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Thursday, October 13, 2011
Insta-Friday-Gum, Trees & Cuteness
I drove over gum at Lowe's. This irritated me only slightly less than when I step on gum. Keep your gum in your mouth people.
W tried his first California roll on a field trip. He was not a fan. I'm going to give him time, I didn't like them until last year. I still really dislike real sushi.
We had to have a huge tree trimmed in our back yard. Watching the action kept N occupied for a good 2 hours. He sat on the kitchen counter with his face pressed against the glass the whole time. I'm sure the tree trimmers appreciated the audience...or maybe not.
Just for cuteness factor.
At my nephew's football game. And yes, this was the best picture I could get. Thanks for the cooperation everyone.
We had a sick day this week so there was lots of this {which I love}...
and some of this...
Lastly, I thought you might appreciate a picture of my very adult lunch{what you can't see are the adorable monkeys underneath my animal crackers}. I know, I'm super mature.
Also this week I used some gift certificates to get a massage and pedi at a fancy spa. I was too relaxed to take any pictures but I have decided that each night my head should be gently laid on a warm washcloth and then my scalp massaged for at least 20 minutes. I'll let you know if Hubby agrees to it.
Have a beautiful weekend!
12 comments:
- hannah singer said...
i secretly love sick days for the cuddle time;)
also, i am currently petitioning for the same spa treatment here...no confirned word yet though...
love you!!
- October 13, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Robyn Rasmussen said...
Your animal cracker snack makes me smile. What a great week you had!
Just stopping by from InstaFriday.
-Robyn from http://tipsfromtheheart.blogspot.com
- October 13, 2011 at 10:13 PM
- Erin said...
Aw your sick day looked precious :) Hey...animal crackers are the best :) Glad you had some relaxation time this week too!
- October 14, 2011 at 12:46 AM
- Nicole [The Lovely Poppy] said...
I'm the same way with gum.. ick! i'm having a HUGE ($100) giveaway going on at my blog and would love to have you stop by- http://thelovelypoppy.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-follower-giveaway.html
- October 14, 2011 at 5:30 AM
- aPearantly sew said...
That picture of your kids made me laugh. That's exactly what it looks like around here, especially when we try to get one of all the cousins :)
I love massages. I think you're onto something with that nightly routine. I might run that past my husband & see how that goes.
- October 14, 2011 at 5:52 AM
- katie said...
Why oh why must people spit their gum on the ground. It always seems to seek out my feet.
- October 14, 2011 at 6:15 AM
- Nicole @ loveartfaith said...
Your adult lunch is very similar to my adult dinner of chips and a chocolate/almond bar last night!! :-) And it was deelish!
- October 14, 2011 at 8:02 AM
- EverythingIam-blogspot.blogspot.com said...
Oh no, N was sick! He needs kisses! Miss hanging with you! I need another vacation.
- October 14, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Anna said...
I was getting ready to tell you that I love your blog (and I HATE gum in parking lots! ugh!) - and then I saw that you blog for faith blogs! I do, too! :) fun. I just joined a couple of weeks ago. :) nice to "meet" you. :D
- October 14, 2011 at 5:10 PM
- Rebecca @ heartland farmhouse said...
I prefer a good animal cracker to sushi any day!
And if you sat next to me I'd share my chocolate milk with you for sure!!! ;)
- October 15, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- stacey said...
great, now you've got me craving animal crackers. mmm...
oh and the math homework? you're super-mom! i don't remember my multiplication tables. seriously, i don't. i looked at the pictures, where you marked wrong, and thought, "what, that's wrong?" good thing i'm not grading anybody's homework. :)
- October 15, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- Laurie J said...
oh those cuddly sick days!--we've been having them around here, too. good luck w/the nightly massage. worth a try, right?! ;)
- October 16, 2011 at 5:05 PM


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It has taken me forever but I have -finally- transcribed a document I have had a year or two. This is part of my Re-Do project that is taking me way too long. Way too long! So I did it.. I picked up William Franklin Duncan's file to add to the new database exactly what I have as documentation. Once done with this new database project I will then compare it to all the information I "know" and don't have proof for it and I will go find it, then start on the holes! Phew. I am exhausted!
Here is a lesson about letting documents sit too long without transcribing. Can we say missing out on a lot of information??
George Washington Duncan and Jane Elizabeth Edwards will be fun to sort out. Looking at dates, he could have been in the Mexican War if I have his birth date right, abt 1820. The death information I have for him from the book "North Carolina Troops, 1861-1865, A Roster" compiled by Weymouth T. Jordan, Jr. has him listed dying at 29 years old during the Civil War. And, truthfully, do you know how many George Washington Duncan's there are? The North Carolina State Archives sent me this tidbit photocopy of George's death when I was tracking down Jane Edwards Duncan pension claim.
This is a very long post, my apologies….
State of Tennessee
Tennessee Historical Committee
Department of Libraries, Archives and History
John Trotwood Moore, Director
NOTE – Should this Questionnaire fall into the hands of one who is not a Veteran of the Civil War, or who did not live during those days, you will confer a favor on this Department by giving it to some Solider who has not received a copy, or return to us.
The chief purpose of the following questions is to bring out facts that will be of service in writing a true history of the Old South. Such a history has not been written. By answering these questions you will make a valuable contribution to the history of your State.
In case the space following any question is not sufficient for your answer, you may write your answer on a separate piece of paper. But when this is done, be sure to put the number of the question on the paper on which the answer is written, and number the pages on the paper on which you write your answer.
Read all questions before you answer any of them. After answering the questions here given, if you desire to make additional statements, I would be glad for you to add just as much as you desire.
- State your full name and present post office address: William Franklin Duncan, Tasso Tennessee.
- State your age now: I am Eighty years and four months old.
- In what State and county were you born? In Ashe now Alleghany County, North Carolina.
- Were you a Confederate or Federal soldier? Federal Soldier, Civil War.
- Name of your Company? M? 4th Tenn Cav (B) Number of Regiment? 4th Regiment Tennessee Cavalry Volunteers. I was credited to Washington County Tennessee.
