tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:08:48 +0000Considering the Alternativeshttp://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/kjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)Blogger480125http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/PinkHollyhockhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-4639600527574656654Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:15:00 +00002009-11-06T15:08:48.308-08:00http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/O-29dS0iO2I/my-idea-of-fun-babysitting-job.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LO5N2nng_oQl2k_qsO8DR7yxRWw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LO5N2nng_oQl2k_qsO8DR7yxRWw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LO5N2nng_oQl2k_qsO8DR7yxRWw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LO5N2nng_oQl2k_qsO8DR7yxRWw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/O-29dS0iO2I" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/11/my-idea-of-fun-babysitting-job.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-369794733802108218Sat, 17 Oct 2009 19:45:00 +00002009-10-17T12:57:38.563-07:00It was as tiny as an earthworm. But there was no mistaking that flickering, forked tongue and sidewinder moves. A red stripe raced down its back. The miniature snake has been liberated to a far pasture, but a question remains. Where is the rest of the family?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/O2pat-tqMus/patio-snake.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M692fPmyWr5oA8dMmKDxVzrUHEI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M692fPmyWr5oA8dMmKDxVzrUHEI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M692fPmyWr5oA8dMmKDxVzrUHEI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M692fPmyWr5oA8dMmKDxVzrUHEI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/O2pat-tqMus" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/10/patio-snake.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-2585179984367516980Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:09:00 +00002009-10-06T08:11:50.360-07:00From a Facebook friend..."Success or failure is determined in your own mind. Even against the negative opinion of the rest of society, if you bring out by your all-conquering God-given will the conviction that you cannot be left to suffer in difficulties, you will feel ...a secret divine power coming upon you; and you will see that the magnetism of that conviction and power is opening up new wayshttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/1_Wl-8tx89w/on-success.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j7Rgv49DfjY0FqlVVEpOL2fT-cQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j7Rgv49DfjY0FqlVVEpOL2fT-cQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j7Rgv49DfjY0FqlVVEpOL2fT-cQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/j7Rgv49DfjY0FqlVVEpOL2fT-cQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/1_Wl-8tx89w" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/10/on-success.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-2003829326361386451Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:03:00 +00002009-10-01T11:32:35.070-07:00redding canewspapersnew mediaanewscafe.commediaRecently the Rotary Club of Redding, Calif., (I'm a member) asked me to explain about our little company. Here's the piece I wrote, updated with Q3 '09 numbers.When I left newspaper editing in '07, I thought I was finished with the whole messy, dying business. But it turned out I was only done with the paper part, not the news.Papers are on palliative care, but the news keeps right on happeninghttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/IXpKSELp1Mk/have-i-got-story-to-tell.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)4<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QagijylWi5Z0g6hExG-DugWpeG0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QagijylWi5Z0g6hExG-DugWpeG0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QagijylWi5Z0g6hExG-DugWpeG0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/QagijylWi5Z0g6hExG-DugWpeG0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/IXpKSELp1Mk" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/10/have-i-got-story-to-tell.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-3103273451263263267Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:25:00 +00002009-09-22T16:23:42.727-07:00He is 20-something, dark, sharp-featured, slumped and exhausted-looking on the sidewalk in front of Walgreens. His eyes are closed. He doesn't move until I approach."Are you OK?" I ask.His eyes open and he looks clearly and directly at me. He shakes his head. He is not begging. I see no belongings. He could have fallen from the sky. It is 100 degrees out here. "What do you need?" I ask."I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/Y9ymE_lPvZw/lost.