tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39190682009-12-19T08:39:34.441-06:00Santiago DreamingThe Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela is a centuries old trek across northern Spain done by following "The Camino de Santiago", the road to Santiago. Before February of 2001 I had not heard of "The Camino" nor of the Pilgrimage. By the end of October of that year I was in Santiago after completing the walk myself. I thought that when I reached Santiago my journey was over but I see now that my journey started way before I got to Spain and still has not ended.la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.comBlogger1384125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-82214670496269749682009-12-19T08:35:00.002-06:002009-12-19T08:39:34.449-06:00Christmas Quotes“When we were children we were grateful to those who filled our stockings at Christmas time. Why are we not grateful to God for filling our stockings with legs?”-G. K. Chesterton"And a Merry Christmas to you too, Mr. Scrooge."-Mela peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-63271046641668986692009-12-17T06:25:00.005-06:002009-12-17T07:53:29.808-06:00Christmas, Christmas Time Is NearWe are getting closer to Christmas day so here are a few links to help get you into the mood:1. Christmas lights.2. Christmas trees.3. The Jackson 5 singing Jackson 5 singing Santa Claus Is Coming To Town.4. Snowmen.5. Listen to Christmas carols. (Don't forget to ask them to sing Adeste Fideles.) 6. If that's not enough here are Alvin and the Chipmunks singing The Chipmunks Christmas Song. (Clickla peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-3858540023366327462009-12-16T07:55:00.000-06:002009-12-16T07:59:06.031-06:00I Guess God Finally Called Him HomeTelevision evangelist Oral Roberts died yesterday. He will be remembered for blackmailing his supporters into giving him 8 million dollars back in 1986 by telling them that God would "call me home" if they failed to do so. Why do most TV evangelical preachers seem to prove Lord Acton's observation that, "power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-1987977844892983312009-12-15T13:55:00.000-06:002009-12-15T13:59:06.066-06:00Reading is FUNdamentalThe BBC believes that most people will have only read 6 of the 100 books here. How do my reading habits stack up?1 Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen (X)2 The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien (X)3 Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte 4 Harry Potter series – JK Rowling (X)5 To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper Lee (X)6 The Bible (X)7 Wuthering Heights – Emily Bronte 8 1984 – George Orwell (X)9 His Dark Materials la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-28769182208737700912009-12-10T12:54:00.005-06:002009-12-10T15:17:14.801-06:00Doesn't It Seem That As You Get OlderThe younger people look? I'm talking about like when you look at photos of you parents at the age they were when you were a child and are surprised by how young they look. Or when watching an old movie you find yourself surprised by how young an actor looks who you thought of as old when he was age forty. Well, I'm here to tell you this doesn't just happen with people. I worked at the libraryla peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-10963235513222304652009-12-09T08:04:00.003-06:002009-12-09T08:40:53.556-06:00Walking In A Winter WonderlandAn open area in a farmer's field. Can you spot the turkey?A sheltered area in the treesA snow angel. While I was viewing this image in the camera I heard a loud crashing, branches breaking sound in front of me. I looked up and coming out of the river and through the underbrush was a deer. He was headed straight for me so I quickly lifted my camera to my face and snapped a photo right before he la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-7939961791432846142009-12-08T17:14:00.005-06:002009-12-08T17:34:58.892-06:00Quick! What Book Does This Image Make You Think Of?I'll wait........doo, doo, doo, do-do doo doo do (final jeopardy music), you can hum along if you like. Did you guess Charlotte's Web? DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, YOU WIN!Which is probably why the newer copies of this book have this cover:I only know about this book because it (with the old cover) was one of the books I cataloged today. Working at the library today was pleasant since it was la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-21109331997577906462009-12-07T14:45:00.002-06:002009-12-07T20:01:47.085-06:00Baby, It's Cold OutsideLast week's high and low temperatures were 55F/12.8C and -4F/-20C respectively in my little town. Right now it is 17F/-8.3C with a brisk wind blowing. Tomorrow a blizzard hits with winds up to 40mph predicted so I think I can safely say winter is officially here in my little piece of the world. I just got back from the grocery store where I bought a carton of eggnog and tomorrow I plan to hunkerla peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-54464535848131554212009-12-04T07:43:00.000-06:002009-12-04T07:43:46.722-06:00QuiddlerRight up front let me tell you that I hate the game of Scrabble. As some of you know I am a terrible speller since I do not have the ability to visualize words in my head. Short words I can handle since I can memorize them along with some longer words that I am able to break down into smaller syllables but other words, I draw a blank. Imagine my delight during the Thanksgiving holiday when I was la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-66953517984436462882009-12-03T16:37:00.004-06:002009-12-03T16:46:55.944-06:00That's What It's All AboutIt is interesting how people who you have never met can have a great effect on you life. Most of the time you never find out why but other times, if you are lucky, you do. Today I read about the death of Robert Degeny on his 104th birthday. Who is Robert Degeny you ask? Why he is the man who wrote the modern version of The Hokey Pokey. A form of this song has been around since the 18th la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-8966744396132311182009-12-02T15:04:00.002-06:002009-12-02T16:11:32.515-06:00Jack