I miss you Sam!!

I miss you Sam!!
I miss you Sam!!

Saturday, October 3, 2015

One Quiet Moment


Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me.

A Nightmare in Oregon

Sometimes I guess we all wonder – when does the violence, horror and death end???

We just had a mass killing in a college town not far from Portland – Medford, Oregon. Ten students killed and the killer was shot as well.

Today I only want to ask all of you to hold good thoughts for the parents who are suffering such a great loss.

Thank you.

Friday, October 2, 2015

One Quiet Moment

Years wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul.
-- Author Unknown

Ah, Some of That Wisdom, Humor and Beauty for the Day!!


Not all who wonder are lost. -J.R.R. Tolkien



It's a lot like nuts and bolts - if the rider’s nuts, the horse bolts.

-Nicholas Evans



My life has a superb cast, but I can't figure out the plot. -Ashleigh Brilliant

Life is like a ten speed bicycle. Most of us have gears we never use.

-Charles Schulz



I believe that horses bring out the best in us. They judge us not by how we look, what we're wearing or how powerful or rich we are, they judge us in terms of sensitivity, consistency, and patience. -Clare Bolding

Listen twice as much as you talk, since you were born with two ears and one mouth. -Terri Farley


Thursday, October 1, 2015

Sky Watch!!

Welcome to this week’s Sky Watch and a great opportunity to see the beautiful skies from all over the world!!  Our skies in Portland and Seattle are always glorious, but even more so it seems in the Fall. Hope you enjoy and wishing you a beautiful weekend!!
October is a symphony of permanence and change.
Bonaro W. Overstreet
The hooded clouds, like friars,
  Tell their beads in drops of rain.
      - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
There is the sky, which is all men's together.
The Sky is the daily bread of the imagination
Ralph Waldo Emerson

What Can I Say?

What Can I Say?
I'm interested in almost everything. Use to like to travel, but it's too expensive now. I take Tai Chi classes, swim, volunteer in a Jump-start program for pre-schoolers. I'm an avid reader and like nearly everyone these days I follow politics avidly. I'm a former teacher and Special Projects Coordinator for a Telecommunications company, Assistant to the President of a Japanese silicon wafer manufacturing company. Am now enjoying retirement -- most of the time. I have two daughters, one son-in-law and two sons scattered all over the country. No grandchildren.

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