Monday, March 31, 2008
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Monday, March 24, 2008
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Hello from Hoboken
I'm in Hoboken today, Nikki and Zoe went to a playgroup with Kara and Emma. Its really cute seeing Zoe and Emma play together, they are about the same age. I'll have some photos next week.
I find myself in Paneras again (same store-different state). They seem to have a reliable connection. We are here for Nikki's birthday, I wanted to take Nikki to her favorite place to eat, Zen Palate in Union Square, but they closed down! So we are going to Gobos in the village instead, that was our 2nd favorite place in NYC, now its our first since Zen Palate at Union Sq is no more.
Its weird being in Hoboken and NYC right now, I haven't been back in over a year, but it seems like its been a couple of weeks. It seems to pick up right where it left off. Dallas was the same way, we lived here for 4 years, but whenever we visited Dallas it was like it was a continuation of when we left. Having lived in 2 places, and being in both of those places within the same day can be a challenge to my reality. My brain is trying to figure out whats going on, or maybe I need more sleep ;)
It will be good to see all of our friends here. We plan on going to the Met and Central Park this weekend. Im also going to feed my bird buddies here in Hoboken, I used to feed them all the time.
Here is a photo of Hoboken about 10 minutes ago. Its drizzly and in the 40s this afternoon.
I find myself in Paneras again (same store-different state). They seem to have a reliable connection. We are here for Nikki's birthday, I wanted to take Nikki to her favorite place to eat, Zen Palate in Union Square, but they closed down! So we are going to Gobos in the village instead, that was our 2nd favorite place in NYC, now its our first since Zen Palate at Union Sq is no more.
Its weird being in Hoboken and NYC right now, I haven't been back in over a year, but it seems like its been a couple of weeks. It seems to pick up right where it left off. Dallas was the same way, we lived here for 4 years, but whenever we visited Dallas it was like it was a continuation of when we left. Having lived in 2 places, and being in both of those places within the same day can be a challenge to my reality. My brain is trying to figure out whats going on, or maybe I need more sleep ;)
It will be good to see all of our friends here. We plan on going to the Met and Central Park this weekend. Im also going to feed my bird buddies here in Hoboken, I used to feed them all the time.
Here is a photo of Hoboken about 10 minutes ago. Its drizzly and in the 40s this afternoon.
Monday, March 17, 2008
Art Reception
You can see more photos, a video and Skip's new artwork from the art reception this past Saturday at skipnoah.blogspot.com
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Friday, March 14, 2008
Creek in WV
This is a photo of the creek by my grandparents house early this morning. I feed some of the ducks there and watched some kingfishers flying up and down the creek. Upstream from this photo there is a small waterfall coming off the mountain.
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Working in West Virginia
I'm at a Paneras in Charleston, West Virginia today (this is Skip). My grandfathers in the hospital and I came up with my mom to visit him and my grandmother. I took one day off work to travel here, and today and tomorrow I'm working (well, sort of-I'm playing with this blog right now)
My grandfather is doing better than I expected, he smiled and was glad to see me when I walked in. He had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago (his 6th). He talked to me for about 2 hours. He is a very quite guy so I think thats the most he's ever talked to me!
I found out something really interesting...his grandmother immigrated here from Germany (from a town near Hamburg), her name was Sabrina, and the first placed she lived in America was Hoboken!!!! Wow, we may have lived really close to where she lived back in the 1800's (for those of you who don't know Hoboken is only 1 mile square). After living in Hoboken for a while she moved with my great-great grandfather (who immigrated here from England) to West Virginia.
My grandfather has lead an interesting life so far, he and his dad were bear hunters in West Virginia (yes, bear hunter-his grandson turns out to be an animal rights vegetarian-go figure!), he fought in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII as a ground solider, he was a coal miner for years, and a preacher. Now one of his favorite things to do is go feed the wild ducks at the creek that runs along his property.
I really miss Nikki and Zoe and look forward to coming back Saturday.
I took the picture on this posting with my phone this morning. Its of myself in front of a bridge in Charleston by the Kanawha River.
My grandfather is doing better than I expected, he smiled and was glad to see me when I walked in. He had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago (his 6th). He talked to me for about 2 hours. He is a very quite guy so I think thats the most he's ever talked to me!
I found out something really interesting...his grandmother immigrated here from Germany (from a town near Hamburg), her name was Sabrina, and the first placed she lived in America was Hoboken!!!! Wow, we may have lived really close to where she lived back in the 1800's (for those of you who don't know Hoboken is only 1 mile square). After living in Hoboken for a while she moved with my great-great grandfather (who immigrated here from England) to West Virginia.
My grandfather has lead an interesting life so far, he and his dad were bear hunters in West Virginia (yes, bear hunter-his grandson turns out to be an animal rights vegetarian-go figure!), he fought in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII as a ground solider, he was a coal miner for years, and a preacher. Now one of his favorite things to do is go feed the wild ducks at the creek that runs along his property.
I really miss Nikki and Zoe and look forward to coming back Saturday.
I took the picture on this posting with my phone this morning. Its of myself in front of a bridge in Charleston by the Kanawha River.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Park Pics from this morning
Here are some pics from this morning. Nikki has changed her hair color to a nice ultramarine blue.
Wednesday, March 5, 2008
Bush in handcuffs, hyena soaps, and 1 other story
An interesting news article about several Vermont towns that have voted to arrest Bush and Cheney for crimes against the Constitution.
A New York Times article on hyena soap operas (its about their social structure and intelligence).
An article on the teaching of girls and boys, how they learn.
A New York Times article on hyena soap operas (its about their social structure and intelligence).
An article on the teaching of girls and boys, how they learn.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Saturday, March 1, 2008
Dragon's Head
We were taking our weekend walk in the woods and came across this fallen tree that looked like a dragon's head. Whats really cool is about 20 feet behind it another part of the tree looks like its tail. We decided if we lived in a forest village we could make up a tale about how a wizard turned a dragon into a tree long ago.
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