I stopped reading LJ yesterday morning, and while I tried to take a quick look at what I missed this morning I doubt I’ll get to truly catch up. Sorry! We had a delicious meal yesterday thanks to sambear, who…
The Lord’s Prayer (Translated)
shunra—do you have any sources that could tell me how accurate this is? I really like it. (Thanks to grizzlydan for sending it out.) The Lord’s Prayer translated from Aramaic, Jesus’ language, into English rather than from Aramaic to Greek…
Sick People & Reading
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst. –Marcus Valerius Martialis That, better than anything, describes my own policy of being aggressively honest—especially about things that other people might try to use against me. It’s not possible to…
Precious Memory
While going through some old stuff, I just came across something precious—the letter in which Sam and his kids invited me to move in with them. It reads: Sunday, April 18, 1999 Dear Cynthia, You are welcome here. You are…
Katie Without Glasses!
I keep forgetting to do this, but here’s my kitten without her glasses
Hives
We may have found the cause of shadowkatt ‘s hives. I was wrong on the date she actually started taking Celebrex—it was the 22nd. The hives began appearing on the 23rd but looked like they might be bug bites. Today…
Tuesday Evening
So sambear and I braved downtown Atlanta to do some business today. Teamwork is good—we couldn’t find a place to park, so he scooted out and took care of business while I just kept circling the area in the car.…
Not So Fast…
Little hitch in going to meet the new nephew – shadowkatt is covered in hives. We’re waiting for a call back from the allergist’s office now. I did talk to my sister, and she and the baby and the proud…
New Nephew!
I have a new nephew, born this morning! hopeevey finds the most wonderful things: Bookquet (that isn’t a misspelling) You know, if someone had just mentioned the tree octopus to me in conversation I’d be sure he was pulling my…
Monday Evening
shadowkatt went to see Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World with a group of teens today, including new friend C (distinct from old friend C, and now I realize that I need use-names for both girls). They…