Her lungs seem good now. Digestive track still in process, though, and requiring this tube that looks very much like a lollipop stick….
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new arrival
At 4:18 AM after 35 weeks. Four pounds, nine ounces, eighteen and a half inches long, she was induced on the second trip to Geisinger with the addition through the cervix of two clementine sized water balloons. My daughter and her husband did really well, my granddaughter was a bit of a tough cookie. Understandable. …
sharing pain
A twitter friend posted: “I find myself sending prayers to [snip] as he and his family go through that which is hardest.” I had no idea what she referred to. Her feed had no more information than that, and I’m pretty much out of everybody’s loop. I followed her link back to the other fellow’s …
stereoscopic
A few days ago there was an old stereoscopic image posted in the Smithsonian’s Bigger Picture blog. I love old images for lots of reasons, and I have real fondness for early stereoscope images. I had a stereoscope and shoebox of cardboard photos when I was a kid, and when I had a daughter I …
helpful librarians
I’ve been spending too much time reading books and watching movies. I try to pick the best stuff so my brain doesn’t completely atrophy, but still. I waste too much time. Movies bring on the guilts far worse than books, and lately I’ve been watching far too many. Recently I had a friendly prod, though. …
morning in the park
I met a friend in the park several days ago. We sat on a bench and filled each other in on what had been going on in the months since we’d last talked. It was nearly lunch time and the lawn was filled with the usual assortment of ducks and smiling young families feeding them. …
kickin’ back
And playing with a different style. It’s relaxing. Makes me think about wood cuts.
library support
This year’s Centre Gives campaign doubled the amount the Centre County Library received during last year’s campaign. That’s a bit over $3100 for 2014. When viewed as an increase over last years donations, it seems pretty awesome. More awesome still because Centre County Library no longer has to support the Millheim Library. What a bonus, …
sketch monkey
I used the sock monkey taking photos a number of places. He helped me by shooting the photo of my feet in this blog’s header, and he serves as my avatar on a few social sites. When I needed something for the back of my cards, the automatic, and quick, choice was the sock monkey …