and more confusing. Since there were only a few options ("Location Reporting" and "Location History" on/off for my Google account completely), I figured it would be best to just try them.
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14. a. Duas are preferred in the time after the final tashahud and just before doing the salaams that end your prayer.
According to Fiqh-us-Sunnah (volume 1, #161), it is preferred for the person to supplicate after the final tashahud and before making the final salutations (that end the prayer). The person may ask for whatever he wishes of the good of this life and the hereafter. Ibn Mas'ud reported that the Prophet, upon whom be peace, taught him the tashahud and then said, "Then choose whatever you wish to ask (of Allah)." (Related by Muslim.)
14.b. Duas can also be made in the time between the adhan and the iqama.
The supplication made between the adhan and the iqamah is not rejected.
Source: Narrated by Anas ibn Malik in Sunan Abu Dawood, hadith #206.
14.c. The best time to make dua
The Prophet (peace be upon him) was asked: What supplication finds greatest acceptance? He answered: A prayer offered in the middle of the latter part of the night and after the prescribed Prayers.
Source: narrated Abu Umamah and transmitted by Tirmidhi, number 460, with a sound chain of authorities (according to Fiqh us Sunnah, vol 4, #111a).
14.d. Duas on the Day of Arafa
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ziyad ibn Abi Ziyad from Talha ibn
Ubaydullah ibn Kariz that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The best dua is dua on the day of Arafa, and the best thing that I or the Prophets before me have said is 'There is no god but Allah, alone, without any partner' (La ilaha illa'llah, wahdahu la sharika lah.)"
Source: Al-Muwatta, volume 15, number 32.
A video clip on the best times to make dua:
Section 15: Whose Duas Are Not Rejected
15. Supplications which are not rejected.
The Prophet, peace be upon him, said, "The supplications of three persons are accepted, and there is no doubt concerning their acceptance: the supplication of a father, of a traveller, and of one who is wronged.' (Reported by Ahmad, Abu Daw'ud, and Tirmidhi, with a sound chain of transmitters)
Source: Fiqh-us-Sunnah, vol 4, number 113c
The Prophet, peace be upon him, also said, "The supplications of
three persons are not rejected: the supplication of a fasting
person at the time of breaking fast, of a just ruler, and of a person
who is wronged. Allah causes their supplications to rise above the
clouds, and gates of heaven are opened for them, and God says,
'By My Majesty, I will help you, even it be after a while'." (Reported by Tirmidhi with a sound chain of authorities)
Source: Fiqh-us-Sunnah, vol 4, number 113c
16. Repeat your supplication three times..
Abdallah b. Mas'ud reported that the Prophet (s) loved to repeat his supplication three times, and pray for forgiveness three times." (Abu Daw'ud)
Source: Fiqh-us-Sunnah, 4, 113a
17. Supplicate with attention and humility, in a voice neither loud nor low.
Allah says: "Neither say your prayer aloud, nor speak it in a low tone, but seek a middle course between." Qur'an 17.110 And "Call on your Lord with humility and in private, for Allah does not love those who go beyond bounds." Qur'an 7.55
Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari reported, "Once the people raised their voices in supplication. At this the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, 'Be easy on yourselves. You are not calling upon someone deaf or absent. You are calling upon one Who is All-seeing and All-hearing. He is nearer to you than the neck of your mount. O Abdallah b. Qais, shall I tell you a word that is one of the treasures of Paradise? It is: "There is no power nor any might except with the permission of Allah".' (Muslim and Bukhari)
Source: Fiqh-us-Sunnah, volume 4: 111d
18. Supplicate without a sin or breaking blood ties.
Ahmad records that Abu Sa'id reported that the Prophet, peace be upon
him, said, "Any Muslim who makes a supplication containing nothing
that is sinful and nothing that involves breaking ties of blood
relationships, will be given for it by Allah one of these three things: He
may accept his request, or assign its reward for him in the next world,
or turn away from him an equivalent amount of evil." Those who heard
it said, "We would, then, make many supplications." The Prophet, peace
be upon him, replied, "Allah is more than ready to answer what you
Source: Fiqh-us-Sunnah, volume 4: 112
19. End your supplication (dua) with amin.
We went out with the Apostle of Allah (peace be upon him) one night and came upon a man who made supplication with persistence. The Prophet (peace be upon him) waited to hear him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: He will have done something which guarantees (Paradise for him) if he puts a seal to it. One of the people asked: What should he use as a seal? He replied: Amin, for if he ends it with Amin, he will do something which guarantees (Paradise for him).
Source: Narrated by AbuZuhayr an-Numayri in Sunan Abu Dawood, hadith #361
19. Don't rub your hands over your face or kiss your fingers or place your thumbs next to your eyes after finishing your dua.
Many Muslims and Muslimas have the habit of rubbing their hands over their face or kissing the tip of their fingers after finishing their dua. This is an innovation, and should not be done since there is not a single hadith or other evidence that the Prophet Muhammad (s) ever did this. Just put the hands down after saying "amin".
1 – Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah said: With regard to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) raising his hands when saying du'aa', there are many saheeh ahaadeeth concerning this, but as for his wiping his face with his hands, there are only one or two hadeeths concerning that, and they cannot be taken as evidence.
Majmoo' al-Fataawa, 22/519
2 – al-'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salaam said: No one wipes his face with his hands after saying du'aa' except one who is ignorant.
