If we were sitting down to coffee I’d have to tell you I don’t really have time to sit and chat over coffee. But you probably figured that out, since it’s after noon. Continue reading “Saturday Coffee”
Saturday Coffee
Lunchtime Archaeology
“Tin-rannosaurus Rex”
tin foil and sticky tack
Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2016
Yesterday was the 75th anniversary of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, an event which brought the United States into World War II. One of the men serving at Pearl on that day was my friend and “adopted grandfather” Chief (ret) Tom Poole, stationed on the North Carolina. He turned 98 earlier this year, and yesterday was honored at Tryon Palace. Continue reading “Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day, 2016”
Wicked Word Wednesday: Pounce
I want to go south, where there is no autumn, where the cold doesn’t crouch over one like a snow-leopard waiting to pounce. The heart of the North is dead, and the fingers of cold are corpse fingers. – D.H. Lawrence
A Visit from Saint Nicholas [2016]
Today is December 6, the feast day of Saint Nicholas. Krampus came last night, and apparently you were good, for you are still here reading this. Continue reading “A Visit from Saint Nicholas [2016]”
Teaser Tuesday: Snuff
Like those colored lights that chase each other ’round the Christmas tree, the Wheel of Time has turned ’round to Teaser Tuesday.
Running In My Head 