Recommendations

Two books -
Wednesday's Sisters
The Book Thief

Let me know what you think.

Sleepover at Grandma's

I've talked my daughter into an overnight visit to my house with the grandbaby. They and my grand-dog are coming Friday. I'm so looking forward to this and am planning the evening and the next morning just as I would if they were coming for out-of-town. We may have to stay up all night to get everything done.

First Try Bokeh

After having my camera (a digital Kodak Z-type) for over a year, I finally figured out how to change the aperture, shutter speed and anything else that could be changed. I think I've achieved bokeh!

Impressed & Distressed

Since the end of May (and until July 9th), I've had a second job. I'm the evening administrator for Barbri's bar exam review course. On an average night, there are 20-25 regulars. Occasionally we will have an influx of day students who want either to repeat a lesson or listen to one so they can skip a weekend.

With one year left and not being an auditory learner, I'm not really listening to the DVD lectures. Instead I watch the students and then read fiction (yes, books with plots instead of cases). Many of my evening students impress me.

One guy is preparing for a third time to take the bar exam. Last year he missed passing by one point! He always speaks to me and shares what he has learned about the exam and grading with anyone who asks. He impresses me. I'm not sure I would try again after two failures. He exemplies the saying that something is only a failing if it stops you from moving on. I'm hoping he passes.

There is an older attorney who is trying to regain his license. An woman who was an attorney in New York until she fell in love with a Texan. She has been a stay-at-home mom for the past eleven years and now that she is divorced, she wants to pass the Texas Bar. Another young woman also moved here for love after practicing in Alabama for five years. Texas requires a longer period before offering reciprocity.

Most of my evening regulars work a full day and then come to the class. And then go home and study. It is not an easy thing they do.

While most of the day students who visit the evening session are equally studious and industrious, there have been a group who seem to think they are entitled. They leave the door to the outside open anytime they leave or enter the building. They are loud. They throw things in the trash can from a distance and, when they miss, they leave their trash on the floor. What is distressing about this is that most of these students come from my law school!

After work today

I'm the evening administrator for the bar review course. It confuses the other people who show up every evening and Saturday afternoon because I'm not listening to the dvds. Since I have another year of law school and am not an auditory learner, I am catching up on fun reading and crossword puzzles.

Before work today I'm dropping stuff off at goodwill and going by Farmer's Market. Then after work, I'm working on my plants and my deck. I may add a water feature so I can have some of these.

Riddle me this

What do a dead fish and a handshake have in common?

Nothing!

So, Ladies, when you shake hands with someone, do not give them a dead fish. It is appropriate to give a nice, firm handshake.

And, unless you are the Queen, give your whole hand and not just a few wilted fingers.

A Love Affair - Plant version

I first fell in love with Rose Moss in Liberal, Kansas. My family moved there in the fall of 1958 when I was in the second grade. My parents bought their first house and painted it Sunset Coral. There was a small triangular flowerbed between the driveway, sidewalk and front steps. There my mother planted rose moss. The colors went with the house and I was enthralled with those tiny little roses. Today they fill the stone birdbath in my tiny yard and a little flower bed by the front door. If I could only have one plant, I'm pretty sure I would pick Rose Moss.