As if it wasn’t bad enough, attending the third day of a murder trial, I spent my lunch break watching firefighters pull two dead folks out of a pickup that crashed two days ago. The murder trial is that of Christina Townsend, accused by prosecutors of causing a 2-year-old girl’s death with scalding water burns.[...]
Two days of the Christina Townsend murder trial are behind me, but I already feel as though I’ve missed sleep for a week. I’ve heard enough evidence to make a lawyer go cross-eyed. Did she do it? How the hell should I know? I’m just a reporter, for God’s sake. See my stories in The[...]
(I had a longer entry here, but my ****ing computer crashed. Probably a good thing.) Watched Dr. Zhivago for the first time tonight (though I’m a student of Russian history, and actually took 2 years of the language in college, I’d never seen this classic before.) It was obvious why it was a classic. Based[...]
So nice, so nice. Everything is fine with me. Bright stars are shining behind the thunderous storm clouds and the moon shines down on other places in the world. I am at peace. The music flows through me. Moves me. Engages my soul in a dialog. Relaxing. Sleeping. Yes. It really is “all good.”
Tonight was refreshing for me. I got a call from a cousin that I hadn’t talked to in years. She and I used to be the best of friends, when we were children and as teenagers. Back then, we shared everything, all our secrets, our problems, our dreams and hopes for the future. Now, we’re[...]
Back in my day, some weird-ass rock group sang, “I need a new drug.” I can’t agree, but I do need a new source of energy. I’m just drained, fatigued, and exhausted. Trying to guess the reasons, I’m blaming part of it on basketball season — Not only did I work about 45 hours a[...]
Another day, another 14 cents. The newspaper business is surprisingly resistant to change. I’ve been learning this over the last few years, as I’ve tried to incorporate things I’ve learned at seminars and workshops… but the folks “higher up” are very conservative when it comes to making changes in the paper, no matter how liberal[...]
I spent all day yesterday making firewood for my grandmother (for next year). My brother and I began by cutting down about 20 large trees, and then trimming them of brush and small twigs. All of this mess we had to drag off into brush piles (of which we made several). Then we cut the[...]
This is from a year ago, but I don’t think I ever mentioned it. My wife and I always laugh when reminding each other of this story. We were at the neighborhood playground. Rebecca was drawing on the sidewalk using a white rock to make white lines. Two other girls, probably four and five years[...]
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
(Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
This video is is cuter without sound (I forgot to mute the TV before recording). Rebecca was proud that she drinks out of a glass now, without spilling: (Copyright © 2013 by Wil C. Fry. All rights reserved.)
Flickr did their biggest change ever this evening. There’s a little more about that on my other blog. I’m seriously considering ending my eight-year relationship with Flickr. If only there were another decent place to share photos (and remember, I said “decent”, so no one suggest Facebook). Rebecca worked on learning my limits again today.[...]
WEATHER: 72-93°F, mostly cloudy RLF requested the playground today, after a few weeks of not going, so I said okay. She wouldn’t walk there; only rode in the stroller. And only played there for about five minutes before she was ready to come home. (This is why we’d quit going in the first place.) She[...]
➤ A couple of nights ago, Rebecca woke up crying about 2 a.m. My wife heard it, rushed in. RLF said she needed to go to the bathroom. MF took her; RLF did. Then RLF went back to sleep. (I didn’t wake up. Noises will prevent me from falling asleep, but very little will wake[...]
After a cooler than average spring, yesterday was the hottest day of the year (high: 92°F) until today’s record high of 96°F. Had a pretty good day with Rebecca (scroll down for photos).
Rebecca did well with potty again today — still working on #2. After an early, short, and surprising nap (she put herself down at 11:50 for just an hour), much of the afternoon was full of fussing and craziness. I got a new debit card today, to replace the old one that was cracking and[...]
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