Lughnasa Waning Harvest Moon Today we moved from conjecture to certainty. The top person at English Gate Academy, Ahmed, e-mailed Mark and said he would write a personal note to the Saudi Embassy asking them to speed Mark’s visa application along. His papers cleared the Saudi Cultural Mission today and are at the Embassy so […]
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Lughnasa Waxing Back to School Moon Early am picked wild grapes. Kate makes them into a grape jelly. The harvest was not as bountiful this year because we arrived about three weeks late to the banquet. Others had gotten there first. So it goes. More than compensated for by the abundance of raspberries. After the […]
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Lughnasa Waning Harvest Moon It appears life as a Vikings fan will continue as a pilgrimage through a wasteland of frustration and dashed hopes. In the first game of the season, at Cleveland, 4-12 or something like that last year, this supposedly Super-Bowl ready team is behind 13-10. Behind. Aaarrrrgggghhh. Each pilgrimage must perforce visit […]
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