A little cheese with that whine?

I removed my previous post, because it was too whiny. But I am very grateful to those who responded. Thank you for the reminder that it is possible, and that it just takes sitting down and writing/editing every single day. The new (and final) deadline is June 30th.

Samford Students Study On Saba Island

My friend Jennifer and her students talk about their Jan Term course on Saba in the Caribbean. Very cool!!

Guy Clark with Karen Matheson - Dublin Blues

Happy New Year 2010

It's hard to believe the "aughts" are already behind us. I didn't even know that's what the decade was called until the very end!! But here are a few exciting things that happened last year, and all bode well for the year and decade to come:

1) Rachel joined Annette and Wes on May 6th and is making all of our family gatherings a pure delight.

2) Amelia joined Lara and Bill (brand new!! Born on December 8th).

3) Dana Ness married my darling brother Richard (on November 29th).

4) My grandmother turned 105. Wow!!!!!

So all is well, in spite of the crazy economy and wars and rumors of war and all of that. I look forward to 2010 with hope and optimism and wish you and yours the very best for the new year and the new decade (the Teens!)

Alexander Rybak - Fairytale (2009 Eurovision Song Contest Wi

I just love the fun and madness that is Eurovision ... here is the 2009 winner. Enjoy!