More wedding photographs . If the people in the pictures aren’t named, it’s because I have no clue as to who they are.
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This week’s flurry of email traffic illustrates the precision, battle-hardened, fully prepared camping guys in action. “Can I rent a tent at REI?” ” How much water should I bring?” “Where are we going?”
A momentary break from wedding photos to show you the house the Canning family lived in from … to … . I could guess, but I’d be far from accurate. This is a recent photo sent to Diane by a childhood friend.
Speaking of Diane, I’m off to airport. Can you say, “Home cooked meals?”
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Lorna, Andrew (LIn’s sibs) and Barbara (Andrew’s wife), Arthur and Barbara (Lin’s father and step-mother), Dan and Linda, Griff (Lorna’s husband) Sarah and Pat, Margery, daughter of Harriet with sisters Margo and Polly, Becca, Ben (son of Lorna and Griff), and his wife.
Dan & his sister Lilly. In the background, Lin’s brother, Andrew, his wife, Barbara and Griff, Linda’s brother-in-law.
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A photograph scanned from the current issue of The New Yorker magazine.
Dan & his sister Lilly. In the background, Lin’s brother, Andrew, his wife, Barbara and Griff, Linda’s brother-in-law.
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A photograph scanned from the current issue of The New Yorker magazine.
Non Sequitur is one of the Boston Globe’s better comic strips, but for some reason I don’t always read it. Thanks to Adam for alerting me to Monday’s cartoon.
Linda, Dan, Sarah and Pat
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Vice President Dick Cheney told viewers Tuesday night they could verify his claims from the vice-presidential debate at an independent Web site — factcheck.com — but visitors to the site found a searing anti-Bush message. Cheney accidentally said “.com” instead of “.org” during the televised debate. Internet surfers who visited factcheck.com were redirected to the home page of billionaire anti-Bush activist George Soros, with the statement “Why we must not re-elect President Bush” at the top of the screen.
Snowbanks North of the House
Those great sweeps of snow that stop suddenly six
feet from the house …
Thoughts that go so far.
The boy gets out of high school and reads no more
books;
the son stops calling home.
The mother puts down her rolling pin and makes no
more bread.
And the wife looks at her husband one night at a
party, and loves him no more.
The energy leaves the wine, and the minister falls
leaving the church.
It will not come closer
the one inside moves back, and the hands touch
nothing, and are safe.
The father grieves for his son, and will not leave the
room where the coffin stands.
He turns away from his wife, and she sleeps alone.
And the sea lifts and falls all night, the moon goes on
through the unattached heavens alone.
The toe of the shoe pivots
in the dust …
And the man in the black coat turns, and goes back
down the hill.
No one knows why he came, or why he turned away,
and did not climb the hill.
Robert Bly
Seven o’clock in the morning and the refrain | Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang | is rattling around in my head. Go figure.
Witch Doctor
by David Seville
I told the witch doctor I was in love with you
I told the witch doctor you didn’t love me too
And then the witch doctor, he told me what to do
He said that ….
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang…
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
I told the witch doctor you didn’t love me true
I told the witch doctor you didn’t love me nice
And then the witch doctor, he game me this advice
He said to …
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang…
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Now, you’ve been keeping love from me
Just like you were a miser
And I’ll admit I wasn’t very smart
So I went out and found myself
A guy that’s so much wiser
And he taught me the way to win your heart
My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to say
My friend the witch doctor, he taught me what to do
I know that you’ll be mine when I say this to you
Oh, Baby ….
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang…
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
Ooo eee, ooo ah ah ting tang
Walla walla, bing bang