Frost Nipping At My NoseI woke up this morning to a dusting of snow on the ground, streets and sidewalks. It had all disappeared by the time I left the library after working five hours. Everyone who came in commented on the cold and added that if it wasn't for the wind it wouldn't be so bad. It wouldn't of but that did not help me while I was outside doing a very thorough poop patrol of the yard. (Go here to learn why la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-83619836153487709192009-12-01T14:04:00.004-06:002009-12-01T14:17:04.440-06:00Time To Kick Back With A Good BookOur world, so we see and hear on all sides, is drowning in materialism, commercialism, consumerism. But the problem is not really there. What we ordinarily speak of as materialism is a result, not a cause. The root of materialism is a poverty of ideas about the inner and the outer world. Less and less does our contemporary culture have, or even seek, commerce with great ideas, and it is that la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-63937073210333845212009-11-30T13:28:00.004-06:002009-11-30T13:32:17.730-06:00Post-Holiday BlahsToo much food, too much drink, too much traveling, and too much fun makes me feel like this today. Hope your Thanksgiving was just as fillling.la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-43359564872367584292009-11-25T08:09:00.004-06:002009-11-25T08:17:33.321-06:00Have A Happy Thanksgiving, EveryoneAh! on Thanksgiving day, when from East and from West,From North and from South comes the pilgrim and guest;When the gray-haired New Englander sees round his boardThe old broken links of affection restored;When the care-wearied man seeks his mother once more,And the worn matron smiles where the girl smiled before;What moistens the lip and what brightens the eye,What calls back the past, like the la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-39895376994783055352009-11-24T14:38:00.005-06:002009-11-24T14:51:52.467-06:00Oh Where, Oh Where Has My Little Dog Gone?Oh where, oh where can she be?My husband lost Little Sally Pumpkinhead. He took both dogs hunting this morning and about a half hour after they got back called for her but she did not come. He walked around the house looking for her but could not find her. He went outside and called but no Little Sally Pumpkinhead appeared. He then walked around the outside of the house looking for her but la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-85894321651875211032009-11-23T08:15:00.006-06:002009-11-24T07:50:55.201-06:00I'm In A New York State Of MindMy sister took this photo. As she points out, one train coming into the station while another pulls out rarely happens.la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-21154196239160845432009-11-20T06:32:00.006-06:002009-11-20T08:21:37.320-06:00The Pursuit Of HappinessAn unalienable right according to the Declaration of Independence. Note, it says that we as American citizens have an unalienable right to the pursuit of happiness not that we have an unalienable right to be happy. No guarantee stated there or in the US Constitution.So, all you people who justify your selfish, obnoxious behavior by stating emphatically that you have the right to be happy (which la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-84935811714280185362009-11-19T06:38:00.001-06:002009-11-19T17:41:55.506-06:00Mad Dogs And Englishmen Go Out In The Midday SunIn tropical climes there are certain times of dayWhen all the citizens retireTo take their clothes off and perspire.It's one of those rules that the greatest fools obey,Because the sun is much too sultryAnd one must avoid its ultri-violet ray.The natives grieve when the white men leave their huts,Because they're obviously definitely nuts!Mad dogs and EnglishmenGo out in the midday sunThe Japanesela peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-73194973146600730342009-11-18T07:04:00.005-06:002009-11-18T07:04:01.018-06:00Sometimes You Can Judge A Book By Its CoverNowhere on the cover of Sarah Palin's book is the name of her co-author, Lynn Vincent. We haven't even opened the book yet and we find a half-truth.la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-448957051824391042009-11-17T16:56:00.004-06:002009-11-17T16:58:55.665-06:00Things That Look Innocent In The Light Of DayAre dangerous in the dark of night.la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-46124598306593348322009-11-16T12:14:00.002-06:002009-11-16T12:15:19.052-06:00Tea Always Taste Better In A New Mugla peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-29671851814424162632009-11-13T06:34:00.008-06:002009-11-19T14:29:02.130-06:00Those Schoolgirl Days Of Telling Tales And Biting Nails Are Gone (part two)It must have been in early Spring because I remember not having a coat on when I stepped on the playground during lunch period. I could see Sandy and Vicki standing under the huge elm tree that towered over the northeast corner of the blacktop near the teacher's parking lot. This was where we always hung out before school and after we finished our lunch. That day both girls had rushed out of la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-87947643269531430222009-11-12T06:09:00.009-06:002009-11-12T07:53:50.709-06:00Those Schoolgirl Days Of Telling Tales And Biting Nails Are Gonebut in my mind I know they will still live on and on.-To Sir With LoveAs I am sure you have noticed I have been somewhat MIA blog wise the last six months. A number of things have contributed to this like work, illness and travel. Travel included a trip to Denver for my husband's 40th high school reunion back in September; something he was looking forward to with trepidation. It was scheduled la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-9767325175654337152009-11-11T06:29:00.001-06:002009-11-11T06:29:00.442-06:00Remembering Those Who Servedla peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3919068.post-3747647419773075202009-11-10T07:16:00.002-06:002009-11-10T07:19:26.985-06:00When I Grow Up I Want To Be An Old WomanI do too. My sister sent this to me and I thank her and Kaiser Permanente.la peregrinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10992459469931809488noreply@blogger.com0