Archive for September, 2009

Staying in Estes Park

Our last night in Colorado, we stayed in Estes Park.  Lovely area!  There was a herd of 15 bull elk on the golf course.  The course had fences protecting the putting greens from the delicate hooves of the elk.  But what about the rest of the course?  Were the hoof prints just considered natural [...]

Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

Riding a Narrow Gauge Train

Today, Craig and I rode the narrow gauge steam engine train from Durango, Colorado, to Silverton.  What a grand adventure!!  Here are a few pictures.  I didn’t get any where we were on a narrow cliff hundreds of feet above the floor of the canyon.  I just couldn’t look out the window to take a [...]

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

Read a Good Book Lately?

I have.  Two.
Book one:  A Girl Named Zippy by Haven Kimmel (a non-fiction memoir).
This is an easy to read book about a girl growing up in ‘middle’ America.  I imagine at times Zippy must have exasperated her parents and teachers because she was so spunky and such an independent thinker.  She wasn’t your typical dress-wearing-always-obedient [...]

Tuesday, September 22nd, 2009

Today’s My Anniversary

Thirty-six years of marriage.  I can’t believe it!  I remember when I was first married, one of my sisters-in-law had been married for 5 years.  That seem like such a LONG time.  I couldn’t imagine what it would be like to be married that long.
And, now, I have surpassed that about 7 times over.  And [...]

Monday, September 21st, 2009

How To Think Like Leonardo da Vinci

Five years ago, I heard a forum speech about thinking.  The speaker shared synonyms for the word think.  Ratiocinate, cerebrate, mentate, and lucubrate were some of the words I liked.  It was a good speech.
Over the years, I have been interested in thinking and how to improve my thinking.  So it is [...]

Friday, September 18th, 2009