CindyH: Nothing like starting your day with a hair-raising crisis. I was trying to get 10-year-old Sam out the door to school when I heard him yell, “Mom! I had an accident with the scissors!' Yikes! I ran upstairs and found him in my bedroom holding a pair' [...]
I'll be turning over the controls of HBO Central to CindyH for a few hours today -- from 11:15 a.m. to about 2:30 p.m. The class of 1984 -- the staffers who joined the SR in 1984 -- will be honored for 25 years of service with a nice lunch' [...]
That study inspired me to keep my own thankfulness diary. I discovered an amazing thing – counting my blessings, no matter how small, shifted my perspective. While my difficulties didn’t disappear, my attitude changed, and that made all the difference. I remembered that lesson as I nestled into my burgundy Egyptian cotton sheets, [...]
As you know, I'm deeply indebted for the terrific job that CindyH does filling in for me while I'm on vacation. But saying thanks doesn't seem to be enough. So I figured I'd post this photo (monster hat tip to Sue) of a fundraiser planned by the Festival at Sandpoint. [...]
CindyH: So. I got the dreaded “note from teacher.” Or in this case e-mail. It seems my 10-year-old was sent to the principal's office for “blurting out,” and “talking out of turn several times despite repeated warnings.” He's been sentenced to morning and lunch recess detention. (Keeping an [...]
CindyH: I've got a monster deadline staring me in the face. It's already been a a long day, and I've got hours/words to go before I'm done. But I find myself thinking about things I'd rather be doing if I didn't have to work. I'd rather be taking [...]
First, you should join me in applauding another terrific effort by CindyH in keeping this blog hopping while I was on vacation last week. (Point of order: I have only one more week of vacation left on my docket -- to be taken around Christmas time.) I need to get caught [...]
First, you should join me in putting your hands together re: the terrific job that CindyH did as the sub blogmeister of Huckleberries Online this week. She kept the blog beast fed -- and supervised the comments playground like someone who'd performed the task for years. I don't think anyone [...]
With the posting of this Wild Card, I'll turn over controls of HBO Central to CindyH, unofficially. She'll take over duties officially Monday morning. Also on Monday, elections officials will canvass the votes in the local elections. Which will start the clock running on challenger Jim Brannon's request for a [...]
I'm going to take a few days off to clear my head of the campaign and election fog and to enjoy my kids. I'll officially turn the controls of HBO Central over to CindyH on Monday. I've warned her not to check out the cooler by herself (especially after Joker's [...]
CindyH will sub for me next week as I take some R-n-R to catch a breath after the elections and to enjoy Dr. Oliveria & my wonderful daughter-in-law, who will be visiting between interviews for medical residency at University of Washington and OHSU/Portland and sundry other places. I may give [...]
When Dolores Gonzales moved to Spokane from Los Angeles, she didn’t miss the traffic or the hectic lifestyle of Southern California, but she did miss the music. “In bigger cities, smooth jazz is the music of choice for mature adults,” she says. So five years ago, she and a co-worker [...]