Fataawa al-'Izz ibn 'Abd al-Salaam, p. 47
If it is not permitted to wipe the face after making du'aa', it is more likely that the person who says du'aa' should not be allowed to wipe his body either, or to kiss his eyes. Rather the scholars stated that kissing the thumbs and placing them on the eyes is a bid'ah (innovation) that was introduced by some of the Sufi tareeqahs, and there is a hadeeth concerning that which is falsely attributed to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him).
Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy on him) was asked about the ruling on wiping the face with the hands after making du'aa'. He replied:
Wiping the face with the hands after making du'aa' is more likely to be not prescribed in Islam, because the ahaadeeth that have been narrated concerning that are da'eef (weak). Shaykh al-Islam (may Allaah have mercy on him) said: They cannot be used as evidence. If we are not certain or we think it most likely that this is not prescribed, then it is better not to do it, because Islamic rulings cannot be proven on the basis of mere conjecture, unless we believe it to be mostly likely to be the case.
The above material was taken from islamqa.com
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The Hotel Bel Air Sands notified us through their publicist, Dorothy Hundley, that a Mother's Day cake, which pastry chef Annette Gallardo was preparing, was noteworthy. "You'll love it," said the publicist.
Well, we don't usually jump out of chairs to follow a story on the promise of a publicist, but the cake, which is called Simnel, and was (possibly still is) a tradition in Britain on Mother's Day was worth a look, a taste. It certainly would be something different for Mother's Day.
Naturally, chef Gallardo, who developed her recipe according to that found in a cookbook from Bury, Lancashire, England, was delighted to share the recipe. She prepared not only the unusual fruit-type cake with its marzipan topping, but decorated it with frosting that made it look as if the church windows of an English cathedral had been replicated. It was that lovely.
Anyway, the stories associated with the cake are, indeed, entertaining.
18th-Century Tradition
It seems that no one really knows when the custom of the Simnel Cake for Mother's Day celebration actually started. But according to the writings of 19th-Century British authors, researched by Hundley, it was customary in the 18th and early 19th centuries for servants and apprentices working away from home to visit their mothers and present them with a cake of their mistress's making. The cake was usually accompanied by a nosegay of violets and other wild flowers "gathered in the hedgerows as they walked along the country lanes," according to writings by several 19th-Century British authors.


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I Will Give You Rest
All of our grandkids love to spend the night with us. We enjoy it too. From the time they were tiny they have almost always slept the entire night when staying with us. Even little Stella, if she is here in the late afternoon, is liable to fall asleep. It's like they just can't help it. They are so relaxed here that sleep hits them soundly and they succumb to it. They all try to stay up late but one by one they fall out. I'm glad to know they are that comfortable here.
We adults like to have our rest too. Only by the time we're grown we have lots on our mind. Sometimes it's counting and recounting the bills. Or it may be the pressure of work and family life. Other times it's health concerns or work situations. Whatever it is, we tend to stay awake and play it over in our minds. We think we have to lose sleep over things we can do nothing about in the middle of the night. Sleep can become a regular absentee if we don't find a way to get a good night's rest. We become sluggish, listless and even crabby. More coffee doesn't help the situation either. We look for something to help us, but the things of life keep rushing back into our minds. We need rest.
Oh beloved, you have been carrying some mighty heavy burdens and you have gotten very weary. Whether it's regrets from yesterday, worries about today or lack of hope for tomorrow, you are worn out from trying to figure it all out. Even the things you can do nothing about want to play themselves over and over in your mind. This continual weariness wears out your heart and your spirit as well as your mind.
God wants you to know that He will give you the rest you need. You can lay your burdens at His feet, every single one of them. As you give each burden to Him He changes your whole perspective. If He has your burdens, then you can rest. He wants you to know that He knows about every burden you insist on carrying – every single one. He wants you to know you were never meant to carry a single burden, but you have always been destined to give your heart, your life, your mind and your burdens to Him. He will either relieve you of them entirely, removing them from your life- He can do that you know. Or He will change their perspective and give you opportunity to deal with them as possibilities rather than unmanageable situations. He wants you to know that He walked up the hill of Golgotha and carried everything you are weighed down with to the Cross. He felt the burden and took it from you permanently.
God also wants you to know that the rest you need is found in Him alone. Jesus is holding His arms out to you this very day to come to Him. Give Him your heart, let Him renew your mind and remove your burdens. It's already been done at Calvary. All you have to do is come to Jesus. Whether it is your first encounter with the Risen Lord or you need to rededicate yourself to His Truth – do it today. He is able to make all grace abound to you. He is able to give you a spiritual rest that will change your entire perspective about your life and His love and care.
God loves you and He's for you – rest in that promise and find rest for your weary heart as He makes all things new for you.
Matthew 11:28 Then Jesus said, "Come to me, all of you who are weary and carry heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
Psalm 91:1 Those who live in the shelter of the Most High will find rest in the shadow of the Almighty.
2 Corinthians 9:8 And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that always having all sufficiency in everything, you may have an abundance for every good deed.
Psalm 62:5 Let all that I am wait quietly before God, for my hope is in Him.


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Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Another blogger meeting = a bright spot for me!
Then in February when we finally reached Florida, Mary (from Mary Sews) and her husband came onto our boat for a visit. We had a nice time and they even offered to run us around if there was anything we needed. At that time we were pretty well provisioned and didn't need anything but we appreciated the offer.
