Readin’ & Eatin’
What do people like us do when we’re not eating? Besides prepare to eat, clean up from eating and talk about eating? Read about eating! I have a list of culinary mysteries that I’m making my way through. Following is my humble opinion regarding a few readily available series.
Katherine Page – “The Body in the…” Series
New York city caterer Faith Fairchild (Have Faith Catering) relocates to a small Massachusetts town with her minister boyfriend and somehow manages to stumble across more dead bodies than a homicide detective. The first book in the series The Body in the Belfry won the Agatha Award for Best First Mystery and the author has also won an Agatha for best short story. Publisher Weekly, however, had this to say “Page's first novel lacks professional polish and a likable heroine, flaws not compensated for by vivid evocations of a New England autumn in Aleford, Mass.” Ouch. I found the writing to be sophisticated compared to other novels in this genre. For me personally, there wasn’t enough food and/or catering action, although the books do have recipes. Also, it has started to drive me crazy that they are so formulaic. But that appears to be the ‘recipe for success’ when you’re writing mysteries with the same character.
Jerrilyn Farmer – Sympathy for the Devil, Immaculate Reception etc.
This series is about Madeline Bean and the events her company Madeline Bean Catering handle in wacky Southern California. Crazy rich and famous clients make for fun and empathetic reading. Her writing is funny, which I appreciate, but there are no recipes. I’ve never cooked one from the recipes in the culinary mysteries I read, but I want them all the same! Overall, this is my favorite series to date. Madeline is always being pursued by some random attractive guy, which is a nice change from the hapless, unable to dress herself or brush her hair-heroine the novels frequently have.
Diane Mott Davidson – Catering to Nobody, Dying for Chocolate etc.
Goldy Bear of Goldilocks Catering, where everything is just right, lives in the Aspen area of Colorado and solves murders while trying to put a commercial kitchen in her home, share custody of her son with an abusive ex-husband and generally deal with at least two attempts on her life per book. This series is wildly popular, but for me, they are too negative. I want to enjoy what I’m reading and Goldy’s life is always on the edge of falling apart. I get that enough in the real world. I don’t need to read a whole series about someone else’s! There are recipes, though.
Michael Bond – Monsieur Pamplemousse Series
Ex-crime sleuth turned food critic Monsieur Pamplemousse travels around Europe with his dog, Pommes Frites, eating and solving mysteries. His home is France and it is entertaining to read about foreign food. He is a very funny character, and always getting into escapades with his dog and various women who are unwittingly charmed by him. I enjoy this series even though there are no recipes. Michael Bond is also the author of the Paddington Bear series for children.
JoAnna Carl – Chocoholic Mysteries
After leaving her bad-news husband back in Texas, Lee McKinney moved up north to a quaint resort town. Now she keeps the books for her aunt’s luxury-chocolate shop. But Lee soon finds that Michigan winters can be murder. Duh duh DUM!! An interesting change of pace to read about the inner workings of a confectionary, complete with tasty chocolate trivia. Lee also keeps a stash of chocolates in her desk which she rations to herself. I give this series three, out of a possible five, chicken legs. Good in a pinch, but not a series that I’m going fanatically track all of them down.
Laura Childs – Tea Shop Mysteries
The first in the series, "Death by Darjeeling" introduces Theodosia Browning, owner of the Indigo Tea Shop in Charleston. As the series goes on, it includes seven books currently, the tea shop starts doing more food and catering thanks to Bethany, the talented chef. Usually includes a recipe and tea-making tips. Laura Childs has also written a series of mysteries that center around scrapbooking. Makes me feel like I’m not properly brewing my cup of tea, which to be honest, I’m probably not. I did enjoy reading about the things they do in the tea shop for marketing a promoting products. I give this series, four out of five sprigs of rosemary for good descriptive writing of Charleston and in-depth tea info and recipes.
Nancy Fairbanks – Crime Brulee, Truffled Feathers etc…
Main character Carolyn Blue falls into the career of travel/food writer. After writing a newspaper article, she is offered a publishing contract to write a book about the foods of her next travel destination. Ah yes, because life is just that kind. There are many recipes, centering on the region she is visiting (first book is New Orleans, second is New York), but over all they don’t make up for boring these stories are. Maybe it was the style of the writing, but I didn’t really care about Carolyn finding her missing friend, who is of course, dead, or avoiding her mother-in-law. Maybe when she goes to Texas…two out of five cans of diced tomatoes. I’d buy it in the airport if there were no better options.


