Bridget's 4th Birthday!! Total Madness. . . as it should be. . .

Yeah! Bridget had her 4th birthday party today at Peter Piper. It was a big "kid" success with Mom's homemade butterfly cupcakes but the grownups were glad it when it was finally over. How did Birdie get so big so fast?

Fall on the Bosque

Walker and I. . . A wonderful weekend in October at Tamaya walking on the Rio Grande Bosque.

Our Kentucky Derby Winner - Mine That Bird

He was our long shot and by golly, he made the horse racing season exciting. MTB came home to Roswell between races to celebrate with his hometown fans. Holt, Bridget, myself, and about half of Roswell turned out to welcome the Bird home.

New Laptop!

Let's face it. . . there is nothing better than setting up a new computer! It's like new pencils and a pristine Big Chief tablet at the beginning of the school year. It's a fresh start with no baggage carrying forward. And this time, I returned to my old roots - I bought an Apple (a MacBook Pro). . . in the early 80's I started off with an Apple IIE - actually typed Holt's dissertation on it, hassled through embedded commands and printed to a daisy wheel printer - then advanced to a Mac before I bailed and went the corporate route with Windows. . . Already, I'm happy to have made the change. . . it feels so much more like home. I've had it with MS - I'm tired of the viruses, sick of looking for damaged registry files, and fed up with the garbage that goes with it. I just want an uncomplicated life with an element of style and class. . . Apple. . . I'm home again.

2008 Christmas Commentary

Here it is. . . the 2008 - for better or worse - Christmas Newsletter. . . (click in the little box at the top right and you can see it full size)

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2008 Year in Review Slideshow

2007 Christmas Commentary - Rare Edition

This rare edition was published late (in fact, it almost was never published) and had minimal distribution. . . Few have ever viewed this. . .

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2000 Christmas Commentary

Another oldie (without photos) but goodie. . .

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2001 Christmas Commentary

Before we got fancy with technology, we had to manually add photos. . . here's the 2001 text version. . .

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2002 Christmas Commentary

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2003 Christmas Commentary

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2005 Christmas Commentary

2004 was a hectic year and missed having a Christmas update. . . this 2005 edition captures some of the news. . .

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2006 Christmas Commentary

All those years of Christmas rants! I thought I'd experiment with posting the archives for you. . .

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Playing for Change

Face it. . . it really is true that you can lead a horse to water but can't make him drink. In this case, the horse is Walker. Holt and I recently watched a Bill Moyers interview with Mark Johnson, the producer of the "Playing for Change: Peace through Music" documentary. It both moved and inspired me; reinstated some faith in humanity. Naturally, I sent the link to Walker knowing how interested he would be. . . oh well, must be an old woman thing. Perhaps you are interested. . . for the old women, here's the Bill Moyers interview link with the story and the video. . .

For others, the "cut to the chase" folks, here's a YouTube link to one of the Playing for Change videos, (Stand by Me).

By the way,"Playing for Change: Peace though Music" is the second film directed by Mark Johnson and Jonathan Walls. Their previous film, titled Playing for Change: A Cinematic Discovery of Street Music was released in 2005, and is currently available through Netflix.

New Year, New Blog

Well, with the start of 2009 I guess I'm making a blog comeback. For the most part, 2008 was a year I could do without so as of today, New Years Day, we're starting fresh! New Years Resolutions? I think I'll stay away from that topic for awhile.

ABOUT ME

It's Holt and me. . . day to day & year to year (37 years this year). Over time and geography, we couldn't ask for more. We live for our kids, grandkids, family, dogs, fish, turtles, and cat. And friends. . . did I mention that they are, without a doubt, the best one could ask for?