Haines His Way

And one for tundra!

ON THIS DAY in 1865, Jean Sibelius was born.

LOL Jeanne.  

As you know I hate to kill anything, almost anything.  I consider mosquitoes and tics fair game.  

When we lived in Pennsylvania, next to a corn field, we had a mice invasion.  After months & months of catching & releasing them (I will spare you the gory details) and vast amounts of food which had to be tossed….I reached into a drawer to get a wooden spoon when a mouse ran up my arm.  I screamed & I swear the mouse screamed before running back down my arm.  

That day I’m sorry to say I called an exterminator before we had an electrical fire.

I, too, will go to great lengths to avoid killing any critters, but THERE ARE some exceptions.

I almost screamed when I read about the mouse going up your arm.

ON THIS DAY in 2002, Bax Luhrmann's "La Boheme" opened on Broadway.

ON THIS DAY in 1863, Abraham Lincoln announced his plan for the Reconstruction of the South.

Off to work.  I thought today was a national holiday.

Clear so far, but I think we are expecting the rest of DR CILLALIZ's snow later this evening.

The snow slowed down and I believe is taking a bit of a more southern track.  It's not supposed to start here until 2:00Pm and now they are predicting 4-6 inches total rather than 5-8 inches total.

Music that always makes me feel good:

anything by JS Bach. I adore Bach.

Almost anything by Beethoven.

In both cases I am so awed at their talent and achievement that it restores my faith in the human race--well, in parts of it, anyway.

But some of you may get sick of me in the process!  

DR Jeanne:    Today I will be a posting machine if it will get us closer to our goal!

     

Can you find a picture of a posting machine?? Some piece of USPS equipment?

DR Jeanne - I absolutely agree...

BACH just astounds me, than any human brain could have wrought such stuff.

While I certainly love listening to Bach's music, I love performing it even more.  Those contrapuntal lines stick in your mind for weeks afterward.

 Those contrapuntal lines stick in your mind for weeks afterward.

That's what I often say, of course.  

Is it time for us to have out pastRies/chocolate yet??

Well, I must say, all this waiting around has certainly made ME very sticky.

Oh...

You said...

Never mind.

Let's plan a field trip to see the play BITCH MACBETH.  The title may resonate for some here.

http://www.bricktheater.com/bitchmacbeth/

DR FJL, I saw the posts about the Packard Humanities Institute, but I decided to not respond.  I'm afraid if I start something I'll say too much.  Perhaps if/when a recording is released, people will be more surprised because they think the project's dead.

I, too, will go to great lengths to avoid killing any critters, but THERE ARE some exceptions.

I almost screamed when I read about the mouse going up your arm.

   I called Keith at work to express my frustrations.  He laughed and said "but it was cute".  I then screamed at him "yes it was cute, but that isn't the point!"

Bryan was in the yard with a friend when the mouse ran up my arm.  The friend looked up with concern.  Bryan calmly explained "it's ok, my mother just found another mouse".