"Intelligent, insightful and evocative, And One Fine Morning is a nuanced, beautifully crafted family chronicle seamlessly woven into the larger tapestry of Irish, American and regional history. Nick Hayes manages to marry tenderness and truthfulness--qualities often at odds--into an elegantly told and deeply moving story that is engaging and enlightening from first page to last. And One Fine Morning is, quite simply, one of the best memoirs I've ever read. This is a book that will endure. Bravo, Nick Hayes!" PETER QUINN, author of Looking for Jimmy A Search for Irish America,The Banished Children of Eve, and Hour of the Cat
AND ONE FINE MORNING -MEMORIES OF MY FATHER
Nodin Press, March 2010
It eluded us then, but that's no matter--tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther....And one fine morning-So we beat on, boats against the current, born back ceaselessly into the past.
F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
In death, there is always hope.
An Irish Proverb
There was a time, not so long ago, when Irish Catholic priests strode as giants among men, and when fathers, cut down in mid-lifeprime, were heroes to their young sons. This affectionate and insightful biography and tribute to Minneapolis architect, artist, and family man Mark Hayes by his son Nick spins a tale of the mid-50s which resonates with warmth and loss a half-century later. The author shows not only the life of a son of Ireland achieving the postwar American dream, but encapsulates the history of Irish emigration to the Canadian and American prairies and beyond. And One Fine Morning illuminates how a man defines himself as a professional, a family man, an American. Although the memoir begins in 1947 in Minneapolis, the sense of time is fluid: everything which made Mark Hayes and his family who they are, and all that son Nick becomes, are vividly and evocatively chronicled in this heartfelt tribute. At once truthful (sometimes painfully so) and loving, we see a complex portrait of a man balancing his artistic dreams and ambitions against the societal obligations of family and community. Nick Hayes draws Northside Minneapolis (and later, the southwest suburbs) with great vividness and energy. Community players spring to life: priests like Father John Dunphy of Ascension Parish ruled their flock with a muscular fist within a velvet glove. Irish-Amercians were held to a high standard in their churches, on the football fields (the section on sports at "D", as DeLasalle High School is called by alums, is full of rough-and-tumble glory), in their work and service to their community. The Irish had finally made it in America. No longer marginalized caricatures, they belonged in a country which was soon to elect the first Irish Catholic president, John F. Kennedy. Much was expected and much delivered by the sons and daughters of prairie immigrants. We follow Mark Hayes from a farm background, excellent high school education at "D", a World War II naval career, and a brief but stellar career as the architect of postmodern buildings (some of the most soaring passages are about modern architecture and Mark Hayes' collaboration with famed Finnish architect Elial Saarinen). Nick's father died at the age of 47, a life of promise cut short by a combination of congenital heart disease, Camel cigarettes, martinis and a hard-striving personality. His son inherited his father's eye for detail, wry humor, and the gift of telling a great tale. This memoir would make a great Christmas gift for anyone interested in local history, Irish-Americans, and good storytelling: in short, for anyone.- SHERRY LADIG, frequent reviewer for this column, is an Irish trad. musician and former reviewer for the Hungry Mind Bookstore's newsletter, Fodder.
Nick is currently working on a new book - Looking for Leningrad, comprising his memoirs and essays on Russia from 1978 to the present.


Low Vision Drop-in Clinic
The Sight Center is pleased to present a series of low vision clinics in partnership with the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. The clinics, which are free and open to the public, are for anyone struggling with vision beyond what glasses can do. Hosted at the Main Library in downtown Toledo, the clinics will be accessible to local residents and TARTA/TARPS riders.
Low Vision Drop-In Clinic
Friday, May 29, 2020
11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Toledo Lucas County Public Library
325 N. Michigan Street
Toledo, OH 43604
The Low Vision Drop-In Clinic will provide:
- Vision screenings and assessments completed by a licensed occupational therapist to determine low vision needs for daily life.
- Information about community resources and low vision services provided by a licensed social worker.
- Strategies and/or assistive devices to help with routine tasks.
For more information contact Dani Moran at 419-720-3937 x104 or firstname.lastname@example.org.


