Ruthann Clemens took me to Fleming’s Steakhouse in Peoria recently for a belated birthday gift, and I have to say each visit is better than the previous visit. And the previous visits were amazing.
When we were being seated, she later told me, she took the server aside and mentioned that I have a hearing [...]
December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse from Michael Black on Vimeo.
December 2010 Blizzard Timelapse. Canon DLSR on tripod with remote timer taking a photo once every five minutes. Approximately 20 hours in 40 seconds.
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What a wonderful Christmas at the Ed and Michelle Dias home. Ruthann Clemens and I entered a home filled with fun, joy, family, food, and Lucy. Lucy is an itty bitty dachshund that we all love. We spent the afternoon and evening with Ed, Michelle, Brian Collins, and David and Janet Crook. Ed is remarkable [...]
Here’s a card with a photo of a Red Australian baby (joey) asleep in its mother’s pouch. Elsbeth Oggert designed the card for me.
The best to you at this special time to honor the birth of Jesus!
Update on David Nahodil December 2010 by his mother, Amy.
Two years ago, we started fundraising for an autism service dog for David. His life was further complicated by serious digestive issues and developmental delays.
Since the initial appeal, David underwent bowel surgery, and then had three hospitalizations during the winter of 2008. It was a [...]
Guest post by Kim Homan
Avery Love Homan, age six, needs an autism service dog to keep her safe and to calm her down when she gets stressed. We discovered there were medical issues at 16 months, because she wasn’t walking or playing as she should have been.
Our little girl has autism, which in her case [...]
FREE REIGN OR FREE REIN? It’s “rein.” Microsoft Encarta says it’s the complete freedom to make decisions and take action without consulting anyone else. The Cambridge Dictionary of Idioms says “free rein” is synonymous with “allow” and “give.” If you give people, ideas, or emotions free rein, they are free to develop without the [...]
Guest post by Jen Butler
When our second child was born, we had no idea what was in store for us. Micah Clay Butler was born in 2000, a day after the busiest week of our lives. We had just moved from New Jersey to Pennsylvania, onto a college campus on December 22, closed [...]
