Spring 2008 Piano Recital

Today was the annual spring piano recital. Reanna played 9th and executed very well. After her evaluation last month, the judge named her and her piece as one he particularly enjoyed. Here she is playing Polonaise (BVW Anhang 119) by Johann Sebastian Bach. Here, she receives her purple ribbon for… Continue reading

Memorial Day Tradition

Sorry no post last evening, I spent the night changing the patches on my Scout uniform from the Cub Scout to Boy Scout patches. Today marked the 5th consecutive year that Russell and I helped to decorate the National Cemetery in Phoenix with American flags for Memorial Day. With the… Continue reading

Wild Weather

Monday, our high temperature was 110 degrees. Tuesday, 108. Today (thursday) was 74 degrees with rain. We might not get out of the sixties tomorrow. I don’t know what’s going on but I’ll take the cool days. We’ll have plenty of hot ones this summer. Too bad we can’t average… Continue reading

P.I.L.O.T.S. Culmination

This evening we attended the 6th-grade “P.I.L.O.T.S. Culmination.” They can’t have a 6th-grade graduation, so instead they have a ceremony to cap off the school’s 6th-grade service program. You can see about the three committees and PILOTS here. Here is Reanna in her dress, waiting to go on the stage… Continue reading

Danger, Nanotubes

I just came across an interesting article on carbon nanotubes being as dangerous as asbestos. Next thing we’re going to hear that buckyballs are as dangerous as when I hit a golf ball. www.ricknovy.com

The Heat is on

A second day of very hot temperatures graced the valley of the sun, though we only hit 108 today. A big low pressure system is on its way, so the temps should be dropping. The next three days are forecast to hit 98 84 79. Thermal whiplash, but I can’t… Continue reading

Sundries

I started work on a short story last night and put another 500 words in this evening. A week or two back, somebody commented that I might try a short story. Since I’m still making negligible progress on the novel, I don’t have much to lose. I could use some… Continue reading

M*A*S*H

TVLand just aired the series finale of M*A*S*H. I don’t think I’ve seen it since it first aired. Seems like the show has been on in syndication forever. It’s aired somewhere every day of the week, so anybody who has been on this planet for more than fifteen or twenty… Continue reading