SPS +

Posted by on Sep 23, 2007 in Spinning, SPS | 2 comments

SPS! This time I remembered!Boys are sleeping, head is stuffy (thanks to a surprise cold) but the day has gone well.I was asked to teach about 12 kids at the Synagogue how to spin and knit/crochet a kippah or yarmulke. We’ve got four Sundays to do it in; today was the first. The kids are…um…hyper. But some of them are shockingly good spinners (two boys, two girls) the rest are going to take some time to work with.We were able...

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Newsflash!

Posted by on Sep 19, 2007 in Blog Fun |

Sad news.A sorority sister of mine (long story for later) just found out that her husband, the sold breadwinner of her family, has pancreatic cancer.I don’t have to tell you what this means, right?He is undergoing chemo, but their insurance sitatuion is tenuous. He’s a freelance writer.PLEASE, check out their auction. Friends, family, strangers, are all donating things for them to auction to support the family in this horrible...

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Obligatory 9/11 Post

Posted by on Sep 11, 2007 in Family, Unavoidable Politics | 4 comments

Read here and here and then of course, here. Leadership kids who “ran” from the building—all helped to safety by the kindness of strangers.  And the southern view you didn’t see on the news. 9/24/2007 O, I just HAVE To respond to the coward who anonymously left the comment below that “911 was an inside job. There were no planes, as none of the kids mention the sound of a 767 at 800 feet on full power.”...

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