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Ok, a warning before folk start reading: This entry may ramble, jump from topic to topic, be graphic in places & possibly leave some of you thinking you want nothing else to do with a jackass such as myself. Of course, then again it may not - just depends where the fingers lead my words.

So I am just back from watching the sunset over the lake & the incredible blues & greens created in the sky above it. I was watching it & trying to figure out where on earth my sense ...

"Come on Syl, get up, I am tired of calling you. I have to leave now, so if you don't get up you'll be late for your important job interview.'
Claire Trenton shook her head at her sister's long red tresses, all matted and twisted from the wild way she had slept.Beautiful,brilliant, engaging-she could melt an igloo with just one of her smiles. Resourceful and chock full of ideas that, if applied could take the twenty year old places. Real places.
But lazy. So lazy it had become ...

This is dedicated to my darling grand-daughter, Brooke, in honor of her first birthday; which took place last Thurs. My son and his wife had a big party on Saturday. It was a wonderful day for all, especially Brooke!

I wish to follow up this post with another, in which, I will post a selection of photos of the first year of Brooke's life, starting with some hospital shots, through to her first birthday.

Prior to the party, shopping sure is fun!
Baby/toddler ...

It's been a while.

Anyhow, what's up in my world is that I have devoted a LOT more time to my piano practicing, and it is paying off. The pieces that I used to play with ease have slowly come back to me. There's an old saying -- if ya don't use it, ya lose it. And I had got to thinking about how much I enjoyed playing piano, and the challenge of learning a new piece, so yeah ... I have caught up with my Chopin, Bach, etc., and learned the Second Movement of Beethoven's Pathétique ...

Quick story for you.

Last Thursday, I went to my theater class wearing contacts and makeup - having rarely ever worn makeup I wanted to do it on my own for my graduation. Of course, eeeeeeeverybody noticed I looked different.

Next logical question at my oh-so-erudite junior college? "Cummon, cummon, tell me his name, cummon, what's his name?"

I try to avert the question, all the while thinking, "Uhm, you spent the entire semester with me. ...