Posts by date: September 2009

Jupiter lighthouse

Posted by Andy on Sep 28, 2009 with 1 Comment
in photography

Lynne and I got married right under the big tree.

Lynne and I got married right under the big tree.

Water baby

Posted by Andy on Sep 27, 2009 with No Comments
in funny, poetry

waterbaby

made with Bryce

Grizzly encounter

Posted by Andy on Sep 25, 2009 with No Comments
in family, funny, memory lane

This is from our trip to Alaska. A real grizzly encounter. Luckily I had my video camera on!

(format is Flash. You might need to right-click and go to “play” to play the movie)

Wit

Posted by Andy on Sep 25, 2009 with No Comments
in funny

Benjamin Disraeli, England’s Prime Minister in the late 1800’s was known for his quick wit. One day, the King decided to put him to the test in front of all the other ministers. “I understand, Mr. Disraeli,” he said, “that you can make a pun on any subject. Please, make a pun about me.”
While all [...]

Sad girl

Posted by Andy on Sep 24, 2009 with No Comments
in photography

Portrait of my mother as a butterfly

Posted by Andy on Sep 23, 2009 with No Comments
in family, memory lane, photography

This is the second anniversary of my mother’s passing. I miss you, Mom.
Here’s what the rabbi said at her funeral:
Eleonor Roman was born in Austria-Hungary in 1915 in the small village of Vrbovce (VR-BOV-TSEH). She met her husband, Paul, while visiting her brother’s scout camp, and their encounter evolved into a beautiful romance. They married [...]

If you want to build a ship

Posted by Andy on Sep 23, 2009 with No Comments
in Quotes

“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood
and don’t assign them tasks and work,
but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”
— Antoine de Saint Exupery

The Dump

Posted by Andy on Sep 23, 2009 with No Comments
in memory lane

When I was about six, we moved into what I recognize now as a temporary low-rent high-rise apartment in the D.C. area. We shared a blinking black and white TV with others in the musty, ragged-carpeted lobby, we walked up dark stairwells to our place, and I slept on a roll-away bed in [...]

Prem Rawat speaking about peace”The Core is You”

Posted by Andy on Sep 22, 2009 with No Comments
in self-knowledge

Wise as serpents

Posted by Andy on Sep 21, 2009 with No Comments
in Quotes

“Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.”
Matthew 10:16