Yes, I learned how to read notes…how to curl my fingers in the proper form…how to play scales, chords and cadences…why a piano player switches fingers even to play the same note several times in a row.
But there’s so much more I learned from my piano lessons with Mrs. Bessie Benton Runner. Read about it here.
Can we please stop trying to link Social Security with the so-called fiscal cliff discussions? Here’s a short clip from a famous actor who spoke eloquently on the subject.
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uch fun art is! I’m co-chairing the Bake Sale table at tomorrow’s Royal Oak High School Holiday Craft Fair, and Sue and I decided we’d like a sign to hang above our table. So two poster boards and some magic markers later, this is the sign I made for the Bake Sale area. Even if it’s not what a professional would do, I had fun with the magic markers! And if you’re in the Royal Oak area tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., please stop by the high school (near Crooks and a little north of Thirteen Mile) and support the Craft Fair. This is the main fundraiser for the high school PTSA. Pick up some baked goods or some unique gifts for the holidays!
I think we’ve gotten 30 political calls in the past two days…including calls from Former President Bill Clinton, Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, and Clint Eastwood who debated with a chair this summer. Even as I’m typing this, our answering machine is groaning with yet another political call! So, Abby, you certainly speak for me:
Four years ago, someone stole our Obama/Biden sign off our lawn, and I blogged about the futility of that deed because it simply spurred us to go back to the local campaign office and make a second donation for another sign.
Evidently, this year’s spray-painter doesn’t agree with Evelyn Beatrice Hall’s famous remark in support of everyone’s right to free speech: “I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”
If this is the worst I have to complain about, I feel extremely fortunate. At this moment, on America’s eastern seaboard, millions of fellow citizens are coping with the devastation left in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, the largest hurricane in recorded history. You may disagree on what is causing 100-year storms to occur every few years now. I have my own theory and Mitt Romney has his.
However, we will proudly leave out our defaced lawn sign with the hope that it will encourage a few more people to vote for the candidate who understands the need to deal with climate change…not the candidate who mocks it:
“Happiness is not a station you arrive at, but a manner of traveling.”
Margaret Lee Runbeck,
American author
(1905-1956)
I love this picture: a view of Earth, Venus and Mercury taken from the surface of Mars!
