Teresa

Alan Weakley and Family, Teresa and Richard Ware, in the Wet Prairie, one of the Coosa Prairies, Floyd Co., GA.  March 2010

Teresa didn't sing, but she was there.

Apr

Teresa Ware with her great-grandchild Joshua

Teresa Ware and Max Medley at the only site in Georgia for Clematis fremontii (Fremont's Leatherflower) on one of the many wonderful dirt roads on the 28,000 acre campus of Berry College, Rome, GA.

Coosa High Class of 1970

Breanna with grandparents.

at The Arnold Arboretum of Harvard Universty 

Boston,MA May 2008

Teresa with her newest great-grandchild last December.

 

Carmina Burana & meeting Jordan's Folks

Today Sheila I drove to Emory University's Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts to hear the university chorus and orchestra present Carmina Burana; what a powerful performance! Lillian and Jordan sang in the chorus. 

Afterwards we enjoyed meeting Jordan’s parents, Lou and Leslie, and shared a meal and conversation with them at a nearby restaurant. It’s easy to see how Jordan turned out to be such a fine young man; his parents are warm, interesting, and interested folks. I wish we’d thought to get a picture of all six of us, but we did do the selfie thing with J&L before we headed back home.

Saturday Song: I Could Be Jewish For You

I love listening my daughter Lillian sing. She has a beautiful voice and is a wonderful actor. Her song interpretations are nuanced and intriguing, and, in this case, very humorous. From the perspective of 2023 it is especially fun. Lillian met Jordan a couple of years after recording this song, and is now engaged to that fine young man -- of Jewish heritage. Though I'd advise him not to try to guide Lillian's convictions; she has always had a mind of her own.

Here Lillian performed "I Could Be Jewish For You" by Nikko Benson on April 13, 2018 at the Atlanta Workshop Players Barefoot Playhouse...

Sheila Has a New Car!

 

Sheila and me with her "new" Camry at the CarMax in Kennesaw.

Sheila and I drove to Kennesaw tonight and came back with a "new" car. 

We bought a 2010 Toyota Camry Hybrid in 2013 for Sheila at CarMax. We loved that car. It got very good gas mileage. It was very comfortable. It had lots of bells and whistles that we enjoyed having including even what I call "bun warmers" -- heated front seats. She drove it back and forth to Kennesaw for her work for a couple of years. She had not had it long when she got caught in the "Snowpocalypse" and the red Camry was a great blessing. She spent eight hours in stop and go driving in the snow, We enjoyed our driving trips in that car, including a wonderful ten-day trip all the way to California by way of numerous national and state parks, and several weeks later a six-day trip back to Rome.

So we really wanted another hybrid with similar amenities and a few extra. That's what we got. We have all the goodies of the old car plus a much improved electronics. It has wonderful back up camera and "blind spot" indicators built into the side mirrors. One of the disadvantages of the old Camry was that the battery robbed lots of space from the trunk. Evidently the battery in the new car is smaller and relocated so that the trunk is very spacious. 

The "new" car is a 2019 Toyota Camry Hybrid with less that 50K miles on it.

Gleaning Facebook: Know Your Worth

I found this shared by friend from Joshua Crouch's Facebook. I do not know whether Mr. Crouch is the original author. I thought I'd save it here for future reference. 

 

A father said to his daughter “You have graduated with honors, here is a car I bought many years ago. It is pretty old now. But before I give it to you, take it to the used car lot downtown and tell them I want to sell it and see how much they offer you for it.”

The daughter went to the used car lot, returned to her father and said, “They offered me $1,000 because the said it looks pretty worn out.”

The father said, now “Take it to the pawn shop.” The daughter went to the pawn shop, returned to her father and said,”The pawn shop offered only $100 because it is an old car.”

The father asked his daughter to go to a car club now and show them the car. The daughter then took the car to the club, returned and told her father,” Some people in the club offered $100,000 for it because “it's an iconic car and sought by many collectors.”

Now the father said this to his daughter, “The right place values you the right way,” If you are not valued, do not be angry, it means you are in the wrong place. Those who know your value are those who appreciate you......Never stay in a place where no one sees your value.

Saturday Song: The Night John Print Died

Three years ago yesterday, early in the pandemic, John Prine became one of its millions of victims. John McCutcheon, one of my favorite singer/songwriters -- working in quarantine during the pandemic -- wrote and recorded this tribute to Prine...

Saturday Song: Tomorrow Comes!

How I love the musical "Les Miserables." Here a whole choir of Valjeans perform this rousing signature song, "Do You Hear the People Sing?"

Indictment 71543: The People vs Donald J. Trump

First: Every American is (legally) presumed innocent until convicted as guilty in a fair trial. No exceptions. Even vile lowlifes like the defendant in this case. Were I chosen as a juror (wouldn't happen) I would, on principle, require the prosecution to prove the legal case beyond a reasonable doubt.

That said.

• This sad man ---  twice impeached, indicted on 34 counts, awaiting likely further criminal indictments in other jurisdictions --- is in BIG trouble.

• No one is above the law.

Political Collection: FDR Fan

 I added this hand held funeral home fan to my political collection this week. I imagine the funeral home used it as a memorial to the revered president, but the photo is one that was used on some of his political items. It will make a nice centerpiece as display of my FDR political buttons. 

New York Times Spelling Bee

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It's a rare day when I manage QBabm*. I had all the words but one before daylight this morning, but that last word -- that seems so obvious now -- did not appear to my eyes till a few minutes ago. 

Sheila and I play this game almost every day. She does better than me about 9 days out of ten. But today I got there first! Yay! 

Our usual procedure is that we work independently on the puzzle usually during that first cup of coffee and then after supper. When we are both stumped (usually in the evening sometime) we "compare". That means we would first each announce how many "C" words we have. Whoever has fewest will reveal his/her "C" words one at a time to the other thusly: "My first is a 4-letter." "Mine too; is it such-and-such?' And so forth through our alphabetical list. We try not to give away words (unless it's late and we are tired of it) but we do discover where some of the missing words fit. If we both end up figuring out all the words of each other and we still are missing a few words, we go to the NYT hints page. If we still are missing one or more we put it away and wait to see what we missed the next morning. We probably spend too much time on it but we both enjoy it and I enjoy doing it, sort of, together. 

Don't you wish you lived such an exciting life! Ha!

* "Queen Bee all by myself"