- What was the occupation of your father? Farmer
- Give full name of your father: George Washington Duncan Born at Sparta in the County of Ashe now Alleghany State of North Carolina. He lived at in Ashe County, NC and Washington County, Tennessee. Give also any particulars concerning him, as official position, ware services, etc., books written by, etc. He was a farmer and ex Mexican Volunteer Soldier.
- Maiden name in full your mother. Jane Elizabeth Edwards. She was the daughter of William Edwards and his wife Nancey Edwards. Who lived at Near Gap Civil, Ashe County, North Carolina.
- Remarks on ancestry. Give here any and all facts possible in reference to your parents, grandparents, great-grandparents, etc., not included in the foregoing, as were they lived, offices held, Revolutionery or other war services; what country the family came from to America; first settled, county and State; always giving full names (if possible), and never referring to an ancestor simply as such without giving the name. It is desirable to include every fact possible, and to that end the full and exact record from old Bibles should be appended on separate sheets of this size, thus preserving the facts from loss: (answer) John Duncan great grandfather a soldier of Revolutionary War 1776. John Duncan Grandfather soldier of 1812. George W Duncan father volunteer Mexican War. William Edwards great grandfather an Englishman first settled in New York. William Edwards grand father first settled in Penn and then in N.C. Nancy Edwards and Duncan was from Ireland.
- If you owned land or other property at the opening of the war, state what kind of property you owned, and state the value of your property as near as you can: Father owned a farm.
- Did you or your parents own slaves? If so, how many? No, did not own slaves.
- If your parents owned land, state about how many acres: About 100 acres.
- State as near as you can the value of all the property owned by your parents, including land when the war opened: About 100 acres worth $500.00.
- What kind of house did your parents occupy. State whether it was a log house or frame house or (can't read)…the number of rooms it had. (Can't read) Country Log House.
- As a boy and young man, state what kind of work you did. If you worked on a farm.. (copy blacked out): As a boy I worked on the farm… public and private school… (copy blacked out)
- State clearly what kind of work your father did, and what the duties of your mother were. State all kinds of work done in the house as well as you can remember, that is, cooking, spinning, weaving, etc.: Father George W Duncan was a farmer, owned land and mill worked on the farm and run the mill at times. Mother done house work cooking spinning and weaving making our wearing apparel.
- Did your parents keep any servants? If so, how many? No slaves, only domestic white girls.
- How was honest toil – as plowing, hauling and other sorts of honest work of this class – regarded in your community? Was such work considered respectable and honorable? Yes respectable by every body.
- Did the white men of your community generally engage in such work? Yes.
- To what extent were there white men in your community leading lives of idleness and having others do their work for them? No idleness was not tolerated.
- Did the men who owned slaves mingle freely with those who did not own slaves, or did slaveholders in any way show by their actions that they felt themselves better than respectable, honorable men who did not own slaves? In verriable did associate together as friend and citizens.
- At the churches, at the schools, at public gatherings in general, did slave-holders and non-slave-holders mingle on a footing of equality? In verriable so without (can't read) up to 1860.
- Was there a friendly feeling between slave-holders and non-slave-holders in your community, or where they antagonistic to each other? Naborly and friends up 1860.
- In a political contest in which one candidate owned slaves and the other did not, did the fact that one candidate owned slaves help hire in any winning the contest? I think not.
- Were the opportunities good in your community for a poor young man, honest and industrious, to save up enough to buy a small farm or go in business for himself? It was and enough (can't read) person takin advantage of the opportunity.
- Were poor, honest, industrious young men, who were ambitious to make something out of themselves, encouraged or discouraged by slaveholders? Every body was encouraged to work and be honest.
- What kind of school or schools did you attend? Public schools 3 to 5 months and private schools after public schools expired.
- About how long did you go to school altogether? More or less each year to 1860.
- How far was it to the nearest school? Four to Five miles.
- What school or schools were in operation in your neighborhood? Public and private subscription schools.
- Was the school in your community private or public? Public and private.
- About how many months in the year did it run? Three to five… months.
- Did the boys and girls in your community attend school pretty regularly? They did
- Was the teacher of the school you attended a man or woman? Men.
- In what year and month and at what place did you enlist in the service of Confederacy or of the Federal Government? I William F Duncan was enlisted for Company M. 4th Regt Tenn Cavalry United States Army May 6th 1864 and Credited to Washington County Tenn. I was offered $750.00 to be credited to New York City as substitute for New York.
- After enlistment, where was your Company sent first? To Nashville Tennessess to Camp Catleft(?).
- How long after enlistment before your Company engaged in battle? Stoneman Raid into Georgia in June or July 1864. Sherman Campaign.
- What was the first battle you engaged in? I was on Detached service at a block house guarding a R R Bridge near Decatur Ala. Until Battle of the Gulphen(?) (?) and capture of the 3rd Tenn Cav
- State in your own way your experience in the War from this time on to its close. State where you went after the first battle – what you did, what other battles you engaged in, how long they lasted, what the results were; state how you lived in camp, how you were clothed, how you slept what you had to eat, how you were exposed to cold, hunger and disease. If you were in hospital or in prison, state your experience here.: While on Detached service sergeant in charge of 100 one hundred men having to occupy to Block House contracted fever and bowel trouble and was in a rail road and injured treated in hospital at Nashville Tennessee and AL Jeffersonville Ind(?)
- When and where were you discharged? July 12th 1865 at Nashville Tennessee
- Tell something of your trip home: I landed at home in Jonesboro Washington County Tennessee in July 1865.
- What kind of work did you take up when you came back home? Work on the farm (?) corn for a nabor for one peck of corn per day.