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)7<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S14IGlHu0XivUFOJAP85B1HjXHg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S14IGlHu0XivUFOJAP85B1HjXHg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S14IGlHu0XivUFOJAP85B1HjXHg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S14IGlHu0XivUFOJAP85B1HjXHg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/Y9ymE_lPvZw" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/09/lost.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-1747119084593546196Wed, 16 Sep 2009 19:42:00 +00002009-09-16T13:02:15.616-07:00My right foot has begun to buzz. It's a slight but distinct vibration in one particular spot. Comes and goes. No reason. Doesn't hurt. Doesn't itch, burn or bother me in any way. Feels rather pleasant, in fact. It's like a brief message from space. A built-in joy buzzer. The most probable explanation I can think of is that a nerve is reacting to my running, but I'm no doctor, so for all I http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/S0YoWgRvvQc/good-vibes.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)4<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_nGhaSDx2VnD7L1ZAM6M1KfN-g/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_nGhaSDx2VnD7L1ZAM6M1KfN-g/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_nGhaSDx2VnD7L1ZAM6M1KfN-g/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/p_nGhaSDx2VnD7L1ZAM6M1KfN-g/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/S0YoWgRvvQc" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/09/good-vibes.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-1670209676896649375Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:59:00 +00002009-08-25T06:31:08.653-07:00You might be a real journalist -- or just twisted like I am -- if you know why this is funny.Overheard in the Newsroom #1635: Editor to reporter: “This story is too dry. Just write it like you told it to me.” Reporter turns back to his computer and types: “So listen to this shit.”Much, much more here.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/tg3_1zysTS0/makes-me-miss-newsroom.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)4<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBCN67HG-GaLmuBFKeaRbDBt-Sc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBCN67HG-GaLmuBFKeaRbDBt-Sc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBCN67HG-GaLmuBFKeaRbDBt-Sc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tBCN67HG-GaLmuBFKeaRbDBt-Sc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/tg3_1zysTS0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/08/makes-me-miss-newsroom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-3932972588375267549Wed, 12 Aug 2009 14:51:00 +00002009-08-12T08:13:05.212-07:00It has been nine months since I last watched "Boston Legal" because I never know when it's showing or what channel it's ever on. So when I had a sudden notion last night to see if was on, and found it, and it had just barely started, of course I was drawn in for the whole hour.Didn't remember seeing it before. Laughed out loud many times. At the end, however, when Denny and Alan always chat http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/pLeAxjnN7vQ/sometimes-cosmos-talks-to-you.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)5<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CmUnuA5aXvoCZXAmtS9edbGbypc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CmUnuA5aXvoCZXAmtS9edbGbypc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CmUnuA5aXvoCZXAmtS9edbGbypc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/CmUnuA5aXvoCZXAmtS9edbGbypc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/pLeAxjnN7vQ" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/08/sometimes-cosmos-talks-to-you.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-638693134198246498Mon, 10 Aug 2009 21:36:00 +00002009-08-10T14:52:38.728-07:00My stars, how much do I love to read Ann Patchett? From "Run," 2007, Harper:Night after day Father Sullivan was awake with his thoughts. The visit of the two women and all the subsequent visitors that followed had shaken him. It made him realize how helpless he was to do anything of substance for anyone. He tried to see what was ahead for each of them and he could see nothing at all. It would http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/FN-DPxcluvM/exquisite-passage-from-run.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TGDDyjoTq8BocnaN8nA-TBiK5d8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TGDDyjoTq8BocnaN8nA-TBiK5d8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TGDDyjoTq8BocnaN8nA-TBiK5d8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/TGDDyjoTq8BocnaN8nA-TBiK5d8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/FN-DPxcluvM" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/08/exquisite-passage-from-run.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-2516877919153082830Sun, 09 Aug 2009 21:35:00 +00002009-08-09T19:34:11.015-07:00Doni and I went to see Saturday's first show of "Julie & Julia" at our favorite theater, Prime Cinemas in Anderson. Yes, it is a fun chick flick. And a delicious food movie. And a thrilling book-publishing movie and blogger story and a tres bien French story. Mais oui. The characters are human and lovable, completely three-dimensional. The acting is superb. The women are very female without http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/U9aOiX7PftE/what-i-really-really-liked-about-julie.