Posted in Life on May 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Endangered species of Peregrine Falcons have a home on the top of the PPL Corps building. Mama has hatched a chick! Check out the new Lehigh Valley residents here.
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Posted in Life on May 12, 2008 | 3 Comments »
If you look very, very carefully in the first picture down below, you can see a tiny glimmer of white and yellow. They are the Mama Bird’s eye and beak! She flew away when my friend, Obvious Ron, tried to move a leaf to get a good picture of her. This allowed [...]
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The semester is done! I took my Spanish final Tuesday night and emailed my final essay on Richard Nixon at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday! YAY!
I was not pleased at the conclusion of the Spanish final. Though it was simple, I struggled with direct and indirect objects and reflexive verbs, which was no different than what was [...]
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Posted in Life on April 29, 2008 | 6 Comments »
What do ants and ink cartridges have in common? One would think nothing, right? Not in our office. Read on to discover the excitement of the day.
At 12:15 I received a call at home from my co-worker Susie-Q. (Today is my usual day off.)
Hey, how’s it going today? Busy? [...]
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Posted in Life on March 27, 2008 | No Comments »
For your reading pleasure Dear Readers, enjoy this article in our local newspaper. Lona Farr was one of the women in the second class to enter Muhlenberg College which became a co-educational institution in 1957. Lona is the co-owner of the company I have worked for, Farr Healey Consulting LLC.
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Posted in Humor, Life on February 13, 2008 | 5 Comments »
You know it has been a long time since you wore your snow boots when you put your foot inside it, feel a bump, take your foot out, reach in and pull out a tiny (dead) mole. UGH! Said boots are in the trash! I shall be shopping at the end of the season for [...]
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While reading a past issue of Life Transfigured: A Journal of Orthodox Nuns published by The Orthodox Monastery of the Transfiguration, I came across a beautiful and inspiring article which is an excerpted of Mother Alexandra’s book Hospital of the Queen’s Heart. In this excerpt she wrote about “The Gift of Pain.” Since many of [...]
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Posted in Family, Life on January 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
In light of my recent post and link to Fr. Peter’s blog, I recommend to you this story about a horse named Hope. In it you will read about the wonderful support of the local, sheriff, fire department and highway department to save this animal’s life. Incredible!
I’ve yet to meet Hope but that will be [...]
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Posted in Life on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Here is a year in review using the first sentence written in each month’s blog entry. I’ve not been too active with writing this past year. Perhaps I can rectify that next year. And that is NOT a “New Year’s Resolution!!” Can’t stand them ’cause I never keep them. LOL!
Dear readers, thank you for your [...]
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Posted in Food, Life, health on December 30, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Dear Readers, I commend to you a book entitled The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals written by Michael Pollan. It was listed as one of the 10 best book of the year in The New York Times Book Review.
On the back cover, the small taste tester says the following:
“Today, buffeted by [...]
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