- Give a sketch of your life since the close of Civil War, stating what kind of business you have engaged in, where you have lived, your church relations, etc. If yo have held any office or offices, state what it was. You may state here any other facts connected with your life and experience which has not been brought out by questions.: I began work on the farm farming merch clerking in a county store in Washington County Tennessee I have lived in Bradley County Tennessee 40 years was Census Enumerator in 1890, 1990 and 1910 Justice of the Peace Member of County Court(?) Notary Public for years Depot and express Agent seven years Pension agent or Attorney. Clerk in store and assist Post Master at Tasso Bradley County Tennessee for last ten years up to the present time. A Master Mason Chatatta Lodge F&H M(?wondering if this means Free Mason, David W, his son, and John Foster Duncan, his grandson, were Masons as well -- transcribers comment). Member of the Christian Church,
- On a separate sheet give the names of great men you have known or met in your time, and tell some of the circumstances or meeting or incidents in their lives. Also add any further personal reminiscences. (Use all the space you want.): (2 attached sheets but had to do with both of his wives, not this question.)
- (can't read this question but it is about the Roster of his company and when people died. I will try to transcribe at another time, there is a lot of black copy to try to read through).
- Give here the NAME and POST OFFICE ADDRESS of living Veterans of the Civil War, whether members of your Company of not; whether Tennesseans or from other States: (In this space William writes.. Isn't it fabulous!?) I, William F Duncan Co M 4th Regt Tennessee Cavalry that is living that I know any thing of at present time. When I left Hospital I was sent to Vicksburg Miss and to New Orleans La there to Fort Barrancus Florida thru to Mobile Ala then marched by (?) to Baton Rouge La then to Nashville Tennessee by boat. Excuse me for taken up so much time, yours very truly, Wm F Duncan, Tasso Tennessee. My own hand writing, age 80 years old.
Attached Sheet 1:
Honorable John Trotwood Moore
Director Nashville Tenn
1,1 1923 Dear Sir
In reply to yours of (?) date I give you further history of myself after the Civil War. I was 1st Lieut of Co E 2nd Regt NC State Troops and (?) of the Regt and was elected Lieut Colonel of same. I married Martha Jane Hensley Sept 28th, 1865. She was mother of one sone David Washington Duncan borned March 24th 1867. He was a member of lower house of Tennessee Legislature. He was killed by Rail Road train near Cleveland Tennessee March 24th 1922. On his birthday on a crossing. He was stock inspector for Tennessee appointed by Capt Peck and Governor A A Taylor. I am yours truly,
William F Duncan
Tasso Tennessee
Attached Sheet 2:
Honorable John Trotwood Moore
Nashville Tennessee
1, 1 1923 Dear Sir,
On March the 12th 1871 I was married to Malissa Christina Briggs she was the mother of Martha E Duncan borned 8, 13 1873 now living John Thomas Duncan born January 21 1877 living William L Duncan 1, 17, 1879 living Marvin D Duncan 11, 22, 1881 died 7, 6, 1902 Isham F Duncan 1, 1, 1884 living. Oscar L Duncan 2, 16, 1886 died at Donelson Tenn 3, 31, 1921 Fredric R Duncan April 8, 1889 died 6, 8, 1890 Evan P Duncan 2, 12, 1892 now living.
My wife Malissa Christina Duncan died Nov. 5 1921. Member of the Christian Church
I am yours William F Duncan
Tasso Tennessee

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***I am not a vet. I am not a vet tech. The following post is based on my personal experience, conversations with my vet and research that I have done. You should discuss any medications you intend to give your dog with your vet. I am posting this for informational purposes only, so that interested parties have a starting point for a discussion with their vet.***
As many of us have experienced, vets routinely prescribe Ace to treat dogs with "specific" anxiety problems such as: thunderstorms, fireworks, going to the vet, riding in the car, etc. Ace dosage is calculated by weight, though your vet may recommend a higher dose for dogs that "break through" the effects of the drug.
I recently learned that Ace is not the best choice for anxiety issues. After giving the dog the drug, most dogs appear completely calm, may sleep, have problems walking, and appear generally "out of it." I had always assumed that meant that my dog was being made completely unaware of what was going on and was getting through the problematic experience the easiest way possible. Unfortunately, it would seem that this is not the case.
Ace works by slowing down the body, making the dog unable to react to the stimulus, but the mind is still functional. In other words - the dog is still aware of the anxiety/fear producing problem, but can't react. Some dogs with severe aggression or severe panic can force their way through the effects of the drug, and in the case of aggression problems they may catch their handlers unaware making the situation dangerous for all involved. The dog may actually get worse and require more Ace to knock them out because they are not learning that the stimulus is ok, they are experiencing the same fear.
Ruby has a few different noise phobias, and we have used Ace for those issues for years. Sometimes she would "break through" the drug and still react, other times she would just get completely "knocked out" by it. She also had a "hangover" from it for up to 24 hours. I do not fault my vet for prescribing ACE for Ruby's problems, Ace has been the accepted drug for these types of problems for a long time. I did not want to give her Prozac or another similar drug that requires ongoing use, so I went with the Ace for "as needed" use.
After reading a number of people's success with Xanax for their dogs, I spoke to my vet about it. She had never prescribed Xanax to a dog before, but she told me she was attending a seminar the following week and one day was being devoted to canine anxiety issues. I called her after the seminar and she said that most of the cases that were discussed were very extreme and not something seen at most practices. However, they did discuss the use of Xanax or similarly classed drugs, and recommended them for prescribing to "known and trusted clients." It is important to note that Xanax is obviously used for people as well, so the chances of use by individuals other than the pet is something that a vet has to take into account. Don't be insulted if you talk to your vet about it and they are not comfortable with prescribing it. It's not "personal."
I have had to use Xanax for Ruby twice since I got it, and it has been a miracle drug for her. Her reactions to thunderstorms is extreme: huge amounts of drool, shaking, pacing, vocalization, panting and an almost inability to react or comprehend any interaction with us. Within 15 minutes of giving her the lower dose recommended, she is calm and relaxed. Both times she has fallen to sleep, but is alert to noise and wakes up easily. We have not observed any hangover affect at this point.
If you are using Ace for anxiety problems with your dog, it may be worth a conversation with your vet about alternate medication. Xanax has been great for us so far, but all dogs are different and your dog may not react as well to it. There are other drugs in this "family" that may work better for your dog.
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Opinion: A gun plan that works - or would, if funded
One of President Obama's most popular proposals for regulating guns is expanding firearm background checks to cover most private gun sales in addition to sales by licensed gun dealers. More than 80 percent of the public supports such universal background checks, including a majority of National Rifle Association members.
