30/30: Favorite Vacation Memory
I write this under protest this morning, as my house has no AC and I await the repairman. It's August and I live in Florida. May I please get an "UGH!" from the audience? Here's #29 on the 30/30 Vision Blog Challenge. And I'm cheating... My family never took exotic vacations when I was growing up, b ...
Diary of Alfred E. Potter February, 1941
01. Saturday: Gave Joe and Anna Weisheipl a treat by taking them to the Hammond - All Stars Basketball game. Neither one had witnessed a basketball game before. It was a walkaway for the All Stars 60-36, although Hammond was the first team to beat them this year. 02. Sunday: Had to get up early for ...
1320 The Declaration Of Arbroath Part Four
FRANCE AND ITS KINGS According to William Shakespeare no great political event should be without its ghosts, malignant or benign. The practice of monarchs and many others down the ages to conduct gatherings of high state at or close to the tombs of the deceased of noble memory suggests that he did n ...
Anna; An Introduction
i. I don’t want to prove anything. I simply want to live without hurting anyone but myself. I have a right to do that, haven’t I? I learned many things from Anna, but she didn’t really teach me anything. She’s quite a character, you know, you could learn many a things from her, but, as I said, she d ...
Hiddink recalls Afellay, Pieters, Van der Vaart
Hiddink recalls Afellay, Pieters, Van der Vaart AMSTERDAM New Netherlands coach Guus Hiddink has recalled midfielder Ibrahim Afellay for his team's opening European Championship qualifier against the Czech Republic and a warm-up friendly against Italy. Veteran midfielder Rafael van der Vaart and Sto ...
Torres reportedly to sign for Milan today
Reports are today indicating that a meeting carried out this morning between Fernando Torres’ representatives and Chelsea FC discussing a severance have been successful and the layer has agreed to sign for AC Milan, meaning the transfer could be concluded by 2pm today. AC Milan have made it very pub ...
Women in Black - 26 years of struggle against the Occupation
Women in Black - 26 years of struggle against the Occupation Today I took part in the weekly vigil of " Women in Black" against the continued occupation of the West Bank and against the siege on Gaza. "Women in Black" is an international left-wing organization fighting against the Israeli military r ...
Volleyroos out to silence haters in Poland
Volleyroos out to silence haters in Poland The Volleyroos want to silence those who don't believe they belong on the global stage by making history at the volleyball world championships in Poland. Not since 1998 has the Australian men's team won a match at the tournament, held every four years. more ...
Big kids & Inflatables
Firstly, I’d like to apologise for the lack of posts! I’ve travelled through Italy, Slovenia, Croatia and my current location, Austria, since I last blogged. This is all down to technical difficulties! My laptop keeps having hissy fits, my gopro app wont work and writing lengthy travel posts on my m ...
Trips abroad in the third trimester
I have previously blogged about our little babymoon to France ( here) during my second trimester, but I also had to squeeze in a little trip to Italy to see my in-laws and go to a friend’s wedding a bit later on in my pregnancy. I was 32-33 weeks pregnant for this jolly jaunt onto the Continent whic ...