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)6<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dlf9_7_XjDAsURQBO1n8ic0m0Ho/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dlf9_7_XjDAsURQBO1n8ic0m0Ho/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dlf9_7_XjDAsURQBO1n8ic0m0Ho/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Dlf9_7_XjDAsURQBO1n8ic0m0Ho/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/U9aOiX7PftE" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-i-really-really-liked-about-julie.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-1804153858232421740Mon, 03 Aug 2009 13:00:00 +00002009-08-03T06:00:05.468-07:00Complimentary means free. On the house. With our compliments.Complementary means to pair well with. To make whole or perfect. To complete.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/B5WVS5iRBEA/watch-your-language.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zZvSmYykZ1izJqsrhLTU53rccAA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zZvSmYykZ1izJqsrhLTU53rccAA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zZvSmYykZ1izJqsrhLTU53rccAA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/zZvSmYykZ1izJqsrhLTU53rccAA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/B5WVS5iRBEA" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/08/watch-your-language.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-5523834668476770906Sun, 02 Aug 2009 20:25:00 +00002009-08-02T14:29:38.417-07:00This short film by Redding's Jesse Rosten took top honors in the Sundial Film Festival in March 2009. It might be the most delightful 10 minutes of your week.Posted here with his permission. See more:Cart - The Film from Jesse Rosten on Vimeo.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/eJwin2v8VLk/cart-film.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6IzkUWhB3JdScTUI1SEj7j_feqk/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6IzkUWhB3JdScTUI1SEj7j_feqk/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6IzkUWhB3JdScTUI1SEj7j_feqk/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6IzkUWhB3JdScTUI1SEj7j_feqk/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/eJwin2v8VLk" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/08/cart-film.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-5740816006679637160Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:31:00 +00002009-07-27T15:37:30.673-07:00From one of my favorite watchdogs, the Electronic Frontier Foundation...With help from a proposed class action settlement, Google is planningto dramatically expand its Book Search service so that millions ofbooks will be available for browsing, reading, and purchasing online.But in designing this new service, Google is leaving reader privacybehind. Without strong privacy protections, all of your http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/2-zdoCmVLec/reader-privacy-alert.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-CZE9xvZEgof6Pt6ceBwigswqW4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-CZE9xvZEgof6Pt6ceBwigswqW4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-CZE9xvZEgof6Pt6ceBwigswqW4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-CZE9xvZEgof6Pt6ceBwigswqW4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/2-zdoCmVLec" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/07/reader-privacy-alert.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-8689627641826729450Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-07-27T04:00:04.138-07:00Caution: Admonition ahead.The word is not admonishment. The word is admonition. Memory device: You wouldn't say demolishment; it's demolition. Same-same.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/kZs3Xh7w47g/watch-your-language_27.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)0<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbofDSEk8kd7pTWtDVReB3Qg46Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbofDSEk8kd7pTWtDVReB3Qg46Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbofDSEk8kd7pTWtDVReB3Qg46Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/JbofDSEk8kd7pTWtDVReB3Qg46Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/kZs3Xh7w47g" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/07/watch-your-language_27.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-557748584366505723Sat, 25 Jul 2009 19:02:00 +00002009-07-25T12:16:00.985-07:00If you're selling corn, tomatoes, cherries, oranges, peaches, melons, zucchinis, plums, cucumbers, asparagus, strawberries, spinach or any other edibles, I will whip off the road faster than you can say "four pounds for a dollar" and buy as much as I can afford from you because whether or not it's true it makes me feel like we're bypassing the corporate monster food superhighway and repairing a http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/T8m2qTU63Qk/another-roadside-transaction.