Fast forward to this week. Cyndi from Bluebird's Wing realized that during my travels (I was helping Baby Girl move), I'd be staying within an hour or so of her home and she offered to come on over and meet me. As a huge fan of her blog for a long time (Cyndi is one of those people you wish lived next door to you), I was thrilled and of course I agreed! Cyndi is an animal lover (like me), she loves to make purses (like me), she has an adorable dog (like me), and she also thinks that my Wilbur is a cutie (like me)!!
We ended up having lunch at the Olde Richmond Inn. I believe we were there for over two hours and I only hope Cyndi enjoyed herself half as much as I did.
I also realize I may have suffered from diarrhea of the mouth (non stop talking). But that's what happens when one doesn't get out very much!
So in addition to lunch, Cyndi presented me with a wonderful and very useful bag she whipped up the night before on her new 'old' machine.
Since Hans and I are going to be living at a marina we'll be taking advantage of the shower facilities and this little bag will very nicely hold my toiletries.
Cyndi also made up a gift bag for Baby Girl (now an assistant coach at a private college) and I have to admit that I immediately took advantage of Cyndi's gift since Baby Girl seemed to be lacking in any and all soapy products and it didn't occur to her stupid mother (me!) to provide such stuff
I've always wanted to make one of these and never have.
It's just perfect.
And here it is, with all the wonderful products Cyndi gave me in its outside pockets. This is truly going to come in handy for me when I head to the shower building at the marina.
I'm not going to know a soul when we move south next month but Cyndi's thoughtfulness will most assuredly make me feel much less homesick than necessary.
As for Wilbur? I only hope once we move, we can find a fenced in park for him to play. He's going to dearly miss his friends here in the Big City.
Wilbur after a day at the park.
Every mother's dream!
NOTE: Cyndi from Blue Bird's Wing had a request from 'Caroline' about the pattern for the bag she made me. However, Caroline didn't include her email address!!! Caroline, if you read this please get back in touch with Cyndi, she'd be glad to pass that info along to you!!
Thursday, July 21, 2011
A bright spot in my otherwise crappy summer!
Cyndi over at Blue Bird's Wing recently had a give-a-way on her blog and I was one of the very lucky winners! If you click on her link and then click on my blog name, you'll get a much better picture of what I won.
This picture I took is awful, but the fabric is beautiful. Tons of fat quarters plus one full 1/2 yard.
My biggest fear is that I'll do something stupid and ruin all of it!
Also included in a very cheerful bag (and certainly not part of the giveaway) were: a diary, note cards w/envelopes, notepad, pencil case, and passport holder. All coordinating and all very cute! Honestly, I don't think I've had this kind of combo since I was a kid and it just made me feel good. Not to mention that they will all be put to good use.
I love to read Blue Bird's Wing and it's one of my all time favorite blogs. Cyndi has a way of making everyone feel like she's their friend, I just wish she were my neighbor!!
Do check out her blog because in addition to being nice, she makes beautiful purses, she has a great wallet tutorial, and she likes my Wilbur!!!
Anyway, Hans and I are moving to Florida next month, and if you want to know how I feel about Florida in August, read this post. Apparently Hans is an even better salesman than I've given him credit for.
We will be living on our boat in a marina and I'll post the particulars of that type of lifestyle on a future blog. Don't worry, my sewing machine and a good bit of my fabric stash will be going with me.
I found this nifty little sewing board at the Good Will for $3.00. It'll make the trip to the boat with us and you can't beat that kind of deal with a stick!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
My quilt is done...
Some of my friends have quilts that have been handed down to them through the generations (for some reason in my family of sewists this hasn't happened), some can be picked up for a song at garage sales (this has never happened to me either!), and some people just make their own.
All I care is that it's functional and Wilbur likes it.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
A finished Market Bag and the Picnic that never happened.
So you can imagine how thrilled I am to find free patterns on the internet. Freebies for Crafters is an amazing place to go and I go there often. You should too!
That's where I found a down-loadable pattern for this Market Bag. It's very simple but please DO follow the instructions. I got a bit carried away with my own ideas and nearly ruined mine. I'm used to leaving an opening in the bottom of the lining for the whole turning the bag right side out and PRESTO! you're done!
Things don't work that way with this bag because of the way the bag handles are cut onto the bag. Just believe me on this.
The striped fabric is from a batch of fabric my mother gave me last year. The bottom is cut out from left over blue jeans.
I laid the pattern over the side seam of the jeans (that were ripped apart at the inseam) with the side seam of the jeans a few inches up from the bag bottom.
I thought I had enough left over cotton for the lining but I was way off, and I ended up piecing the entire thing.
Saturday, July 2, 2011
Sewing, Baking, and Hans is in Biiiiiig Twubble!
I finally sandwiched some batting between my quilt top and its backing. Here it is minus the binding that I need to complete it.
I found a piece of fabric in my stash that's destined to be cut into binding strips. Maybe tomorrow.
First, I put the quilt top on top of some batting, hand basted it together (with very long stitches), and trimmed the batting so it's even with the quilt top.
I then layered this combo on top of the quilt backing (a huge piece of fabric purchased at The Good Will for five bucks) and again hand basted it.
Here are the basting stitches up close.
I fully expect to finish my masterpiece by Monday!