Yet even if the proposal survives a gantlet on Capitol Hill, its effectiveness will be compromised from Day One: Too much of the information needed to make the system work is missing.
Gun checks by the FBI's National Instant Criminal Background Check System can't keep firearms out of the wrong hands when information on a prohibited buyer is missing. This fact was underscored by the 2007 Virginia Tech tragedy. The NICS check didn't stop the sale of guns to shooter Seung-Hui Cho because information about his mental-health history wasn't in the system.
Congress responded by passing the NICS Improvement Act, authorizing $1.3 billion in grants to fund state agencies and court systems to create the necessary information infrastructure. Yet even after additional mass shootings, the authorized sums were never requested by the president or appropriated by Congress; indeed, the plan has received only token funding -- $50 million since 2009, or 4 percent of the authorized amount. As a result, information collection remains uneven, the databases full of gaps.
Obama supports increasing spending on the NICS Improvement Act from $5 million in 2012 to $20 million in 2013 and $50 million in 2014. This is nowhere near enough.
Rather than let the system fail due to insufficient funds, we should emulate the investment approach taken by the government's DNA Initiative, which for the past eight years has helped state and local governments outfit their DNA laboratories and dramatically decrease backlogs of unanalyzed DNA samples from convicted offenders, arrestees and crime scenes.
With total funding to states ranging from $100 million to $150 million annually, the DNA Initiative transformed the Combined DNA Index System, the FBI system that links all states' DNA databases, increasing total profiles in the system from 2 million in 2004 to more than 11.3 million today. The total number of CODIS program hits that have aided investigations has climbed from 19,000 in 2004 to more than 190,000 today.
Like DNA databases, NICS can yield benefits only if it contains relevant information. Acquiring that information requires significant investment in information technology at the state level. States only provide this information voluntarily, and their ability to do so hinges largely on resources being made available.
Data on people with dangerous mental-health histories is in especially short supply. According to a Government Accountability Office study, in 2004 states had provided only 126,000 mental health records to NICS. By 2011 that number had increased to 1.2 million, and the additional records had a drastic effect: NICS mental-health denials increased from 365 in 2004 to 2,124 in 2011.
Despite such progress, a recent analysis by Mayors Against Illegal Guns, which was co-founded by Bloomberg LP's principal owner, Michael Bloomberg, reports that 18 states have submitted fewer than 100 mental health records to NICS; 13 states reported fewer than 10; and Rhode Island reported none.
Even among states that have submitted thousands of records, reporting is still far from complete. Connecticut, for example, has made 14,000 NICS mental health submissions in recent years, but more than 16,000 such disqualifying records have never been input.
A GAO report identified inadequate technology as a major challenge to state reporting of mental-health information. Updating aging computer systems and integrating existing systems to accommodate information from numerous sources, such as courts, private hospitals, and state mental health offices, is cumbersome and expensive.
Mental-health information is generally not captured by a single state agency. Involuntary commitments, for example, typically generate manual records in non-law-enforcement agencies.
Privacy concerns also present a challenge. But states may never even grapple with such issues if a lack of resources prevents them from compiling the information in the first place.
The U.S. spent plenty of money on justice grants over the past five years -- more than $14 billion. We just chose not to spend much on NICS. Given the technology challenges faced by thousands of state courts and agencies, a few million dollars per state simply doesn't get the job done.
If the requisite funding for NICS improvement grants is not forthcoming, then Congress should consider other approaches to achieve the same end. One possibility is to mandate that a share of law-enforcement-assistance funds provided to states be set aside for information-system enhancements.
Unlike other proposals in the president's plan, fully funding NICS improvements requires no new laws. And if Congress and the president do eventually adopt universal background checks but don't also fully fund NICS, the new policy is bound to fail when information remains missing.
-- Frank A.S. Campbell is the chief executive officer of Highland Strategies, a Washington-based security-consulting and background-screening resource company. Previously he served as a deputy assistant attorney general for legal policy at the Department of Justice, where he helped design and oversee the NICS program and start the president's DNA Initiative.


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I spend eight God-awful hours a day, six days a week, lugging lumber as mosquitoes whine around my head. I didn't sign on for babysitting. Especially not on Father's Day.
My 10-year-old brother, Rob, rambles about his morning. I concentrate on last night's leftovers, dragging a slice of Italian bread through the spaghetti sauce.
"How's the internship, Pete?" Mom says.
Heinous. Craptastic. "Pretty terrible," I say. The sauce warms my mouth. "I signed on for preservation, not manual labor."
Mom nods.
"I should probably drop out of school if that's my future." Across the table, Rob scoops a meatball onto his plate. His tongue sticks out in concentration. Meanwhile Nick, who's two years younger than me but carries on like he's 50, looks like he's ready to grab the meatball off the spoon and eat it. But since he's Nick, he'll do nothing.
"You always made really cool things out of Legos," Rob says.
"You could always go into education," Mom says with a significant lift of her eyebrows.
Great idea. Since I love kids so much. "I know."
And I do know. I've heard it from everyone who asks, "What are you going to do with an art degree?" I thought it each night before a committee review, rethinking every flaw in every piece. Before my senior review — that was the worst. I almost called Mom to say, "The jig is up. I'm outta here. Forget this artist thing."
But I always had a plan: first, the undergraduate degree in fine arts, and now the master's degree from San Diego with a career path — preferably working behind the scenes at a museum, restoring old paintings to new life, sitting in a corner where no one can bother me. Mom's not so fond of that plan, either.
"Going anywhere today?" Mom asks.
Yes is my default answer. My best friend invited me to his family's Father's Day celebration. "We do it the German way," he said. I didn't realize there was such a way. "Your cup will overfloweth." Tempting. But I'm not up for celebrating such a holiday.
"Up in the air right now," I say instead.
That's when Mom gives Nick a significant look, then shoots me the same. "The three of you should do something together."
I almost laugh.
Rob lifts his head mid-meatball bite, eyes wide.
Nick, damn him, says, "Like what?" He doesn't even look annoyed.
