Entries from February 2007

February 28, 2007

I Sing of Thee, Whitby

WHITBY, N. YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND

You may notice that my dog’s name is Whitby.  She was named for the city pictured above.  Whitby, North Yorkshire, England.  My favourite place in the whole world.
Actually, I have a lot of “favourite places” - but I always come back to Whitby.  So it’s #1 in my book.
In the photo above, [...]

February 27, 2007

Fielding the balls they hit you

I’ve been wondering.  Does anyone ever use the right margin alignment when they are typing out their blog?  I’m trying it right now and it’s like trying to type backwards, or like reading Chinese backwards and up and down, rather than frontward and left to right.  It’s really weird, but since they give you that [...]

February 26, 2007

Turning back time

That’s me, above.  Way before I got any gray hair. 
Way before I married Paul. 
In what seems like another universe - before I got “old.”
 I felt so fat in those stupid green overalls.  God, if only I could be that “fat” again! I was never “thin” exactly, but oh to be only that “fat” again!
Obviously, it [...]

February 26, 2007

Take a hike

Almost every day, I visit a website called Mad About Mountains, by Ann Bowker.   Ann lives in Keswick, Cumbria, England, and she is a mountain climber/hiker.  She goes on daily hikes up into the mountains of the Lake District of northern England, and each day she uploads the most incredible photos of the landscapes [...]