Happy 4th of July!!!!!!!
As for baking? Well, let's just say we are madly in love with strawberry rhubarb pie.
Unfortunately my very last Pyrex pie plate bit the dust a couple of years ago. But I didn't discover this until after I had all the ingredients mixed up.
Enter the loaf pan as seen here atop of the vintage table cloth I inherited from my grandmother.
And even though I did indeed cut up the strawberries and rhubarb all by my lonesome, I'm certainly no Betty Crocker. This is because I just love the ready to roll out pie crusts sold in the refrigerator section at the grocery store.
A few minutes of preparation, an hour in the oven, and it's ready!!
The crust has two big hearts (me and Hans) and a little tiny upside down heart (Wilbur) cut into it for ventilation.
So why is Hans in biiig twubble?
Because we're currently watching Fatal Attraction and like Hans says, "Every man in the world is in trouble as soon as this movie starts!"
And he's right!
Wilbur is very upset because Michael Douglas insisted on dragging the family dog along on one of his adulterous trysts!
He's so traumatized he can't even watch! Here is Wilbur hiding his head behind a pillow!
He's so very sensitive.


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When I was a student, cooking Mexican food invariably meant knocking up a huge pot of chilli con carne or sometimes veggie chilli. Since having the kids, nine times out of ten it's fajitas because I can do one chicken pan with spice and one without so it caters to all palates. When I saw this Old El Paso Hearty Burrito Kit in Aldi, it looked like the perfect combination of the two, especially as it only has a mild chilli rating so it should be kid-friendly. The final deciding factor was that it promises to get a meal on the table in just fifteen minutes. Sold !
Inside the kit, you get three things - a pack of 8 flour tortillas (as a family of five, we always wish there were ten !), a sachet of bean sauce and a sachet of salsa.
Put some mince in a pan to brown off and pour off any excess liquid. I also tossed in some onions and mushrooms. When the mince is cooked, add the contents of the bean sauce sachet plus a few spoonfuls of water and simmer for 5 minutes.
During this time, chop up some tomatoes, shred some lettuce and drain a can of sweetcorn.
The meat has a lovely smoky flavour and the merest hint of spice. The beans are very few and far between though, which is a shame.
Empty the salsa into a bowl - it tastes lovely and fresh with juicy chunks of tomato.
After heating the tortillas in the microwave, top with lettuce, mince, sweetcorn, tomato, salsa, guacamole, grated cheese ...
Don't overdo it though or you won't be able to roll them up !
Big smiles and clean plates all round ! Fajitas and burritos are both a great way of getting the kids to pile up their plates with vegetables so we'll definitely be having these again.


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First Step was to clean with a metal wire brush, sand with an electric sander, and prime the chairs to be painted.(Biggest mistake in this project was not getting a real before picture.) These chairs had been sitting in an attic for over 30 years, and were filthy when I found them on the side of the street at a Tag Sale.
Then the painting began, requiring many coats. I chose a high gloss white enamel paint, which is much harder to work with then flat paint, but gave them a nice shiny finish.
Fabric by the absolutely fabulous designer Anna Maria from her Good Folks Collection, Kitchen Curtains.
Amy Butler, Lotus Wall Flower Taupe
Amy Butler, Lotus Wall Flower Taupe
The finished chairs lined up in my living room ready to go to the new studio.
As you recall I blogged about my tag sale chairs a while back and spent months looking at them in the garage painted but with no seats, until I finally decided on fabric. And I must say I am so pleased with the way they turned out. Alot of work from start to finish, but well worth the project.


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Have you ever wanted to watch television programs from all over the world? With Online Live you can not only do that, but also easily select films, documentaries and radio channels.
It contains an impressive database of contents you can watch, but for many films and documentaries, you need to pay a subscription fee. Television channels are freely available though.
We would have expected to find all the most well known world channels, but there are only mostly satellite TV channels.
The platform on which the videos are shown is in Windows Media Player, and the program guides you to install the plug-in in case you missed it.
The full screen mode, is just a double-click away. Moving onto the usability side, Online Live improved a lot from the previous version. The general design is nicer and it render more pleasant the whole experience.
There is no "go-back" button in the application which doesn't ease things. The right click is disabled and while watching a video, there is no pause button!
It's interesting to have a look at all these channels, but you need a very good high-speed Internet connection to enjoy them properly.


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Book Review: Nowhere But Home
By: Liza Palmer
Published By: William Morrow
Publication Date: April 2, 2013
Page Count: 384
Buy it at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or IndieBound
Source: ARC Kindly Provided by Publisher
Audience: Adult - Contemporary Fiction
"I'm lost. I'm alone. I've got nowhere to go. Nowhere but home" (pg. 21). This line stuck with me as I read through Liza Palmer's most recent novel, Nowhere But Home. Like the main character, Queenie, we often find ourselves in impossible situations, leaving us with only one place we can find solace - home. The notion of home is an intriguing one. Is home the place we grew up? Is home the people we surround ourselves with? Is home more of a state of mind rather than true location? Is the notion of home different for different people? I find the whole notion of what is a home and how do people view their homes to be fascinating concepts. I know my own personal definition of home and like Queenie, it is the place where I can find support and shelter from loneliness. As an adult, I often wish I could return to my childhood moments. They offered such a sense of security that I find lacking from time to time when tragedy strikes - as it has all too often in our nation in recent months. It was nice to lose myself in Queenie's world and her problems for awhile.
