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Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Inspired by this month’s issue of American Funeral Director.
The Lost Bicycle Diaries
Saturday, April 26th, 2008In 10 years we’ve had four bikes stolen off the property. The kid down the way? Three bikes. All ripped. And then, on strolls we’ll find a cast off. Ditched in a creek.
Oh look, a bike in a bush! Earlier this week, I spotted a green Pea Picker . Then, […]
The Butterfly Effect
Monday, April 21st, 2008Edward Lorenz, the father of chaos theory, died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, April 17th. He was 90.
His discovery of “deterministic chaos” brought about “one of the most dramatic changes in mankind’s view of nature since Sir Isaac Newton,” said the committee that awarded Lorenz the 1991 Kyoto Prize for basic sciences. […]
Life Before Death
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008Check out this series of portraits taken of people before and after they died, Life Before Death. The work by German photographer Walter Schels and his partner Beate Lakotta, who recorded interviews with the subjects in their final days.
Thanks to Dooce for the tip. Love her.
Brush With Greatness
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Last month I had the television on and in the background was a documentary on the boxer, Joe Louis. I snapped to attention at the mention of Louis’ attorney, Truman K. Gibson Jr. Honestly, I’m sad to say that I’d never heard of Gibson, until 2006, when his grand daughter called from D.C. to […]
Goodbye Nelda Pt. 2
Monday, February 25th, 2008Funeral Report from PA:
The flowers were beautiful and the service was very nice..Nelda had asked the minister to do the service when Pauline’s mother died , she had picked the Legion and the caterer so most of it was done….there were 75 or more there and they stayed for the lunch and […]
Goodbye Nelda
Sunday, February 10th, 2008Nelda T. Dierwechter Ward, 86, of North Manheim Township, PA., died Thursday evening upon arrival at Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center.
Born in Schuylkill Haven, PA she was a daughter of the late William H. and Florence M. Hummel Dierwechter.
She was a maintenance worker for Boscov’s Department Store, Pottsville.
Surviving are a son, Lendal D. Neil, Fair […]
Kim Lilley RIP
Sunday, February 10th, 2008 Kimberly Sue Lilley
Kimberly Sue Lilley, daughter of the late Paula Ragland, was born September 3, 1961, in Springfield, Mo., and departed this life on February 8, 2008, in her home in Springfield. She was 46 years, 4 months, and 5 days of age at the time of her passing.
Kim was reared in the […]
Crash and Burn
Monday, December 3rd, 2007 Motorcycles are a passion in the garden. And we’ve been thinking about the riders in our lives that have went down this past year.
Evel. Candace has a great perspective on this.
Sweet James who recently died from injuries sustained in a crash.
Dan Feather who died on his dream bike two weeks after he got […]
Evel Knievel RIP
Friday, November 30th, 2007Goodbye Evel, you will be missed by the kids that grew up on your stunts, collected the action figures and even pretended to be you in female form on our bikes…..”Stacy and Tracy Knievel Stunt Riders” was a favorite game. Wild World of Sports featuring the latest jump (and crash) was must see t.v.
On […]