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/69TFhU9PtKl8G9QXWOEuh6Wj6R0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/69TFhU9PtKl8G9QXWOEuh6Wj6R0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/69TFhU9PtKl8G9QXWOEuh6Wj6R0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/69TFhU9PtKl8G9QXWOEuh6Wj6R0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/T8m2qTU63Qk" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/07/another-roadside-transaction.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-1393163825492544686Mon, 20 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-07-20T04:00:02.360-07:00The correct spelling is impostor.It ends with -o-r, not -e-r. Memory device: It has two o's, like the word look, so look for two o's in impostor. Any other spelling is a fake.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/t7gpvp6Aoqk/watch-your-language_20.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)5<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pl_ldGptuJBQK_JG6Ot_Vm_QXFA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pl_ldGptuJBQK_JG6Ot_Vm_QXFA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pl_ldGptuJBQK_JG6Ot_Vm_QXFA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Pl_ldGptuJBQK_JG6Ot_Vm_QXFA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/t7gpvp6Aoqk" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/07/watch-your-language_20.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-4756605789748184666Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:00:00 +00002009-07-13T04:00:11.241-07:00Here are the preferred American spellings:judgment acknowledgment abridgment You sometimes see them spelled with an interpolated 'e': judgement, acknowledgement and abridgement. That's an outdated Britishism. We don't use it anymore.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/5Tr3UtjCYlI/watch-your-language.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NKKeiV23QCajZstomCWWrwSzvCs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NKKeiV23QCajZstomCWWrwSzvCs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NKKeiV23QCajZstomCWWrwSzvCs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NKKeiV23QCajZstomCWWrwSzvCs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/5Tr3UtjCYlI" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/07/watch-your-language.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-3029547036382901673Wed, 08 Jul 2009 13:43:00 +00002009-07-10T12:31:23.593-07:00My grandfather Pop... Old Spice aftershave and cigarettes, the striking of kitchen matches against the bottom of his shoe or the side seam of his jeans. Gas pilot lights. Campho-Phenique. Fresh dirt. Geranium leaves.My grandmother Frannie... bacon, cabbage, old wood (piano? kitchen cabinets? dining table?). Her mother's house of cedar. Skin-So-Soft. The clink of the lid of a blue ceramic cookie http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/h9hpIh_0c8g/listening-and-breathing-from-cold.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)12<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wRYvnjAlOuUhdVFdU0hkZMZnXUA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wRYvnjAlOuUhdVFdU0hkZMZnXUA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wRYvnjAlOuUhdVFdU0hkZMZnXUA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/wRYvnjAlOuUhdVFdU0hkZMZnXUA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/h9hpIh_0c8g" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/07/listening-and-breathing-from-cold.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-6843816302271342473Wed, 08 Jul 2009 05:15:00 +00002009-07-07T22:35:25.211-07:00An anonymous commenter has sort of requested more frequent posting, which is lovely, to think one is missed, so I am checking in, but this perhaps isn't what the commenter meant.Max and Ariel enjoyed their 10 or so days in the far reaches of northern New Mexico at the Rainbow Gathering 2009. They're in Albuquerque now, headed for relatives at points south. I will come back to PH. I will. Lots http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/jMezomNuvfM/checking-in.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLiK1k6gkuTWAPVwplWlzy2dkgY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLiK1k6gkuTWAPVwplWlzy2dkgY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLiK1k6gkuTWAPVwplWlzy2dkgY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/NLiK1k6gkuTWAPVwplWlzy2dkgY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/jMezomNuvfM" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/07/checking-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-9038060999682261022Sat, 27 Jun 2009 16:56:00 +00002009-06-27T11:23:25.150-07:00After care and feeding from the generous Pedrotty-White family in Albuquerque (thank you!), Ariel and Max hit the road again Thursday noon for the last 70 miles to Cuba, N.M., for the Rainbow gathering July 1-7. (Click here for more about the event and here for photo galleries.) Margaret said they got a ride as soon as they popped up their thumbs. There's next to no cell phone service in the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/I34pHJarHsM/traveling-mercies.