Tulip Puzzle

I have been solving Jigzone puzzles for a while and just realized you can use your own photos to make a puzzle.  So here is my first Jigzone puzzle. 

The Fingerprint of God

I just received an email with this video.  I think most people who read The Da Vinci Code or saw the movie have heard of the Fibonacci sequence.  This is a fascinating video that takes it further.

The World We Found

The World We Found by Thrity Umrigar
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book. Armaiti has called from America to request that her 3 college friends come to see her as she has a brain tumor and wants to see them again before she dies. Umrigar draws the reader in by using each of the 4 women's perspective as well as the 2 husband's to explore what has happened in their lives as their paths diverged and they grew older.

This book resonated with me partly because I too was in college listening to the songs that are referred to throughout the book and I didn't realize people in India were also listening and hoping to change the status quo. 'Those Were the Days, My Friend,'as sung by Mary Hopkins seems to reprise over and over as the four major characters, friends from college, remember how close they had been then and where their lives are in the present. I highly recommend this book and if you are not familiar with the songs find them on YouTube and listen.


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Autumn 2011 in RMNP

It was a beautiful day to go for a hike.  So I did.

Summer Almost Gone

It is almost time to go back to school and my summer has been a mix of work and way too few hikes or bike rides and no getaways.  I have kept my OTA position and feel a bit sad that I am not working as a Teacher Librarian, but I also enjoy some of the people I currently work with and would miss them if I changed to a TL.

The extra money, from working, went to build a much needed privacy fence between me and the neighbors to the north.  I was actually intending it to go to a new roof or at least a short getaway.  As usual I have procrastinated on getting the roof and repairing the paint scrapes on the left side of my bumper after hitting a right turner into the alley as I was coming out. 

Dream Lake Hike, July 2, 2011

Today  Sharon and I hiked up to Dream Lake.  The signs at Bear Lake indicated the trail was snow-packed and icy.  Most of the way was dry until the last hundred yards, where we began to encounter snow patches followed by snow pack.

Remembering on Memorial Day

Today I did not drive down to the cemetery where my parents and grandparents are buried to place flowers on their graves.  I have not been able to do this for many years as I live in Colorado and the cemetery is in Southern Illinois. I remember doing this with my parents as a child and I miss it.  It was usually warm and sunny and my mother and father cleaned around the grave stones while I would look at the names of people from my family.  It gave me a sense of identity and continuity.  So when I saw this video on the "On Being" Facebook post, I felt it was the answer to what I have been  feeling about honoring my loved ones as I would have wished on this Memorial Day.

Where the Ocean Meets the Sky from On Being on Vimeo.