Ashleigh is a septuagenarian wife, mother, and grandmother whose life spans a tapestry of names, stories, and roles. Her interests include genealogy, writing, reading, and gaming—each offering its own trail of breadcrumbs to the past and threads to the future. Though called by many names over the years, she responds most favorably and reliably to Ashleigh or Nonna.
(from an old email) Knowledge is PowerTime is Moneyand as every engineer knows, Power is Work over Time. So, substituting algebraic equations for these time worn bits of wisdom, we get: K = P (1)T = M (2)P = W/T (3) Now, do a few simple substitutions: Put W/T in … Continue reading →
10 things the Food Industry Doesn’t Want You to KnowBy Adam Voiland Mon Oct 20, 5:31 pm ET With America’s obesity problem among kids reaching crisis proportions, even junk food makers have started to claim they want to steer children toward more healthful choices. In a study released earlier this … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Several years ago, I received telephone call that, in many ways, changed my life. I didn’t recognize the number in the caller ID, but took the call anyway, instead of letting it go to voice mail as I will often do under that circumstance. I said “Hello”, and the voice … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Following is a recent post I made to an email list where the topic of the Wiccan Rede came up, as it is wont to do periodically. “The Wiccan Rede” as it is commonly used in American paganism, has become a reductio ad absurdum – reduced to the impracticable “harm … Continue reading →
1pro victoria David canticum2Deus laudabilis mihi ne taceas quia os impii et os dolosi contra me apertum est3locuti sunt de me lingua mendacii verbis odii circumdederunt me et expugnaverunt me frustra4pro eo quod eos diligebam adversabantur mihi ego autem orabam5et posuerunt contra me malum pro bono et odium pro dilectione … Continue reading →
As some of you may be aware, most of Western Washington is flooding. For those of you who were unaware of that, Hi, most of Western Washington is flooding. What this means for us – we live in a valley that has a fairly good sized river running through it … Continue reading →
Quote: “I am an UN-APOLOGETIC AMERICAN!! I pledge allegiance to the flag of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands, one nation under GOD, indivisible, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for all!! I grew up reciting this every morning in school. We no longer do … Continue reading →
I’m not much in the habit of doing the “year-in-retrospective” thing. For one, I can rarely remember most of the week, let alone the entire year, unless I go back looking for the odd entry, as I’ve really gotten out of the habit of posting regularly. Things that happened 10, … Continue reading →
