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Ethel Duath
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May 28 2010, 10:33pm
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It's spelled "Oleo" margarine, and the doctor
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made my dad switch to it sometime in the mid-late 1960's for health reasons. Of course, now we know it's worse than butter!
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dernwyn
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May 28 2010, 10:35pm
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all long body and limbs tangled up in a lap!  I knew that Greyhounds were gentle and friendly, but he's got a double dose of those!
Did you name him, or did he have the name already?
School ends on the 21st for me...then I have that whole Library to myself for inventory and other maintenance stuff, what fun... Yes, unfortunately, the older kids get, the "wiser" they become.
Are you taking a family vacation anywhere this year?
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
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Lossefalme
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May 28 2010, 10:58pm
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His racing name was too goofy...
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it was Craigey Dusty. We named him Brego because he's very regal.
We're headed for RI and NH at different times over the summer. How about yourself?
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Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. “Elendil!” he cried. “I am Aragorn son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil’s son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!” TTT, Book III, Chapter 2
And Éomer answered: “Since the day when you rose before me out of the green grass of the downs I have loved you, and that love shall not fail.” RotK, Book VI, Chapter 5
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dernwyn
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May 28 2010, 10:59pm
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I thought I remembered Aunt Dora mentioning her parents and the Big Thompson flood a couple of time previously - here's links to how they escaped, and to how they were rescued.
Do you have that photograph online anywhere, Aunt Dora?
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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Lossefalme
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May 28 2010, 11:03pm
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We have adopted some servicemen, but I think getting the kis on Skype is a terrific idea! Mind if I snatch it and bring it to the attention of someone up here? It may be something to look into for the fall.
We have an ongoing program at the school in order to promote good manners and have people come in every Thursday to eat lunch with the kids. They use place settings, etc. and really practice eating properly. Everybody loves it.
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Aragorn threw back his cloak. The elven-sheath glittered as he grasped it, and the bright blade of Andúril shone like a sudden flame as he swept it out. “Elendil!” he cried. “I am Aragorn son of Arathorn, and am called Elessar, the Elfstone, Dúnadan, the heir of Isildur Elendil’s son of Gondor. Here is the Sword that was Broken and is forged again! Will you aid me or thwart me? Choose swiftly!” TTT, Book III, Chapter 2
And Éomer answered: “Since the day when you rose before me out of the green grass of the downs I have loved you, and that love shall not fail.” RotK, Book VI, Chapter 5
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:05pm
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"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!"
---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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dernwyn
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May 28 2010, 11:07pm
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I bet even he prefers his new name!
No plans yet - we're trying to get the kids' schedules in line, those three are going to be in and out all summer, away for chunks of time and doing lots of things while here. Our youngest now has her own small apartment out in Chicago, so she'll only be back for two weeks! 
Rhode Island? Whereabouts? 
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:08pm
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Sorry Miss Ethel, but that IS funny!
"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!"
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:11pm
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But NYC lead the way in banning trans fats!
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Who knew indeed! saccharine linked to cancer. aspertame linked to memory loss.
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dernwyn
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May 28 2010, 11:13pm
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We'd set up a laptop with Skype
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because one Board of Ed member got deployed to Iraq for a year! This is how he attends meetings. He's also the dad of two boys at the school, and all the kids and he had a wonderful time with the questions-and-answers.
We put the little "eyeball" computer camera up on a mic stand and elevated it, so he could see the whole group. And we projected him from the laptop onto a large screen.
Formal luncheons! Now that is classy!
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"I desired dragons with a profound desire"
"It struck me last night that you might write a fearfully good romantic drama, with as much of the 'supernatural' as you cared to introduce. Have you ever thought of it?"
-Geoffrey B. Smith, letter to JRR Tolkien, 1915
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:14pm
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Campy as it was, I LOVED that old series!
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Adam West and Burt Ward. Special pop quiz: one of the occasional guest stars in a good-guy (girl) role was also in ST TOS, who was she and which parts did she play?
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---Marcia Michelle Alexander Hamilton, 7 Nov 1955 - 19 Nov 2009
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:18pm
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Sounds like an eclectic mix...
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of movies and alcohol. Man With a Movie Camera in particular sounds intriguing.
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:22pm
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In Russia, they have saying...
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BOSCHE moi!
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:27pm
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THIS one! http://www.google.com/...&ved=0CBgQ9QEwAA
(Still haven't figgured out how to get a pic to TORn-spec size so it's easier to give url's where I don't have to think about it)
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:30pm
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Happy BIRTHday gramma-Eruvande!
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A truly AWESOME woman to share my b-day with! 
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weaver
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May 28 2010, 11:42pm
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right now I'm saying a lot of words in Polish...
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I learned them from my mother -- I don't know what they mean, but she used them when she was really really mad about something! They sure come in handy when you are working on a Friday night on a holiday weekend!
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GAndyalf
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May 28 2010, 11:45pm
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<laughs> I KNOW what you mean!