"We could go to the movies," Rob says through a mouthful of meatball. "There's this really cool movie that's based on the game . . ."
"A movie about a video game? Please."
Nick gives me the "don't be a jerk" look. Okay, Nick, like you want to spend two hours of your life watching men in costumes say, "We must unlock the witching spell. To the guild we go."
Rob stares at me. I'd go so far as to call it "withering." Didn't know my little brother had it in him. "What do you want to do, Pete?"
Sleep. My arms ache. Bruises line my shins from tripping up and down stairs. Instead I lie in bed scratching the infinite mosquito bites on my ankles, knees, stomach, knowing that sleep won't come.
Mom's eyes on me, too. I can't escape.
"Let's go on an adventure," Nick says.
"Where?" Rob keeps looking at me, like I'll get up from the table and run if he breaks eye contact.
"A destination to be determined." Clearly Nick has no idea.
"Like the time you got a flat tire?"
"Nick took you on an adventure and he got a flat tire?" I say.
Rob giggles. "Yeah. It was pretty funny."
With that, I feel destiny pulse through me, summoning my strength. Time to be the cool brother. "Then we're going on a better one tonight."
Father's Day in Mosaic Lake chokes Main Street with minivans. All those families drive back and forth, before sitting down to dinner.
I honk at a woman pushing a stroller across the street.
"Dude. That's a twin stroller. Calm down," Nick says.
She doesn't react to the honk. Just moves slowly, her large hips swaying from side to side. Like I have all day to sit and watch her.
"How do you handle living here?" I say.
Nick shrugs. "Trying to figure that out."
"Liar. You love it here."
"No." Nick watches as I speed around the woman. "I get frustrated, too."
"Frustration is the least of it. If you really wanted out, you'd already be gone." Okay, so sometimes I try to bait Nick. I've tried to since childhood. It's maddening, the way he never reacts. His face scrunches for a second and then flattens. I wait for the zinger. It never arrives. You could call it passive-aggressive except there's no aggression. It's unnatural, that's what it is.
"Where is Dad buried?" Rob asks.
"Uh. What?" Nick and I look at each other and then out the window at the gray tombstones of St. Paul's Cemetery, almost hidden behind the mayhem of Main Street. "Where did that come from?" I say.
Rob's face is serious in the mirror. "I've never been to his grave."
Nick can handle this conversation. Not me. But his hands and eyes dart to the radio. What a great brother.
I clear my throat. "Dad was cremated."
"Where are the ashes?" Rob stares at me in mirror, leaning forward.
"Lake Ontario," Nick says. "He grew up in Toronto and he loved anything that had to do with water."
"Is Lake Ontario far?"
"It's a good few hours," I say. Too far or not far enough, I don't know.
"Oh." Rob's eyes are thoughtful. "Maybe we can go there one day."
"We could," Nick says. "It's really beautiful."
"Okay." Rob nods and leans back, as if that's all the confirmation he needs.
I push up the volume and now some '90s song that I'd never listen to fills the car. "Why do you volunteer me for these things?" I hiss.
"What things?" Nick says.
"Lake Ontario! I don't want to go back there."
"Maybe it would be good to take him eventually, though. I can do it." Of course he'd say that.
I remember the scratchiness of my collared shirt (Dad never would have made me wear one, though Mom insisted), the dryness of my throat though the breeze was thick with humidity. I remember the music. One of Dad's friends strummed "Amazing Grace" on the guitar. In the days and months after, the memory of soft chords came to me as I tried to fall asleep. Painful or beautiful, I could never tell. The night I dropped the guitar was the first and only time I'd tried to play the song. It was late and I was sleepless and somehow thought it would be a lullaby. A whole lot of good that did me.
I remember the brisk breeze even though it was April. The smoke stacks from Oswego blurred to gray by early fog, the wide expanse of so much water that was like an ocean. The look on Mom's face — gray and cold as the lake — that I couldn't stand to look at. I had worked so hard to not cry.
"Where are we going?" Pete breaks the silence.
"How about ice cream?" Rob says.
"Lactose-intolerant. Sorry."
"Since when?" I say.
"Well, I had cheese a few weeks ago and then all these bumps appeared on my arm."
"Did you eat cheese after that?"
"I don't remember," Pete mutters.
I roll my eyes. "Any better ideas?"
"What, me breaking out in hives is a good idea?"
"Mini golf? Bowling?" Rob says.
"Too many mosquitoes. And my arms hurt."
"No offense, Pete, but you're lame," Rob says.
Pete doesn't respond. Just drives faster.
Back in the day Pete would have been the first one out the door. "C'mon, Ma, let's go," he'd say as Mom zipped up Rob's jacket.
"The mountain's not going anywhere," Mom would say.
But Pete's foot bounced against the floor, urging us out of the house and into the car and up the winding gold-and-red-leaf-lined road to the clearing on Farrow's Mountain, where we stepped as close to the edge as we dared and looked over the valley. Ripples of orange, red, yellow rolling down the mountain. Whispers of smoke from unseen chimneys. Mosaic Lake so tiny, so pristine that it no longer looked like ours. "We are the kings," Pete always said. Then he'd nod at Mom. "And the queen."
Those were the good times. The old feeling. I'm not certain when the old feeling ended but I know for certain when it returns, soft as a ghost and just as fleeting. It comes back on nights when Pete tells me about San Diego. It comes back when the four of us laugh together at the dinner table. Or when Pete and I both understand a joke or thought that goes over our friends' heads, and we look at each other significantly. But most of the time the feeling seems to have fled elsewhere. Very far elsewhere.
"I have an idea," I say as we approach the flashing red. "Go left."
Rob sits up straighter. "We're actually going somewhere?"
"That's right."
* * *
In third grade Mrs. Rakowski lowered her reading glasses as she called attendance, as if she couldn't trust what she saw. "Nick Galveston."
"Here," I said.
"Brother of Pete?"
She sighed.
While Pete picked fights on the back of the bus as a fifth-grader, I spent third grade clearing the Galveston name. My spelling tests returned with "Stellar!" and gold stars. My map of Canada still hangs in the Seven Village Elementary School. Now Rob has no "Brother of Pete?" reputation to fight against.
