A friend of mine gave me a short story written by Laura Ingalls Wilder, titled The Sunflower published August 1, 1923. Below I’ve typed a few of the paragraphs. I think I remember my friend telling me that she would read this story when she needed some encouragement. While cleaning out my files today, I […]
Entries from September 2004
A heritage from all fathers and mothers to their children
September 5th, 2004 · Comments Off on A heritage from all fathers and mothers to their children
Tags: family
Life with little girls
September 4th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Living with little girls means finding piles of snap dragon blossoms beside Hello Kitty slip-ons as I tidy the house late at night…
Tags: family
Michelle Malkin’s impact on the island
September 4th, 2004 · 8 Comments
I haven’t kept up with the debate concerning Michelle Malkin and her book In Defense of Internment. However, while reading the local papers I noticed that her opinions seem to be affecting the schools on Bainbridge Island, the first place where Japanese-Americans were evacuated under Executive Order #9066. From the Bremerton Sun Japanese internment curriculum […]
Tags: books
The Living Room Candidate
September 4th, 2004 · 2 Comments
Through the library’s list of hot links, I found The Living Room Candidate: a collection of presidential campaign commercials from 1952 to 2004. Tonight I had fun watching a few from 1960, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1992 and 2004. Highlights included seeing Mamie Eisenhower campaigning for Nixon, quoting Ike’s belief that Four years isn’t enough time. […]
Tags: news
Backyard Bloggers at The Seattle Times
September 4th, 2004 · 2 Comments
It’s a sign of how busy this week has been that it has taken me days to check out what The Seattle Times advertised on the front page of Sunday’s paper. In the meantime J.D. Lasica and others have linked to the paper’s new blog titled Backyard Bloggers Welcome to Backyard Blog, our group online […]
Tags: news
