"The nature of survival is that stuff doesn't always
go as planned. Survival is about making decisions, keeping going, keeping
cheerful and coming up with a new plan when something doesn't work."
Edward Michael Grylls, nicknamed Bear, (b. 1974), British adventurer, writer
and television presenter.
Thursday, July 27, 2017
Wednesday, July 26, 2017
Rose Red, Geocaching name
My Geocaching name is Rose Red from the Brothers Grimm's story "Snow
White and Rose Red". Snow White was quiet and passive. I'm
not.
I grew up admiring strong girls and women: Jo from "Little Women", Jane Eyre, Mary Lennox of "Secret Garden", Caddie Woodlawn, and, of course, the original Nancy Drew. In later years I admired Katherine Hepburn, Katherine Graham of The Washington Post, Princess Diana, Hillary Clinton (for being one classy lady and for being a thorn in Donald's side), and Senators Lisa Murkowski (R) and Susan Collins (R) for standing up for what is right.
While we are on the subject of girls and women that I have admired over the years, who are the boys and men both fictional and real that I have admired? Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck of "To Kill a Mockingbird"), Frank Towns (James Stewart in "The Flight of the Phoenix"), and Charles Brubaker (James Brolin in "Capricorn One"). I also admire President Jimmy Carter, President Barack Obama, Senator Al Franken (smart, funny, honest), John Dean (Watergate), Frank Lloyd Wright (as Architect not his private life), Tom Hanks (American actor, "Sully" etc.), Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).
I grew up admiring strong girls and women: Jo from "Little Women", Jane Eyre, Mary Lennox of "Secret Garden", Caddie Woodlawn, and, of course, the original Nancy Drew. In later years I admired Katherine Hepburn, Katherine Graham of The Washington Post, Princess Diana, Hillary Clinton (for being one classy lady and for being a thorn in Donald's side), and Senators Lisa Murkowski (R) and Susan Collins (R) for standing up for what is right.
While we are on the subject of girls and women that I have admired over the years, who are the boys and men both fictional and real that I have admired? Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck of "To Kill a Mockingbird"), Frank Towns (James Stewart in "The Flight of the Phoenix"), and Charles Brubaker (James Brolin in "Capricorn One"). I also admire President Jimmy Carter, President Barack Obama, Senator Al Franken (smart, funny, honest), John Dean (Watergate), Frank Lloyd Wright (as Architect not his private life), Tom Hanks (American actor, "Sully" etc.), Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates (Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation).
The Rich are different from you and me...
"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful, in a way that, unless you are born rich, it is very difficult to understand. They think, deep in their hearts, that they are better than we are because we had to discover the compensations and refuges of life for ourselves. Even when they enter deep into our world or sink below us, they still think they are better than we are. They are different." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
Kevin Bacon's New Kind of BLT Sandwiches
Kevin Bacon has invented New Kind of BLT Sandwiches: Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado and Tomato; and Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado, Smoked Salmon, and Tomato. Must try!
Poor Trump
"Do This! Do That! And Nothing Will Happen. Poor Ike - it won't be a bit like the Army. He will find it very frustrating." - President Harry S Truman (1884-1972) The same can be said for Donald Trump. It won't be a bit like running your own business.
Donald Trump
""In the immortal words of the villainous Ramsay Bolton on "Game of Thrones": "If you think this has a happy ending, you haven't been paying attention."" - Maureen Dowd
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