That was how it went: Pete ranted and rumbled and ultimately handed in just enough homework to pass. I came through two years after and cleaned up the mess. Pete has the opinions. I have the memories.
* * *
"This is a waste of gas," Pete says under his breath as the car crawls behind an R.V. on Farrow's Mountain Path. "You and your aimless driving."
"It's not aimless. I gave you a direction," I say. Pete rolls his eyes.
"Ooh," Rob says. "I love this song."
"What is it?" I can barely make out a noise from the speakers.
"Bon Jovi. Mom listens to him all the time."
"Mom listens to Bon Jovi?" I glance at Pete. My brother raises the volume just as J.B.J. sings about how only the names will change.
"You and Mom rock out?" A small smile on Pete's face. "Who does vocals?"
Rob looks back and forth between us in the rearview mirror. I can tell he's torn. Betray Mom with this potentially embarrassing information? Or divulge so that his older brothers can share in the secret?
"We take turns," Rob says finally. "But she really likes 'Living On A Prayer.' This one's my favorite."
We listen to the guitar. My fingers start beating against the dashboard in time with the drums. Pete swings over the dotted yellow and passes the RV, head nodding the whole way. Eyes closed with his blond hair swinging across his forehead, Rob sings in his best rock star impersonation. It's solid for a prepubescent kid, I think, or maybe I'm just carried away by my drumming skills.
We hit the scenic overlook parking lot at full speed, windows open. Children with parents skipping down the sidewalk, ice cream dripping to the pavement, barefoot girls with arms around boyfriends, all of their heads turning to the dark blue car that flies up next to the guardrail, Mosaic Lake shimmering below us, all of them hearing the three of us shout, "I've seen a million faces, and I've ROCKED them all!"
We have regained the throne.
Diana Gallagher earned a master's of fine arts degree in writing and literature at Stony Brook Southampton. She teaches fiction, essay, poetry, and playwriting through the Young American Writers Project. "Three Kings" is an excerpt from her novel, "Mexico," which follows the lives of three brothers in upstate New York.


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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Cupcake Collage
Yesterday we focused on collages in a class for 3-5 year olds and in Drop-in Art where children of all ages come to create.
In the class we talked about sweet treats, especially cupcakes! We visited the gallery to view the new works and read the book, If You Give a Cat a Cupcake by Laura Numeroff.
We went over our steps but I have reminders on the board.
Supplies are ready to go:
Tables were supplied with baskets full of scrap paper, tissue paper, sequins, hole punches, glue sticks, yarn, scissors, background paper, 3 pre-cut cupcake bottoms and 3 icing tops. I explained that the tops for the icing could be covered and decorated or used as a template to trace on scrap paper and then the scrap paper could be cut out and used.
The children were instructed to decorate all 3 cupcakes differently. I think we succeeded! So much fun!
First ground our cupcakes with a semi circle. Then glue cupcake bottoms:
Now we start to top our cupcakes and decorate our papers!
You will need:
-9x12 heavy paper for background (we used tagboard)
-Various scrapbook papers
- Brown cardstock for cupcake bottoms (I pre-cut)
-White cardstock for icing tops (I pre-cut)
-Tissue paper
-Hole punches
-Glue Sticks
-Yarns, sequins,other embellishments
Here are some of our finished creations! Are you hungry yet? :)
18 comments:
- Art at Chesterbrook Academy Elementary School said...
I love mixed media projects.
These cupcakes are adorable.
I love the variety of textures.
- September 25, 2011 at 1:04 PM
- Fine Lines said...
I love the whimsy in each and every one of these!! Great use of materials!
- September 25, 2011 at 1:27 PM
- mrspicasso said...
They look fantastic!
- September 25, 2011 at 2:15 PM
- Wendy said...
Love your blog!-- I found it through Pinterest. These are great crafts!
- September 29, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- MulticoloredPieces said...
As usual, a marvelous project. Love how you had the kids look at artwork first. The results are just so fun. I want to do this too!
best, nadia
- October 9, 2011 at 11:12 AM
- Tracy said...
what an awesome project! i can't wait to try this with my daughter!
- October 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM
- Steve and Eden said...
are you alright?
- October 28, 2011 at 9:25 AM
- Aimee from Classified: Mom said...
I love this idea! We are going to do this NOW with my kids! I would love it if you linked this idea up to The Sunday Showcase - a child centered linky and share it with others!
- October 29, 2011 at 5:14 PM
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- November 10, 2011 at 9:05 PM
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Look at this photos, these are seeming too good.. loving it!
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A few weeks back I was testing out some basic yellow cake recipes for my Boston cream pie cupcakes. I found this cake recipe in my recipe folder. It was written on a sheet of binder paper and the origin of the recipe is now long forgotten. But it was for the cake part of Boston cream pie so I thought it would be a nice cupcake base for my BCP cupcakes. Boy was I wrong!
I made one 9-inch round cake and 12 standard (4-ounce capacity well) cupcakes from the batter (instead of two 9-inch rounds). Even though I know I followed the recipe exactly and I filled my muffin wells no more than two-thirds full, the batter swelled to monstrous proportions in the oven and formed one large "uni-muffin" top. I thought the 9-inch cake would fare better, but as the baked cake cooled, the center sank (along with my hopes for a successful baking session).
Well, my husband and I each tried one-twelfth of the "uni-muffin" monster. It smelled and tasted pretty good, but it was such a shame that they were so ugly. I hate to see perfectly good food go to waste, so I gave the remainder of the cupcake creature to my parents (who can totally look past the ugliness of food) and they, in turn, fed them to my niece and nephews (who just like to eat cake). I then sliced the sunken 9-inch cake into wedges and topped it with a quick chocolate glaze. Imagine my surprise when it was a big hit at the office! I guess the moral of the story is there's nothing a little chocolate can't fix.
Yellow Cake
3 cups sifted cake flour
1 tbsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
8 ounces unsalted butter, softened
2 cups granulated sugar
4 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 1/4 cup buttermilk, at room temp.