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My Italian great-grandmother only spoke Italian but you knew a) when she was mad and b) a really close proximate to WHAT she was mad about!
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 28 2010, 11:56pm
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A young man on a motorcycle told them to get out of the car.
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They climbed up the hillside in blinding rain, and a minute later their car went down the river. They were airlifted out the next day by helicopter. Twenty-five years later I got to meet that man and thank him. Here's a poem I wrote about him:
Butch
"Next time there's a flood,
I'm calling in sick."
Big strong hand shakes mine,
Eyes crinkle over a graying beard.
"It was no big deal.
Lucky I was there, that's all.
If I hadn't stopped for that beer in Estes
I'd a' been caught in the Narrows.
Funny how a little thing,
One tiny moment
Can change the next thirty years.
"The water roared up under the road behind me
Like a movie monster,
Buckling the blacktop as I ran down the canyon.
Rain so hard you could drown
Just breathing it.
Put my head down
And it made a tunnel of air to breathe.
"In the dark I passed a car.
Dang! There's people inside!
That can't be good.
I wasn't gentle—
Pushed 'em up the mountain.
Wouldn't let 'em get their coats.
Car washed away soon as they got out.
"Scene in the cabin was worse 'n any horror movie.
Little girl with big eyes
Shining in the dark.
Pink streaks on her face:
Tears through the blood.
"Her mama--I've seen better color on a corpse.
Arm was broke almost all the way off.
I put on a tourniquet,
Got her to the helicopter.
I was sure she was a goner.
"Didn't read the obituaries--
Didn't want to know.
That's why I didn't come to the ten-year.
Afraid I'd find out--
Afraid I could a' done more.
"But at the twenty-year reunion,
Something pulled me,
Made me decide to come.
Got out of the car, and there she was!
I couldn't believe it.
"There she is now.
Still got her arm, and it works too.
Miracles do happen.
"Still don't like the rain, much.
Don't even like my water glass too full.
When it sprinkled tonight,
I was ready to climb the mountain.
But I'm glad about your folks.
It was no big deal."
We shake his hand, my sister and I.
Mom sits smiling up at him, remembering.
It was a big deal, Butch.
One tiny moment thirty years ago,
A young man banging on a car window,
And grandchildren growing up
Loving grandparents they might never have known.
"Yep," he says, "Lucky.
You might a' been lighting candles tonight,
And instead, here we are.
But next time there's a flood,
I'm calling in sick.
Still don't like the rain."
August 1, 2006
[based on a conversation with Butch Hutchins
Big Thompson Flood memorial service
Drake, Colorado, July 31, 2006]
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
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GAndyalf
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May 29 2010, 12:07am
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<daubs moist eyes, says VERY quietly> Thank you, Aunt Dora for the beautiful poem//
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"Be good, be careful, have fun, don't get arrested!"
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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May 29 2010, 12:19am
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My daughter won a costume contest at one of the cons
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but she hired a friend to make her costume. I think she won because she was showing a *lot* of skin ;-)
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"For DORA BAGGINS in memory of a LONG correspondence, with love from Bilbo; on a large wastebasket. Dora was Drogo's sister, and the eldest surviving female relative of Bilbo and Frodo; she was ninety-nine, and had written reams of good advice for more than half a century."
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"A Chance Meeting at Rivendell" and other stories
leleni at hotmail dot com
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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May 29 2010, 12:51am
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And another, if you need it. =)
I've trained my kindergarten cousin to say that I'm 25. And will be again next year. I think she likes it.
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Eowyn of Penns Woods
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May 29 2010, 1:15am
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That's a "Thank God It's A Low Humidity Weekend!"
Got the fish pond cleaned out and refilled, the air-conditioner repositioned in the window, more heirloom tomato plants at the Master Gardeners' sale, a new AIO printer to install, another load of horse cr*p...and probably a camper floor to replace tomorrow. Lots of planting to be done, too.
The wild roses are almost over, but I've got some tucked in my pocket to scent the air everytime I move. It'll be just honeysuckle on the night air now...lovely honeysuckle...
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May 29 2010, 1:34am
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I'll have a screaming black rider,
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hold the horses.
What a heinous, heinous work week it's been. However today I can actually see some blue sky (woo-hoo!) and tonight is the series finale of LOST! The phone will be going off the hook at 9.30 tonight - can't wait. :)
Now off to dig up the last of the potatoes and first of the yams.
Celebrimbor: "Pretty rings..."
Dwarves: "Pretty rings..."
Men: "Pretty rings..."
Sauron: "Mine's better."
"Ah, how ironic, the addictive qualities of Sauron’s master weapon led to its own destruction. Which just goes to show, kids - if you want two small and noble souls to succeed on a mission of dire importance... send an evil-minded b*****d with them too." - Gandalf's Diaries, final par, by Ufthak.
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Oiotári
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May 29 2010, 2:02am
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Faithless is he who says farewell when the road darkens
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Oiotári
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May 29 2010, 2:03am
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hardly qualifies as a puppy anymore
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but he probably thinks he is
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