I knew Queenie must have had a rough time when it was revealed early on that her full name was Queen Elizabeth Wake. Who does that to their child? Queenie is from a small Texas town that is full of big personality. Everybody knows everybody and the gossip rolls through town quicker than a tumbleweed in a tornado. There isn't one secret that hasn't been discovered and old prejudices die hard in North Star, Texas. Queenie fled the town the moment she graduated high school and never looked back. A broken heart and her last name keep her from returning, but a string of bad luck lands her right back where everything started. Queenie must discover for herself what home means and try to find a way to bury the pain of her past.
I loved Queenie; her wit and sarcasm kept me in stitches. I also really enjoyed watching her evolve throughout the book. I knew she was destined for more when the book began and she was working as a chef at a hotel in New York City. That life didn't seem to fit her. She really begins to shine when she returns home to North Star. Her interactions with her family, friends, and old flame made this book hard to put down. The small town gossip meal and social class politics were realistic and heart breaking. However, there were quite a few moments when Queenie's response to the town Queen Bees made me chuckle. That girl has spunk!
One of the most interesting elements of this novel is Queenie's job as the chef at Shine Prison; she has the gloomy task of cooking the last meals for inmates on Death Row. I don't think I would have the strength to do something like that, but Queenie pulls it off. Her attention to detail - even knowing a murderer will be eating her food - is amazing. Queenie puts so much love and care into making sure the dishes for the inmates recreate happier moments and provide a moment of comfort. She was able to put aside her feelings about the criminals and focus on creating one perfect meal for their last moments on Earth. I was in awe of her strength.
Furthermore, I really enjoyed how the concept of food played such a large role in this story. Food is symbolic of who we are and often has roots deeply entrenched in family. This proves to be true for Queenie. Her recipes define who she is and her place in the town. It's also through food that she can mend broken bridges and repair some of the damage she did by leaving so abruptly. Food has the power to soothe our wounds and make us whole again; it is one of the few things that can bring us together and transcends social boundaries. I loved watching that concept crop up in each and every chapter. In fact, each chapter even begins with a brief menu that foreshadows how things are about to go for Queenie.
Another element I loved was the southern culture. Texas is an interesting place with a culture that mirrors much of the South while still having many tendencies that are unique to the state. Texas does things to a bigger degree than the rest of us southerners. I loved the big hair, big plates of BBQ, and big tall glasses of sweet tea that littered the pages of this novel. Palmer does a beautiful job of bringing the Texas Hill Country to life; her setting is like an additional character, always hovering in the periphery. I love stories that use a strong sense of place.
One of my favorite parts of southern culture that made an appearance in this book: FOOTBALL! I am already counting down the days until the season begins again in the fall. As Queenie says, "However you praise the Lord, be it Baptist, Methodist, or Catholic, the true religion in Texas is football" (pg. 14). I would say this holds true for most of the South.
If you're looking for a chick lit novel that brings up some pretty complex issues, then this is a must read. I liked that there was a nice balance between the serious and the fun. This isn't all sunshine and rainbows, but it does have a lot of self discovery and romance. At its heart, Nowhere But Home is a commentary on finding one's place in a family. In the end, family is often all that matters - even when that family has several skeletons in their closet.
I loved every moment spent with Queenie and now consider her a close literary friend. I'm sure I'll be rereading this one in the future when I'm craving some down home cooking and a bit of sass.
One Last Gripe: I want more of North Star and its residents. I wasn't ready for the story to end.
My Favorite Thing About This Book: I really enjoyed Liza Palmer's writing style and how she brought her characters to life. I've already added her other works to my TBR list.
First Sentence: My mother was an unwed teenager from the Texas Hill Country.
Favorite Character: Queenie
Least Favorite Character: Piggy Peggy
Queenie Wake, a country girl from North Star, Texas, has just been fired from her job as a chef for not allowing a customer to use ketchup. Again. Now the only place she has to go is home to North Star. She can hope, maybe things will be different. Maybe her family's reputation as those Wake women will have been forgotten. It's been years since her mother-notorious for stealing your man, your car, and your rent money-was killed. And her sister, who as a teenager was branded as a gold-digging harlot after having a baby with local golden boy Wes McKay, is now the mother of the captain of the high school football team. It can't be that bad…
Who knew that people in small town Texas had such long memories? And of course Queenie wishes that her memory were a little spottier when feelings for her high school love, Everett Coburn, resurface. He broke her heart and made her leave town-can she risk her heart again?
At least she has a new job-sure it's cooking last meals for death row inmates but at least they don't complain!
But when secrets from the past emerge, will Queenie be able to stick by her family or will she leave home again? A fun-filled, touching story of food, football, and fooling around.
About the Author
Liza Palmer is the internationally bestselling author of Conversations with the Fat Girl , which has been optioned for series by HBO.
Library Journal said Palmer's "blend of humor and sadness is realistic and gripping,.."
After earning two Emmy nominations writing for the first season of VH1's Pop Up Video, she now knows far too much about Fergie.
Palmer's fifth novel, Nowhere but Home, is about a failed chef who decides to make last meals for the condemned in Texas. Nowhere but Home will be out April 2, 2013.
Library Journal said Palmer's "blend of humor and sadness is realistic and gripping,.."
