It's Snowing!

Not the best picture but one that made me smile. So tonight it snowed. Only a couple of inches but it was awesome. The reason is simple. My nephews got to watch the snow fall. It is one of those experiences you will always remember. Then they proceeded to have a snowball fight with my brother and I. It started in he backyard and ended up out front. Jacob was out in his pjs and Joe with no socks! But from it all one thing stands out in my mind tonight. Joe asked "if when you get older do you stop having snowball fights". He asked because no one else in my neighborhood was out in the snow. At that moment I told him no but in reality I think we forget that we need to be kids at heart and that having a snowball fight is part of it. So this winter all of you adults...get out there and remember to have fun!

Happy Thanksgiving

Curse of the Were-rabbit

To start the holiday weekend off right, my Jane Austen Movie group came over to watch this Wallace and Gromit classic - "Curse of the Were-rabbit" with my brother's family. My nephews had never seen it and they were laughing as much as the adults did. My friends and family rarely cross so it was wonderful to see. We had an evening of great food and conversation.

But if you like claymation and a great bit of British humor, make sure you check this out as well as their other movies - "The Wrong Trousers", "A Close Shave" and "A Grand Day Out".

I hope you enjoy the trailer...

Happy Whatever Day

So all semester I have seen these notes all over campus. What ever the day of the week it is...there they are. It could be Happy Monday, etc... They show up on tables in the Union...by drinking fountains...on walls...and even in bus waiting enclosures. So today I saw who one of these Random Acts of Kindness people put this up. It makes me smile when I see these sticky notes. I knew this day was going to be interesting when I saw her riding her skateboard in 2 inch high heels and a mini skirt with tights. Nope...I am not kidding. I think this is great and hope more people can do things like this.

That makes two of us.

There is a coherent plan in the universe, though I don't know what it's a plan for.
-- Fred Hoyle

Classic

LOL

11th Hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month

Already there...

A wonderful painting is the result of the feeling in your fingers. If you have the feeling of the thickness of the ink in your brush, the painting is already there before you paint. When you dip your brush into the ink you already know the result of your drawing, or else you cannot paint. So before you do something, "being" is there, the result is there. Even though you look as if you were sitting quietly, all your activity, past and present, is included, and the result of your sitting is also already there.
-- D.T. Suzuki

The Land of Dragons

The Komodo Dragons are here! Today I became a member of the Phoenix Zoo so I could check out these amazing animals. They will be officially be open to the public on Wednesday. The zoo has done a great job with their enclosures and educational information. This past summer one of my nephew Joe, mom and I went to the zZoo and saw that they would be coming in November. Looks like I came at the right time.

When you are in Phoenix, check out the zoo. It is a great place to walk and enjoy the desert. The zoo has done an amazing job to help bring some species on the brink of extinction back again.

Phantom of the Opera

Tonight I went to see Phantom of the Opera with my friends Marianne and Larry at Gammage Auditorium at ASU. It is always amazing to see. Unfortunately the sound system and the acoustics in Gammage were not that great. Many parts it was very difficult to hear to distorted. The actor who portrayed the Phantom was amazing. I have now seen this four times and of them, he was the best. Just.....wow.

Sigh....

Yeah know some days are better than others. Today is not one of them.

It is the smiles...

So today I helped a friend of mine teach kids from grades 2-5 at one of our local elementary schools about China and tai chi. We had kids from all abilities and language levels. It was fun to see them laugh and understand the concepts that sometimes adults don't.

Maybe I should have been a school teacher. It isn't too late. But then again, I am going to go where I want to instead of what I need to.

How to purge.

First you invite your mom to come over with a big pickup truck. Make two loads to the dump and two more loads to Goodwill. I was amazed at the amount of crap that I had. I had papers all the way back to high school. What was I thinking??? Who knows. Now much of that is gone. Off to the recycler and into the trash. More to go but now I am on a roll.

:-)