Preheat oven to 350F. Butter and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
Sift together cake flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and then eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
On low speed, beat in the flour alternatively with the buttermilk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Scrape batter into prepared pans.
Bake until cakes are light golden brown and tester comes out clean, about 30 minutes. Cool cakes in the pan on cooling racks.
Quick Chocolate Glaze
6 ounces (1 cup) semisweet or bitterweet chocolate, chopped
1 1/2 ounces (3 tbsp) butter
2 tbsp light corn syrup
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Place chocolate, butter and corn syrup in a small, heavy-bottomed saucepan over low heat. Stir until chocolate melts and mixture comes together, about 2-3 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Use immediately.


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Miriam Carey, a 34 year-old dental hygienist, created a media frenzy last week when she was shot and killed by Capitol police after ramming a White House barricade in her car while her one-year-old daughter was in the back seat. Why did she do it? What mental illness did she suffer from?
Ms. Carey's mother said her daughter was diagnosed with postpartum depression after her baby was born, and months later she was hospitalized for feeling sick and depressed. Some media outlets took that to mean that postpartum depression was behind Ms. Carey's erratic behavior. These assumptions threaten to stigmatize women who experience postpartum depression — about half a million women in the U.S. annually — and dissuade them from getting needed mental health care, when this disorder is already under-diagnosed.
Moreover, some news media highlighted the fact that Ms. Carey was African American and that African American women have higher postpartum depression rates than white women. While it is true that some studies suggest that, other studies show no such racial differences. More importantly, studies show that socioeconomic differences account for racial differences in postpartum depression. Ms. Carey was a single mother who was fired from her job while pregnant and had been sued by her condominium association for failure to pay fees. Lack of social support, the stress of being fired, and financial troubles are the more likely explanations of Ms. Carey's deteriorating mental health than her race.
While postpartum depression is characterized by symptoms such as diminished interest, fear and guilt, insomnia, and in extreme cases suicidal thoughts, it does not usually result in endangering a woman's life or her child's, or in delirious thoughts such as Ms. Carey's reported belief she was the "Prophet of Stamford" or that President Barack Obama was monitoring her. However, another mental disorder — postpartum psychosis, characterized by delirious thoughts, inability to function and frequent hallucinations — can result in maternal suicide and infanticide. Fortunately, it has low prevalence of about 1 or 2 per 1,000 deliveries.
Ms. Carey's sister reported that she had been diagnosed with postpartum depression with psychosis, underwent treatment, and was reducing her medication intake under a doctor's supervision. Ms. Carey's 54-year-old boyfriend had called the Connecticut police twice in 2012 to report her delusional behavior that endangered the life of their daughter. Additionally, discharge papers from a 2012 mental health evaluation listed two psychiatric drugs that Ms. Carey was taking: Risperidone, an antipsychotic usually used in the treatment of schizophrenia and bipolar disorders, and Escitalopram, an antidepressant. Patients with postpartum psychosis are usually treated with a combination of antipsychotics and antidepressants.
Ms. Carey's specific mental disorder has not been confirmed. While postpartum depression can begin any time during the first six months after delivery, postpartum psychosis often appears within the first two weeks. However, if not adequately treated, both disorders may last beyond the first postpartum year. The bottom line is that both mental disorders have negative consequences on families and society and that little baby Erica will spend the rest of her life without her mother.
We should be asking, what are we doing to prevent and treat mental health disorders among new mothers? The Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare) includes a provision that calls on the secretary of Health and Human Services to expand research into the causes and treatment of postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis, and to support information and education programs to increase awareness of these disorders. Another provision encourages the secretary to fund projects that establish cost-efficient systems that deliver effective and comprehensive services to persons with or at risk for these postpartum disorders, and to address the needs of their families. Also, under the Affordable Care Act the state-based insurance exchanges are offering different tiers of benefit packages, all of which must have a base level package that includes mental health coverage.
The current government shutdown, amid which the Capitol tragedy occurred, was caused by some members of Congress refusing to pass a new spending bill unless it defunds, derails or chips away at Obamacare. Perhaps the media conversation should focus on this paradox instead of speculations on what mental disorder Miriam Carey suffered from.
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The MIAA champion Flying Dutchmen will begin play in the NCAA Division III golf championships on Tuesday, May 15.
The four-day, 72-hole tournament will be played on two courses, the Praire View Golf Club in Carmel, Ind. and The Hawthorns Golf and Country Club in Fishers, Ind.
The championships have an expanded field by virtue of giving champions in NCAA-affiliated conferences automatic berths. The field of 35 teams will be cut to 24 teams after 36 holes of competition.
The Flying Dutchmen will be making their fifth appearance in the national tournament, the fourth since 2000. A year ago the team was 17th in a field of 23 teams. In fact, Hope has been 17th in each of its national tournament appearances -- 1987, 1988, 2000 and 2006.
Hope's national entry is identical to the squad that competed a year ago -- senior captain Nate Golomb of Schoolcraft, Mich. (Schoolcraft HS), junior Matt Lapham of Brighton, Mich. (Brighton HS), junior Steve Martindale of Midland, Mich. (H.H. Dow HS), junior Ryan Sheets of Saline, Mich. (Saline HS), and junior Tommy Yamaoka of Zeeland, Mich. (Zeeland East HS). Sophomore Don Kring of Williamsburg, Mich. (St. Francis HS) will be the alternate.
The rankings and scores of Hope's golf at the 2006 nationals were: Tommy Yamaoka, 36th ( 80-75-74-80--309), Matt Lapham, 51st (81-72-80-80-313), Nate Golomb, 64th (77-78-81-81--317), Ryan Sheets, 74th (81-79-78-82--320), and Steve Martindale, 104th (81-83-82-86--332).
Hope earned a berth by virtue of winning the MIAA conference title last fall. The Flying Dutchmen captured their fourth consecutive MIAA championship in record form. Coach Bob Ebels' Dutchmen set an MIAA record for margin of victory in the seasonal standings ending 70 strokes ahead of runnerup Olivet by winning six of the league's eight tournaments.