After earning two Emmy nominations writing for the first season of VH1's Pop Up Video, she now knows far too much about Fergie.
Palmer's fifth novel, Nowhere but Home, is about a failed chef who decides to make last meals for the condemned in Texas. Nowhere but Home will be out April 2, 2013.
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Tuesday, October 04, 2011
The Joy of Autumn
It's glorious Fall here in Northeastern Ohio, and I love it! The trees are coloring up so beautifully here in the country. It looks like a pastoral country postcard here with rolling hills and various colors of foliage and purple asters everywhere. I turned the heat on here in the house recently, and bought a lovely fireplace insert so now I have a lovely and safe "fire" in the fireplace. My cat Matisse loves to sleep in one of the recliners next to the fireplace every day. Both him and Beau are fascinated and get mesmorized by the flames. It's so cute to see.
As for me, this is my busy season, non-stop drawing and designing products for my online store, Two Purring Cats Clothing & Gifts. Right now I'm designing covers for Blackberry Curve, Samsung Galaxy and Apple iPhone. It's fun but there's MANY to do so I am working on it pretty much 24/7 right now, with a cat on either side of me while the marathon goes on.
This weekend I will pry myself away from my work to plant many, many bulbs in my garden. Tulips and Anenomes, mostly. It will be so pretty in the spring, I hope they prosper and grow like crazy in the soil here. There is much to do in the garden. Whenever I work on it, the cats sit in the windows overlooking it and watch. Cat TV. It's cute to look up and see them there. Being deaf and housecats, they don't go outside but don't seem to care about that. Both of them are content watching tv, being wherever I am and meowing loudly in the stairwell just for the heck of it (especially early in the morning..like roosters crowing). I have opera cats! :D
I finally bought a new refrigerator, so for the first time since I got this house, I have a large-sized fridge to use, instead of the dorm room sized cube fridge that is now upstairs in my office there. It feels so good to shop in the stores now, and not needing to worry about squishing my groceries into a tiny space! The new fridge is a dream, so glad it's here!
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The release of a new book that includes observations from the parents of one of the Columbine High School killers has cracked the door just a bit wider on one of the biggest unanswered questions of all: Why?
Although more than 13 years have passed since the massacre, there remains much to be explored about how Dylan Klebold and Eric Harris came to the point of carrying out the attacks that left 13 victims dead.
The aim is prevention — to give parents, teachers and others knowledge that might enable them to detect warning signs and intervene.
As we have seen in the years since the mass shooting, the actions of Klebold and Harris have been repeatedly imitated.
The more society can understand the personalities and conditions that preceded their rampage, the better.
To that end, the comments of Susan Klebold, mother of Dylan, paint a picture of a grieving mother who could not understand why her son would do such a thing.
She told Andrew Solomon, author of "Far From the Tree: Parents, Children, and the Search for Identity," that she prayed during the unfolding tragedy that her son would kill himself — and then regretted that prayer.
After seeing the so-called "basement tapes," in which Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold raged on video, she saw a different person than the one she had raised.
"I saw the end product of my life's work: I had created a monster," Susan Klebold told Solomon.
Those comments are not out of line with the introspection and shock she expressed in a lengthy piece published in 2009 in O, The Oprah Magazine.
Susan Klebold concludes the piece with this: "I only hope my story can help those who can still be helped. I hope that, by reading of my experience, someone will see what I missed."
And that's exactly our point.
Perhaps professionals with emotional detachment and expertise could see what the parents could not and maybe still cannot readily perceive.
Did the mix of the problems of Harris and Klebold lead to action greater than either of them would have undertaken alone?
That is why we were so dismayed in 2007 when a federal judge ordered that depositions from the parents of the killers to be sealed for 20 years. Those depositions took place in 2003 in connection with a lawsuit filed by families of some of the victims.
It's possible the documents could shed substantial light on how Harris and Klebold came to become the Columbine killers.
Beyond Susan Klebold, the parents — those who could assuredly offer the most insight into the killers' thinking — have spoken little publicly, if at all.
It's a shame, since there is still much to be learned.


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Instead of blogging the last few weeks, I've been preparing to move house, moving house and now dealing with the aftermath. Since our last move, we've acquired a few more family members and their belongings. Meg the dog was simple to move - we simply lured her into the car and drove her to the new house. The chickens do not travel quite so lightly. We loaded the summer coop onto our trailer, along with the metal garbage can which holds their feed, then caught the girls, one by one and stuffed them into a dog crate. That is, until it came to Patty's turn. Patty was nowhere to be found even though we were offering raisins to sweeten the deal. We called and called and looked everywhere and I was beginning to fear she'd been nabbed by a coyote in the confusion. Luckily, Luc thought to look in the coop even though there had been no sounds coming from within throughout the coop moving process. Sure enough, there was Patty in the egg box just trying to lay an egg in a little peace.
Our new house is just a few kilometres away from our old one. It's a 25 year old, rough-around-the-edges raised bungalow on 25 acres of quite lovely forest. The major selling point for me is its proximity to the beautiful town of Almonte. We are less than 2 km from the downtown shopping area and just about the same distance to the "strip" such as it is in Almonte. We can easily walk or bike to shopping, the library, a farmer's market, a beach, all kinds of activities, restaurants, and much else of what we used to drive to.