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggi2Btpo7uk1B3PQY6o9eoZCDiE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggi2Btpo7uk1B3PQY6o9eoZCDiE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggi2Btpo7uk1B3PQY6o9eoZCDiE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ggi2Btpo7uk1B3PQY6o9eoZCDiE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/I34pHJarHsM" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/06/traveling-mercies.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-4800657307151382176Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:51:00 +00002009-06-22T20:11:20.051-07:00Max and Ariel arrived in Albuquerque on Monday night. They're staying with our friends Mark and Margaret. Soft towels, good food, cushy beds, mother love.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/E-ebko66AJ0/land-ho-new-mexico.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gdPNbQaGhfHboYYWm8erg0rmfNU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gdPNbQaGhfHboYYWm8erg0rmfNU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gdPNbQaGhfHboYYWm8erg0rmfNU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gdPNbQaGhfHboYYWm8erg0rmfNU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/E-ebko66AJ0" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/06/land-ho-new-mexico.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-7465714924697151373Sat, 20 Jun 2009 14:23:00 +00002009-06-22T20:15:54.721-07:00Max, Ariel and Lloyd called from Flagstaff on Friday. They're doing well.Not long now.View Larger Maphttp://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/ERIpGXqxvdE/almost-to-rainbow-gathering-in-nm.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)1<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Jy0n5ibrkSVo1O2b_7hroqPXMQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Jy0n5ibrkSVo1O2b_7hroqPXMQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Jy0n5ibrkSVo1O2b_7hroqPXMQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4Jy0n5ibrkSVo1O2b_7hroqPXMQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/ERIpGXqxvdE" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/06/almost-to-rainbow-gathering-in-nm.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-2012563887035505251Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:19:00 +00002009-06-22T20:14:15.858-07:00Did you know it's illegal to hitchhike in Reno? Yes, yes it is. (Unknown how our young travelers were informed.) Max and Ariel and their friend Lloyd took a Greyhound bus from Reno to I-70 and I-15 ("nowhere"), and will probably take U.S. Highway 89 to Flagstaff, still on their way to the Rainbow Family Gathering in Cuba, N.M. Is there a more direct route? Probably. Is it any of my business?http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/Y-279rDpOpg/ariel-and-max-in-utah.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4sURCgjdFYLVRKiK1aUiJS_NY6E/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4sURCgjdFYLVRKiK1aUiJS_NY6E/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4sURCgjdFYLVRKiK1aUiJS_NY6E/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/4sURCgjdFYLVRKiK1aUiJS_NY6E/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/Y-279rDpOpg" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/06/ariel-and-max-in-utah.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-4305560288114376744Sun, 14 Jun 2009 20:43:00 +00002009-06-14T13:47:24.400-07:00My hair's a mess. I look like Sonic the Hedgehog. Steve says his leans more toward Oompa Loompa. We should stay indoors today.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/002PKuWdYwk/hair-challenged.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)3<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/winhs47krg9RzCQNSjQPFquVWpw/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/winhs47krg9RzCQNSjQPFquVWpw/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/winhs47krg9RzCQNSjQPFquVWpw/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/winhs47krg9RzCQNSjQPFquVWpw/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/002PKuWdYwk" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/06/hair-challenged.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4980835024192190867.post-1331954405024453862Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:25:00 +00002009-06-09T09:31:20.512-07:00If you see these two cherubs on the side of the road, please give them a ride to New Mexico. You'll get many gold stars in heaven and my endless gratitude.http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~3/ReMl4TMZDzo/ariel-and-max-on-road-to-new-mexico.htmlkjbrewer@sbcglobal.net (~ kjb)2<p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koYQcjelXC3zI2HAaoFl6SiqpBQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koYQcjelXC3zI2HAaoFl6SiqpBQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koYQcjelXC3zI2HAaoFl6SiqpBQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koYQcjelXC3zI2HAaoFl6SiqpBQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/PinkHollyhock/~4/ReMl4TMZDzo" height="1" width="1"/>http://pinkhollyhock.blogspot.com/2009/06/ariel-and-max-on-road-to-new-mexico.html