Lapham captured the MIAA medalist honor by averaging 71.8 strokes over the eight tournaments. His average was the second best in league history. Yamoaka achieved All-MIAA first team honors for the third year in-a-row. Golomb also achieved All-MIAA first team recognition. Sheets and Martindale each received All-MIAA second team recognition.


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WATERTOWN, MASS (WRCB) - A resident of Watertown, Massachusetts posted photos that appear to show the shootout between the Boston Marathon bombers and police on Friday morning.
On his company's website, Andrew Kitzenberg writes:
On Thursday night [Friday morning] at 12:45am EST. I was in my living room working on my computer when I heard multiple "pops" coming from outside. At that point, I had no idea that I was about to become an eye witness to the biggest news story in the country.
When I looked outside my window, I could clearly see two people (the Tsarnaev brothers) taking cover behind an SUV and engaging in gunfire. After witnessing shots being fired I promptly ran up the stairs to my 3rd floor bedroom to distance myself a little further away from the gunfire. As I ran into my room, overwhelmed by shock, adrenaline, and curiosity, I jumped onto my bed to stay below the windows but also have a clear view at the shooters and photograph the event. As soon as I was laying safely on my bed I started taking pictures with my iPhone 5 and captured the following images that documented the terrifying shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers, which then led to an overnight citywide manhunt.
After being evacuated from our home, we spent a long and emotionally straining day in our neighbor's house down the block. My roommates and I are all very grateful that we made it through such a terrifying event unharmed. These kind of horrifying events make you realize how precious life really is and the need to cherish every moment you have. You quickly reflect on the people that surround you and how important those relationships are in your life. I know I am truly blessed to have my health and safety after this horrible event and am thankful for every person that has touched my life. Thank you to all of my family, friends, and the incredible number of people who reached out with love and support.
Editor Note: Watertown resident Andrew Kitzenberg says he took photos of the shoot-out which occurred on his street while taking cover in his room Friday morning. He originally posted these photos on his company's website and made the photos available to the media. His company's website, www.getonhand.com, is raising money for the official fundraising effort www.onefundboston.com. The ONE FUND Boston effort raised $20 million in the first week.


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Essentials for Corn Salad
There are, I think, three essential ingredients to this salad—corn, which you can grill or even prepare by toasting frozen kernels on the stovetop, onions, and cumin. The rest is a medley of whatever fresh vegetables you might have on hand.
In this case I had zucchini and a serrano chile pepper from my garden and a big red bell pepper. I tossed in some cotija cheese for good measure.
Although this is a grilled corn salad the other vegetables benefit from some searing heat as well. A simple seasoning of cumin, salt, pepper, olive oil and vinegar or lime juice pulls everything together.
I made this for my parents today and my father insisted that "this one needs to go on the site" while polishing it off. Enjoy!
Grilled Corn Salad RecipePrint
- 4 ears of corn, do not shuck (or 2 1/2 cups frozen corn for the non-grill option)
- 1 large red bell pepper
- 1 5-inch long zucchini, sliced in half lengthwise
- 1/2 cup chopped red onion
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro
- 1 serrano chili pepper, seeded and minced (optional)
- 1 teaspoon ground cumin (best if you toast whole cumin seeds then grind)
- 1/4 cup crumbly salty cheese such as feta or cotija (optional)
- 2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 Tbsp cider vinegar or lime juice
- Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste
1 Grill corn, bell pepper, and zucchini: Prepare your grill for high, direct heat. Oil the grill grates.
Rub a little olive oil over the bell pepper. Place the corn (in their husks) and red bell pepper directly on the grill grates. (See our method for grilling corn-on-the-cob.) Cover the grill.
Turn corn occasionally, so that every part of the husk is blackened. Turn the red bell pepper occasionally until the skin has blistered up all around it. This should take 15 to 20 minutes.
For the last 5 minutes or so, rub olive oil over the zucchini pieces and place the zucchini pieces directly on the grill grate, cut side down. Turn them over after a few minutes when they have some nice grill marks on them. Let them cook for just a minute or two on the other side.
1a - no grill version Alternatively you can prepare the vegetables on the stove-top. Shuck the corn and use a knife to remove the kernels from the cobs. If you don't have fresh corn, you can easily use frozen. Coat the bottom of a large, sturdy relatively stick-free (can use cast iron) pan with a little olive oil. Heat the pan to high. Spread out the corn kernels on the pan. If frozen, they will defrost almost immediately. Don't stir them that much, just let them cook, stirring occasionally, until they start to toast. When they get a little browned, remove them from the pan to a bowl. Lay the zucchini pieces on the pan and brown on both sides, do not over cook, remove from pan. The bell pepper does not need to be cooked, it can just be seeded and chopped fine.
2 Remove husks, strip corn from cobs: Let the corn cool down for a few minutes and pull back the husks. Stand the corn husks vertically, tip facing down, in a large shallow bowl or baking dish. Use a sharp knife to make long, downward strokes, removing the kernels from the cob, as you work your way around the cob.
3 Remove charred peel, seeds, stem from bell pepper, chop: Place charred bell pepper in a bowl and cover with a plate so that it steams in its own heat. Once the bell pepper has cooled a bit, remove the charred peel. Cut open the pepper, remove the seeds and stem. Chop the bell pepper into small pieces.
4 Chop zucchini: Slice the slightly browned zucchini again lengthwise and chop into small pieces.
5 Assemble salad: Place grilled or toasted corn kernels, chopped bell pepper, chopped zucchini, red onion, cilantro, and serrano (if using) into a large bowl.
Add the cumin, olive oil, vinegar or lime juice, and crumbly cheese (if using). Mix gently. Salt and pepper to taste.
Serve cold or at room temperature.
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Halfbrick has announced the release date of their newest mobile game -- Colossatron: Massive World Threat. It'll hit both iOS and Android marketplaces on December 19th, and will be a universal app for the former. Halfbrick is responsible for some of the most fun games on the mobile platform (like Fruit Ninja and Jetpack Joyride), so I'm excited to see what they have up their sleeve next.
There isn't a whole lot to go on in the trailer, but I love the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles/90s cartoon feel of the cutscenes. Expect a full review at launch!
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