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Family Letters - By the Way...

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I've finally wrapped up a bit of a genealogy project--scanning and transcribing a set of letters that my great-aunt wrote back to her family from Europe while she was with the Red Cross after WWII. I really enjoyed reading them, and I was kind of surprised at just how "long ago" some of the scenes she described sounded to me. My favorite part of the project came near the end of the stack of letters, though. When she was transferred to Schweinfurt, she wrote:

Happiness on Amazon - By the Way...

Jun 30, 2008
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Happiness on Amazon - By the Way...

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A few weeks ago while Mom and I were putting together a slide show for Dad's 70th birthday, I was poking around on Amazon for some appropriate tunes. On a whim, I searched for The Irish Rovers. I didn't expect to find anything, because this record has always been my first search on a new music service, so of course I'd looked for it back when Amazon first introduced MP3 downloads. Somehow it hadn't occurred to me that they'd be adding to their offerings.... (Duh!)

Kuler is cooooool..... - By the Way...

Jun 22, 2008
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Kuler is cooooool..... - By the Way...

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I'm relaxing today, making scrapbook pages from some recent pictures. I read about Adobe's Kuler in the latest issue of Digital Scrapbooking, and decided to go check it out. One of things you can do is point it at a flickr picture, and it will generate a set of colors that go with that picture.

Greetings from Sunny(vale) CA - By the Way...

Jun 19, 2008
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Greetings from Sunny(vale) CA - By the Way...

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"The Californians were of two factions, a revolution having occurred just a few months before. (California revolution: by proclamation. No unthrifty waste of gunpowder, no indecorous blood-letting, just some heroic marching and a fierce barrage of rh...

Lots of Pretty and Shiny - By the Way...

Jun 10, 2008
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Lots of Pretty and Shiny - By the Way...

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How gorgeous is all that?! A few weeks ago when the MO was out of town on business, I was clicking through tv channels and happened across something called Jewelry TV.... Oh my. If they had been selling their finished jewelry at that point, all this ...

Rooooooooooooad Trip! - By the Way...

Apr 27, 2008
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Rooooooooooooad Trip! - By the Way...

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The MO and I headed to Dallas this weekend with Prime Time Lou and the Fiberglass Badger to celebrate their 17th wedding anniversary with a trip to Ranger Stadium in Arlington to see a Rangers baseball game.

This makes perfect sense.... - By the Way...

Apr 23, 2008
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This makes perfect sense.... - By the Way...

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I always wondered how the cats got things re-haired so efficiently....

San Antonio - By the Way...

Apr 23, 2008
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San Antonio - By the Way...

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We spent the weekend in San Antonio

Lounge Cat - By the Way...

Apr 16, 2008
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Lounge Cat - By the Way...

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When I got home this evening, Mel was lounging in this very odd pose.... I went and grabbed the camera, and she actually stayed there for a while so I got some good pictures.