We Tied the Knot
I went looking for a dress for Wil's and my 50th Anniversary gathering (taking place this Summer). I need something royal blue (the colour at our wedding), yet somewhat dressy, somewhat casual and that would have a nautical theme. I found this, which I also found in great used shape on Poshmark! Seems perfect to celebrate two sailors celebrating having tied the knot. PS: It rained on our wedding day, which is perfect, since a wet knot is hard to untie.
Happy fiftieth!
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I saw a video with some breathless reporting on Maine making progress passing the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact [Click], so I looked at the official NPVIC web site, [Click] and it does appear that it is slowly getting closer to enactment since I last looked.
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Very good. The sooner, the better.
DeleteBBC on attempts to get aid to Gaza [Click]
ReplyDeleteOne can’t help but think of the Mulberry Harbours, [Click] but those were under preparation in secret for a year. And the SeaBees prepared for an extended period of time to be able to build facilities in the Pacific Theater so quickly following landings. But aren’t there a good many surplus ships that could be run aground to form a pier or harbor?
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Wow! There couldn't possibly be a more appropriate dress for the occasion! I'm a believer in synchronicity - things coming into your life when you need them - and if this isn't the perfect example I don't know what is. --Susan
ReplyDelete💙 Thanks, Susan! 💙
DeleteThe actual 50th isn’t until June 28th, but we are already recalling what we were doing to prepare at this point.
We prepped the entire wedding all
on our own, including costs, excepting only that a friend made my gown and my mother crocheted baskets for the flowers. (Not bad, considering that Wil turned 19 just before and I turned 19 just after our wedding.)
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DeleteSometimes the right person is very close by, and sometimes not.
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That's a great dress!
Delete💙 Thanks, Cat! 💙
DeleteDesperate TikTok lobbying effort backfires on Capitol Hill [Click] The whole thing seems obscure to me, but I’m an old fogey.
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It seems the word is older than I realized:
Fogy \Fo"gy\, n.; pl. Fogies.
1. A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over-conservative, or slow; -- usually preceded by old; an old fogy. [Written also fogie and fogey.] [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. --Thackeray. [1913 Webster]
Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regarded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as "an invalid or garrison soldier," and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. --Sir F. Head. [1913 Webster]
I've always been a fogey, and proud of it!
DeleteFOGEY POWER!
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Pope provokes outrage by saying Ukraine should ‘raise white flag’ and end war with Russia [Click] Egads.
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Delete😮😵💫😡 No words!!
Wait, here’s one: 🤬
When I read the story, assuming it to be true, I was strongly tempted to make a very ungenerous remark here. Suffice it to say that (again if the story is true), Francis has destroyed the respect I had for him. I was moved just now to skim the Wikipedia article for Pius XII.
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Seeing this headline on Reuters this morning, I was mightily puzzled and confused. After reading the Guardian article, I remain so. The clarification doesn't really clarify anything. Francis is not a stupid man. He understands the power of words. If he truly believes the onus is on Ukraine to sue for peace, then I agree with Alan that he has besmirched his reputation and lost my respect. If he meant that both sides need to arrange a truce to accommodate negotiations, he said so extraordinarily clumsily.
DeleteThe enigma of Rose Dugdale: what drove a former debutante to become Britain and Ireland’s most wanted terrorist? [Click] News to me, but certainly interesting— although I wouldn’t rely on a movie to educate myself.
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Zyn nicotine pouches are the latest US culture-war front [Click] Right-wingers encouraging drug abuse? Not that it is really surprising, I suppose.
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Astronomers detect ‘waterworld with a boiling ocean’ in deep space [Click] “Significant discovery, made by James Webb telescope, provokes disagreement over conditions on planet’s surface”
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Researching “The Hum” [Click]
ReplyDeleteThe idea that it might bd due to two different sounds is interesting.
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Last night, I was looking up details on Jimmy Dorsey's 1941 hit "Green Eyes". Both it and the song issued on the flip side, "Maria Elena", were recorded on March Nineteenth, 1941. "Wow," I thought, "Mom's second birthday. Wait till I tell her." Then it hit me that she's not here for me to tell. I didn't cry, but it did hurt, being completely happy for a moment and then remembering.
ReplyDeleteI thought I saw my father once in a while for several years, and he came to me in my dreams for decades, less and less frequently as time passed, but still once in a while.
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💛 Mom 💛
DeleteThen the Pope is a fool. Surrendering to Russia would not end the death and destruction. Did the Pope not see what happened to Navalny?
ReplyDeleteThat was me, Susan, calling the Pope a fool. Not sorry. I said what I said.
ReplyDeleteYup, Susan. I haven't seen anything that clarifies his statement. I hope he will at least backtrack it.
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