Tess moved out of the ICU and into the pediatrics ward today. It's sounding as though she may be going home sooner as well, although we're not setting our hopes on any specific day yet.
It's great to see her smiling again. She has an animated face that can tell stories with wonderful expressions. She's surrounded by loving family and nifty gifts - stuffed animals, a Hanna Montana blanket, and a balloon that sings "Don't Worry. Be Happy." Most of all, she has Mike and Lynn and a family, immediate and extended, and family friends who bring joy, hope, and wisdom.
Thanks, all.
Saturday, March 08, 2008
Friday, March 07, 2008
A time for prayer
Our granddaughter, Tess, is in the ICU. She had been quite sick and
was rushed to the hospital yesterday as we learned that she has
diabetes. She'll be in the hospital for several days.
was rushed to the hospital yesterday as we learned that she has
diabetes. She'll be in the hospital for several days.
Tess is strong and vibrant and will be fine. We all have a big pile of
rocks to climb over, however, before we are walking on our new road.
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Drink from the well and yield your place to another. - Jose Ortega y Gasset
Thursday, March 06, 2008
This week's RoasterBoy playlist
Marvin Gaye - What's Going On ( Thursday, Mar 06 at 06:49 PM )
As with Curtis Mayfield around the time of Superfly, this song and album is a deep and unending ache for what's happening on the street corner. Gaye, however, not only looks at the drugs and gangs and violence, but also looks up and around to see the bigger issues of the environment and the…
YouTube - Vampire Weekend- Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa ( Tuesday, Mar 04 at 08:11 PM )
Great guitar hook: YouTube - Vampire Weekend- Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa
Van Halen - Dreams ( Monday, Mar 03 at 09:55 PM )
Most of VH's best stuff, of course, comes from the David Lee Roth years, but Dreams is great showcase for Sammy Hagar, as well as Eddie on keyboards. (DLR's Jump also includes a good keyboard-as-rhythm-section.) Dreams came out about the same time as the Challenger explosion and I still…
YouTube - Jonathan Richman- Roadrunner ( Monday, Mar 03 at 06:34 PM )
Probably the only song that mentions Stop & Shop: YouTube - Jonathan Richman- Roadrunner
YouTube - The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (live) ( Saturday, Mar 01 at 04:08 PM )
Happy Birthday, Roger Daltry - YouTube - The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again (live) Best rock 'n roll scream evar. OH, BY THE WAY, DID YOU KNOW THAT PETE TOWNSHEND IS ALMOST DEAF?
Miles Davis - A Tribute to Jack Johnson ( Friday, Feb 29 at 10:04 PM )
"I'm black. I'll never let them forget it." -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.google.com Drink from the well and yield your place to another. - Jose Ortega y Gasset
YouTube - U2 When Love Comes To Town live from Rotterdam,Lovetown 1990 ( Thursday, Feb 28 at 10:32 PM )
With B.B. King: YouTube - U2 When Love Comes To Town live from Rotterdam,Lovetown 1990
Nothing but blue skies is all I see
After the wild weather of the last couple of days, a calm dome of cold air has settled atop of us. The contrails are like dusty chalk lines against the deep blue sky. When the upper air is calm, contrails can last for hours. If the jet stream is chugging along normally, the markings of the jets' passage are gone in minutes or even seconds.
The National Weather Service forecast says that we can expect more heavy rain tomorrow night into Saturday. The meteorologist calls the storm "an inside runner," meaning that it will go up the eastern seaboard, but the center of the low will stay over land, perhaps as far inland as the Appalachian chain. An inside runner brings us rain, while the far north and west gets ice or snow. Yesterday's storm cleared away snow from half of our back yard, but the ground is still hard frozen.
As I've mentioned before, I use some of the automated search tools in Google to keep track of news on various topics. The searches that I have set up for depression, as you might expect, pick up info about the mental illness, but also about troubled economic times. It turns out that economic advisers to the president have maintained a Misery Index since the 1960s. The index is simply the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. The worst rating was in the latter party of the Carter administrator, while Ike scored the best. The current administration is in the middle of the pack, better than his father's, but worse than Bill Clinton's.
So, what can we expect from the future?
The National Weather Service forecast says that we can expect more heavy rain tomorrow night into Saturday. The meteorologist calls the storm "an inside runner," meaning that it will go up the eastern seaboard, but the center of the low will stay over land, perhaps as far inland as the Appalachian chain. An inside runner brings us rain, while the far north and west gets ice or snow. Yesterday's storm cleared away snow from half of our back yard, but the ground is still hard frozen.
As I've mentioned before, I use some of the automated search tools in Google to keep track of news on various topics. The searches that I have set up for depression, as you might expect, pick up info about the mental illness, but also about troubled economic times. It turns out that economic advisers to the president have maintained a Misery Index since the 1960s. The index is simply the unemployment rate added to the inflation rate. The worst rating was in the latter party of the Carter administrator, while Ike scored the best. The current administration is in the middle of the pack, better than his father's, but worse than Bill Clinton's.
So, what can we expect from the future?
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