So, 8 weeks after the ITCC opened, I decided it was (past) time for an update to students, faculty, and staff about what was going on in the building and was still to come. This is the email that went out to Faculty and Staff.
To: UMW Faculty and Staff
From: Jeff McClurken, on behalf of the Information and Technology Convergence Center User’s Group
Subject: Update on the Convergence Center
The Convergence Center has been open for two months now and hundreds of students (& faculty and staff) have already taken (or taught) classes there, walked across the bridge to the library, had coffee at Blackstone’s, charged devices while sitting on the powered lobby furniture, taken a spin in the famous red chairs on the 4th floor, held meetings in one of the conference rooms, reserved a collaboration space or room online, tried out the computers in the training lab or in the lobby, visited one of the many student support centers, and studied in the numerous niches around the ITCC. Last week the new Digital Knowledge Center (like the Writing and Speaking Centers, but for digital class projects) began accepting appointments with its student tutors. [For those who are interested, Director Martha Burtis recently wrote about the creation of the Center.]
Starting today the multimedia editing room with vocal recording booth opens on the first floor (accessible to all students via the EagleOne card). In the weeks and months to come, the building will offer new opportunities, from checking out digital equipment at the Information Desk, to the opening of an Advanced Media Production Studio and the Digital Auditorium, to the unveiling of the Library’s Digital Archiving Lab and Digital Gallery on the third floor near the bridge. Keep an eye as well on the Digital Media Wall in the lobby of the ITCC as we begin to display more student-created digital media projects.
If you have any questions about the Convergence Center’s resources, policies, hours, options, and opportunities for students, faculty, and staff, or simply want to keep up to date on what’s new in the building, check out the newly launched website, http://convergence.umw.edu. You can also ask any of the student aides who work in the building about what is here and how to use it, especially those staffing the Information Desk found as you enter the building from Campus Walk.
See you soon!


Blessing Box – Take What You need, Bring What You Can
You have probably seen those “little free libraries” some people install in their front yards. The idea is for every book you add to the library, you can take a book from the library. In this way, you can become a library member by adding only one book. When you are done reading any book you have taken, you can return it, and take another book in its place. There will always be books in the library. And each member gets to read new books.
The idea of a blessing box is similar, only it would require more of a commitment and continuous donation. Something as small as this blessing box can help to feed several members of the community, who may be struggling to afford buying groceries. All it takes is for the neighbors to buy one extra product for the blessing box every time they go grocery shopping.
I hope we get to see more of these!


Introductory Buddhist Course
WHEN THINGS FALL APART:
HEART ADVICE FOR DIFFICULT TIMES
A Nine Week Course based upon the book by Pema Chödrön
Nine Sundays from January 17 thru April 3, 2016
(Omitting January 31, February 28 and March 27)
Open to everyone! Register at the first class, or the first class you come to.
SUGGESTED DONATION: $108
In this now classic, best-selling book, author and teacher Pema Chödrön addresses the great need for maitri (loving-kindness toward oneself), and developing from that the awakening of a fearlessly compassionate attitude toward our own pain and that of others. In her characteristically brilliant style, she makes this challenging material accessible to all levels of practitioners. She eloquently writes in her forward:
“It seemed to me that the view behind every single talk was that we could step into uncharted territory and relax with the groundlessness of our situation. The other underlying theme was dissolving the dualistic tension between us and them, this and that, good and bad, by inviting in what we usually avoid.
May it encourage you to settle down with your life and take these teachings on honesty, kindness, and bravery to heart. If your life is chaotic and stressful, there's plenty of advice here for you. If you're in transition, suffering from loss, or just fundamentally restless, these teachings are tailor made. The main point is that we all need to be reminded and encouraged to relax with whatever arises and bring whatever we encounter to the path. In putting these instructions into practice, we join a long lineage of teachers and students who have made the Buddha dharma relevant to the ups and downs of their ordinary lives. Just as they made friends with their egos and discovered wisdom mind, so can we.
I thank the Vidyadhara, the Venerable Chögyam Trungpa Rinpoche, for totally committing his life to the dharma and for being so eager to transmit its essence to the people of the West. May the inspiration I received from him be contagious. May we, like him, lead the life of a bodhisattva, and may we not forget his proclamation that 'Chaos should be regarded as extremely good news.'"