We knew we'd have some work to do at the new place, but there have been quite a few surprises, most of them less fun than finding a forgotten twenty in a coat pocket. So we've been busy writing cheques to various tradespeople in an attempt to bring the place up to the standard we thought it was already at. Tomorrow afternoon an exterminator is scheduled to hopefully address a bit of an infestation of .... rats. As a family who has had four pet rats this is a bit like having an exterminator come to take care of a puppy problem - but not quite. The body count is up to four and there is at least one that we haven't caught. That big fella was last seen scurrying away from a bag of dog training treats in the kitchen at 2:00 am. I expect a rat infestation might be a bit more traumatic for a normal family who hasn't been conditioned to feel all warm and fuzzy toward the rodents. Even the dog is pretty cool with it.
We haven't tackled the fairly daunting job of moving the compost and garden beds over from the old place yet. The new house has the same issue of shallow soil over bedrock as the old place did (should have moved a bit farther, maybe) so I'll be gardening in raised beds here as well.
I'm sure we'll be busy for months and probably years with improvements and repairs. A priority for me is improving the energy efficiency of the house to a very high standard from the rather minimally adequate state it is in now. Our to-do list has gotten rather long rather quickly. I don't want to think what our carbon footprint has been and will be with all the activity around the move, but I'm hopeful that we are setting ourselves up to be significantly more energy efficient over time.


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Icelandic illustrator/London inhabitant Siggi Eggertsson is my hero! I first spotted his work accompanying an article on the NYT website. After some web-stalking, I found his website . Of course, I was entranced. I love pixelated anything but its his choice of color and vector shapes that I find unique and visually stimulating.
Read his interview via Computer Arts UK.
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It is starting to be that time of the summer again. Zucchini and squash are bursting out all over. It's getting hard to keep up with it. No matter how much I eat, there's more squash.
Here's a photo of a friend's bounty from her garden. I helped pick.
What better way to bring up my story Operation Wild Thumb in the Simmer Anthology? Because that story is all about overgrown squash. I can't believe another summer has come and is going.


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Jim Thompson is more soulful in Spanish
© Peter Rozovsky 2006
"Because Murder is More Fun Away From Home"
I think 'souls' is the perfect literal translation.
But I'm reviving this topic to see if you, or any followers or browsers, Peter, have read his posthumously-published novel, 'The Rip-Off', which I'm currently reading.
Truly a strange one, even by Jim Thompson standards
That sounds like an intriguing endorsement for Pop. 1,280. I haven't read The Rip-Off, but "strange ... even by Jim Thompson" standards" is strange, all right.
I haven't read any critical studies about it, but I always reckoned 'Pop. 1280' was either wholly, or partly, allegorical.
As for 'The Rip-Off', I'll post my final verdict as soon as I've finished it.
Oddly enough, it puts me in mind, in some passages, of Beckett's 'Molloy' trilogy, which I have in both paperback and CD form
(read by the wonderful Barry McGovern)
The only Thompson I've read is Savage Night. Thar made for some creepy late-night reading.
I haven't read that one, but I think I have it somewhere.
I bought a whole bunch of Thompson paperbacks during the early to mid 90's but after having read a bunch of them, mostly his more acclaimed ones, I just diversified a bit, intending to get back to the remainder, later.
Its fair to say that he's not just strange, but unconventional.
btw, you can see him in the 1970's remake of 'Farewell My Lovely'
I have seen him in Farewell, My Lovely, where he is quite good in the role of the old husband.


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Hi Katherine, it's Jana.
Thought you may want to see a recent picture of Messina's son. He's so beautiful, and has the most precious personality!!
I'm dog sitting him while Nicole and her family are on vacation. They adore him, but he is spoiled ROTTEN!!!
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My view of the Empire State Building last night from the spot where I board the bus to Philadelphia.
Good morning from the east coast. I've been here for just under one week. Man, I'm already tired. It's not in a bad "I wanna go home way," but in a really good way.
There are some things that are pretty similar to what I left behind in South Korea. The most obvious thing is the ease of transport. In California, the idea of taking buses or trains to connect to nearby cities is pretty much unheard of. You have to get in your car and blow pollutants into the air and, if you don't have a car, well, you're out of luck.
It's not impossible. You can do it. I've heard the stories of friends who decided to take the Greyhound bus from San Francisco to L.A. or vice versa. It ends up that you're on the bus with ex-cons, drug addicts and goodness knows who else. So while you CAN do it, your average person doesn't WANT to do it. In contrast, in the US northeast you can be on the bus from Philadelphia to Manhattan with a drug addict, but that drug addict had to pay at least $10 to get on the bus and is probably heading into university or to work.
The prices for the trains are much steeper in the States. The train ride on Amtrak from Philadelphia to New York ranges from $45 to, get this, $143! Now the rates shift based on the class you choose and the time, but a similar hour and 45 minute train ride on Korea's KTX, their high-speed trains, are comparable at the basic level. It's around 44,000 won, so that's about the same. However, the first class rate maxes out at around 65,000 won. The prices compare for the bus system, but the coverage doesn't. In Korea, the intercity bus system is exhaustive. And this is just a link to one bus system. There is another. You can get on an express bus to get you anywhere in South Korea from Seoul. A two hour bus ride from Seoul is about the same in terms of price, so that's good. But the sheer coverage of where you can get to is truly overwhelming until you're used to it.
