Cousin Camp 2015

by | December 18, 2015 | Featured, Pictures | 0 Comments

Cousin Camp in Winter Park, Summer 2015 I would have loved to have been able to be there and enjoy seeing them all together. I hope they continue to enjoy each other’s company as they grow up.

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After the Ball

by | June 10, 2014 | Featured, Pictures | 0 Comments

I wonder what she’s thinking… Not many good shots from this year’s dance recital. The lighting is difficult, to say the least. But, I do like this one.

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OLLI: Writing our lives

by | February 15, 2013 | Featured, My Life | 0 Comments

The is the 3rd or 4th time round that I have taken part in the “Writing Our Lives” class offer through our local OLLI@Auburn organization (Osher Lifelong Learners Institute at Auburn). I’m just a beginner! The class is filled with people who have…

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Thanksgiving in Birmingham

by | December 4, 2012 | Featured, home & hearth, Pictures | 0 Comments

The clan convened at Marie’s house for Thanksgiving this year. The Day included 4 generations (from my mother down to my grandchildren, and a couple of grand-dogs). The day after, while David went hunting with Kevin, we took the girls to the park. The sky was…

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Martha: Missed Career as a Radio Actress

by | June 4, 2012 | Featured, home & hearth | 0 Comments

A couple of weeks back, our local OLLI (Osher Lifelong Learner Institute) held the annual end of the year “Picnic” and General Meeting. A lovely Picnic, held indoors with AC and no ants or other wildlife. The menu included bar-b-que, potato salad and…

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The Princess and the Artist

by | January 8, 2012 | Featured, Pictures | 0 Comments

I think Ella (the princess) will give her Papa fits when she is 15 or 16… and Lily (the artist) will have led the way! We travelled for holidays this year. Thanksgiving was spent in Florida with David and family. The girls shared their many interests with us:…

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Christmas Wishes 2011

by | December 22, 2011 | Featured | 0 Comments

We wish you a joyful holiday season! May the New Year bring many reminders of the continuing birth of Jesus in our lives. Merry Christmas!

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Summer in Maine

by | July 31, 2011 | Featured, Pictures | 0 Comments

Marie, Genevieve and Lily at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Lily had a grand time using the iPad2 as her personal camera and photo editing device. I have no idea where Ella was when this picture was taken… or Michelle or Shawn. I didn’t take nearly as many…

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Presents Are for Tasting

by | January 10, 2011 | Featured, Pictures | 0 Comments

It was Genevieve’s first Christmas. The part that was celebrated in Birmingham included opening gifts over at Uncle Dan and Auntie Shawn’s house. However, it seems that paper is meant to be ripped off of the gift and then tasted. Over and over again.

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Sleepy Claw

by | June 5, 2010 | Featured, home & hearth, Pictures | 0 Comments

Aren’t smart phones like the iPhone or Droid neat? Kevin sends us the “Picture of the Day” from his iPhone several times a week. When we were up in Birmingham last week we noticed that Genevieve works hard to free her hands before she settles in to…

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Summer in Maine

Summer in Maine

by | Jul 31, 2011 | ,

Marie, Genevieve and Lily at Old Orchard Beach, Maine. Lily had a grand time using the iPad2 as her personal camera and photo editing device. I have no idea where Ella was when this picture was taken… or Michelle or Shawn. I didn’t take nearly as many…

Pet Diaries

Pet Diaries

by | Jul 5, 2011 |

This goes around the internet periodically, but never fails to make me giggle a bit (having owned not only dogs, but also having been responsible for cats). You do know that dogs have owners, but cats have staff, right? Excerpts from a Dog’s Diary………

WooThemes: Customizing for a Network Install

WooThemes: Customizing for a Network Install

by | Apr 15, 2011 |

I recently migrated the vast majority of famvin.org sites in to a Network (multi-site) WordPress installation. There were, and continue to be, hitches along the way. And there were lessons learned that can be applied in other situations. For example, I use a child…

Little January Ice Storm

Little January Ice Storm

by | Jan 10, 2011 |

Auburn plays in the BCS National Championship Game tonight against the Oregon Ducks. Local plans were interrupted by an ice storm that fortunately doesn’t seem as bad as it could have been. Nevertheless, we woke up this morning to a world that seemed to drip…

Presents Are for Tasting

Presents Are for Tasting

by | Jan 10, 2011 | ,

It was Genevieve’s first Christmas. The part that was celebrated in Birmingham included opening gifts over at Uncle Dan and Auntie Shawn’s house. However, it seems that paper is meant to be ripped off of the gift and then tasted. Over and over again.

iBooks, Kindle, ePubs, oh my!

by | Dec 15, 2010 |

It seems that there is an iPad in my future. I own a Kindle. I’m looking into publishing some materials from some of our websites for these formats. So, here goes my research! Learn about the formats: Start with Wikipedia information: A Comparison of E-Book…

Twitter and such

by | Nov 17, 2010 |

I’m doing battle with TwitterTools — on one site I cannot get the blog posts to tweet. So, here I sit trying to get it to work on a different site to see what might be wrong. I’m not sure I need all this connectedness, but some folks are really into…

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Journey to myself

  • Healing
    Luke 17:11-19 offers us the story where 10 lepers ask Jesus for help. All 10 are cured of leprosy as they were headed out to follow his instruction to present themselves to the priests. Only one, a Samaritan (foreigner, not a chosen person) turns back to say “Thank you.” Jesus tells this one that his […]
  • Of Kings and such
    This Sunday the Catholic Church (at least in the US) celebrates the feast of Christ the King. Interesting how the readings for mass focus on shepherds and sheep and goats. Even the Psalm is Psalm 23 (The Lord is my shepherd.) If you want to read them yourself, look here: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/112623.cfm The Gospel is Mt […]
  • Reconciliation
    What about this Sunday’s Gospel hit me? For reference, read below. Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ according to Saint Matthew 18,15-20. Jesus said to his disciples: “If your brother sins against you, go and tell him his fault between you and him alone. If he listens to you, you have won over your brother. If he […]