This transition is going to be interesting, at least to me, and I'm going to want to share it. From that perspective, this is officially now an east coast/NYC blog with a Korea blog past ;) There are so many little interesting and different things I'm seeing.
Just watching the famous demeanor of New Yorkers is entertaining. I was in the Lexington and 53rd St station. I know this because it's the same station I went to for my job interview last week. I was going back to exchange the umbrella I bought during last Thursday's deluge. One lady needed a refund or a replacement Metro card. She went to a booth where they weren't equipped to do that. Based on her reaction, you would have thought they'd called her every name in the book. I thought it was a bit odd to loose your cool over something like that.
I factor in the pain in the butt aspects of transactions these days and expect that I'm going to get a bit of a run around. That's simply because it's too expensive to keep staff standing in multiple spots to give you a refund. It was the late afternoon and the trains were definitely going to be running for many hours more. Her choice to verbally abuse the folks there just seemed excessive. Plus, unless provoked, I really am a firm believer of being nice and saying "please" and "thank you." I'm noticing what a huge anomaly that is in Manhattan. Now don't get me wrong. I've also not been in a city where the men have been hold open for me almost constantly. So some New Yorkers might be snappish but they'll help you get through the door.
I think yesterday was a bit of a challenge for me because I'd booked myself on a real early bus leaving out of Philadelphia, so I got moving around 4:30am to catch the train to 30th Street Station. From there, I realized I needed to print up my resume. I wasted both time and money taking care of that. BTW, if they offer the laptop docking station at Kinkos aka FedEx Office -don't do it. Just give them your USB flash drive. They actually charge you to doc your laptop and print. That's just such a greedy level of stupid to me that I won't do it.
After printing, I was off. I got my resume in to one recruiting agency, chit-chatted a bit, got their recommendations for lunch and headed out. I got to the lobby and *snap* the heel on my right ankle boot just collapsed. These are a great pair of boots that I got when I was in Paris. I can probably get them fixed, but that lead to a complete detour.
Good for me that I was right at Union Square and had passed a big shoe store on the way to this agency. They were having a sale: buy one get the other at half-price. Okay, I can work with that. I found a great pair of Steve Madden flats and a nice pair of black patent leather square-toed pumps with a strap. Both shoes are cute but reserved enough for interviews. Plus, I only had one pair of brown shoes suitable for interviews and needed another pair. So the boot collapse made me do something I was going to have to do anyway. It's just I'd not planned it and it ended up sucking a good 45 to 60 minutes of my day away. I could have bought shoes out here in Philly's lovely western suburbs! Believe me, the King of Prussia mall is no joke. But there are also tons of other stores like Ross nearby too.
I didn't get out of the shoe store until lunch. Inside, there was another cranky New Yorker who just couldn't wait until the cashier was done with me and went on and on about needed quarters for the meter. Good for me that I had four quarters in my wallet. Helping her out was the way to get her to hush and say "thank you". Granted, it was to me, but I just wanted her to bring down the anxiety level. Four quarters isn't worth getting everyone around you all riled up. Really, you know the deal, so grab a roll of quarters at the bank and keep them in your change purse. After that, armed with a cute pair of shoes, I got to prance through the farmer's market at Union Square and have a great lunch. However, after that, my spirits just plummeted.
I think it's because I'm starting my job search in earnest now and, as much as I love Manhattan, even for me, it's an assault to the senses, which is exciting but it's also overwhelming when you're feeling anxious. Let's be honest, searching for work under the best of circumstances is stressful. I was okay after lunch for a bit. I got to a Starbucks to leech their wifi and figure out which recruiting office I was closest to. It ends up one was just a five or so minute walk away, so that was the one. The receptionist was just not nice and that threw me into a funk. I think actually having a plan, with resumes in hand and winding my way around brought it home that I'm really doing this. Dealing with a shrew reminded me that it's really on me to hustle and do my best because the random person just might not give two cents about me. I've had it in my head since I was about 15 or 16 that I wanted to move to NYC, so the reality that I'm actually doing it made me made me a bit overwhelmed.
Good for me that there are Episcopalian churches all over the city. When I was in Seoul, I attended Seoul Anglican Cathedral regularly. When I got to San Francisco, I switched to Grace Cathedral. Yesterday, I needed to decompress and saw a church with the Episcopalian flag and was just so relieved. I went into Saint Thomas Church on 5th Avenue. It was relaxing, for a moment, but the tourists with the flashing cameras drove me away. I then decided to walk to the 5:30pm networking party I had scheduled rather than take the subway and found Saint Bartholomew's Church on Park and 53rd. I went in, grabbed a prayer book, relaxed and just collected my thoughts. I came out in a much better mood.
So just imagine me, your relocating blogger rushing into NYC's Episcopal churches to recharge. I seriously needed it yesterday. I got to my networking event in good spirits and ready to go. I was a bit amused by how serious folks were. I think one distinguishing thing about me is I really do want to smile and enjoy every possible moment, so I get put off by the folks so driven that they forget to enjoy the ride. I met some good folks, and I hope they feel the same. Maybe one or more of those connections can turn into work for me or vice versa.
Anyway, it's views like the one I snapped a pic of last night that remind me that I'm on the right track. Now that things are getting interesting, I've got a feeling I'll be updating a lot more. Stay tuned.


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Monday, October 26, 2015
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