When: May 19, 1:00 pm to 1:45 pm EST
Registration Deadline: Closed
Meet the one and only Ivan, a silverback gorilla who spent the first part of his life raised by humans and living in a shopping mall. We’ll learn how he went from performing circus acts with his friends to living at Zoo Atlanta, charming visitors and staff with his fun-loving ways and wild heart.
First we’ll read (or listen to) the book, The One and Only Ivan.* It’s recommended for grades 3-7, but I enjoyed it, too – and I’m a lot older than that! It’s fiction, but based on a true story.
Children in pre-school through grade 3 may enjoy Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla** or Ivan: A Gorilla’s True Story.** It’s non-fiction, so older children may enjoy reading it to compare.
The movie (by the same title) is on Disney+, so if you have access to it, try to fit that in before the discussion.
Then we’ll meet on Zoom afterwards to talk about the books (and movie, if you watch it).
Virtual Event Information
In addition to the book discussion, we’ll meet Jodi, the woman at Zoo Atlanta who was Ivan’s primary care specialist and friend. She’ll tell us stories about Ivan and answer our questions about him and his life at the zoo (he passed away in 2012). We’ll also learn about the care of gorillas in the zoo and their conservation in the wild.
The cost is $10 per student, payable via debit/credit through my online payment platform. No refunds if you don’t attend the event (for any reason). Your spots aren’t transferable.
Before you register, please note…
- This event has two parts – a book discussion and virtual zoo visit. Students who don’t read the book and participate in the discussion won’t be able to attend the virtual event (no refunds).
- This event will be delivered via Zoom. Your Zoom username will be required on the registration form.
- One login per family, from a single laptop, monitor, or device. Make sure you have a large enough screen for your children to view during the program.
- Your camera must be on during the event to monitor attendance, and only registered children (and their parents) can attend.
- Spots are very limited, so register as soon as you’re certain you want to attend.


Brick and Mortar is a collection of linked stories set in Calvin Park Presbyterian Church. Each story turns on a revealing moment in the daily experience of the people who live their lives here: lighting a cigarette, putting on perfume, staunching a nosebleed. But these are the moments when the natural and the spiritual intersect, the point where the ordinary puts on the extraordinary and everything becomes what it really is.
Brick and Mortar was shortlisted for the 2001 Ottawa Book Award. The award went to Giller nominee Alan Cumyn for his book Burridge Unbound. Brick and Mortar also received honourable mention in the fiction category for books published in 2000 from Faith Today magazine.
Oberon Press, 2000
ISBN 0778011534 hardcover
ISBN 0778011542 softcover
Brick and Mortar is currently out of print. Try abebooks.com or your local library.
Reviews of Brick and Mortar
“… touching portrayals of lives beset by the ordinary slings and arrows, but centred on a community of faith. … Gresik’s devout stories hover pleasingly between earth and heaven.” —Jim Bartley, The Globe and Mail
“[Brick and Mortar is] An unusual and engaging collection that focuses with humour and compassion on a Presbyterian congregation — an old woman who frets when she can’t get a weekly bulletin, a child who plays on the floor under the pew, admiring the whorls in the wooden seat, the baker who makes the communion bread.” —Ottawa Citizen
“In Brick and Mortar, Alison Gresik allows her fiction to follow the collective and disparate minds of a single faith community into both expected and unexpected corners of the church (and of her characters’ interior worlds). As a result, she kneads a nourishing mix of well-crafted, character-driven fiction. Readers of faith will be challenged. Those seeking will be intrigued.” —David Wright, Nimble Spirit
“Contemporary Canadian authors have been criticized for producing novels with strong images but weak characters. However, in the tradition of Margaret Laurence, Brick and Mortar introduces us to flawed-but-fascinating human beings. … Gresik’s eye for narrative detail and subtle use of biblical imagery press home a message that Christian readers will instantly recognize: our sin is great, but grace is irresistible.” —Lloyd Rang, The Banner


E. D. Winstead about 1923 at his aunt Laura Strickland White's house in Matthew's County, Virginia.
(Click on photo for enlarged photo.)
In Back: E. D. Winstead, Wes Strickland (Born after the Civil War; his mother was a Strickland slave.)
In Front: Charles Edward Crockett (close neighbor and son of EDW's aunt Betty Strickland Crockett),
Lorene Crockett (close neighbor and daughter of EDW's aunt Betty Strickland Crockett),
Clara Winstead, sister of E. D. Winstead.
(Aunt Laura Strickland White and Aunt Betty (Mary Elizabeth) Strickland Crockett were E. D. Winstead's mother's sisters.)
From E. D. Winstead's Autobiographical Narrative:
"I enjoyed the summers in Virginia. When I was 10 or 12 years old, or even less, I was put on the first available transportation to Mathews county, Virginia to visit my aunt. Could be going up from Wilson to Norfolk on the train with one of my uncles who grew up in Mathews County, Virginia; spending the night in Norfolk and taking the Steamer the next day from Norfolk to Mobjack. Aunt Laura lived on the water front and I basically lived in the creek. Actually, the river in front of the house was North river and emptied into Mobjack Bay which was a part of Chesapeake Bay. Two of her husbandís aunts, aunt Jenny and aunt Mary, lived with aunt Laura and they said that I would grow barnacles if I continued to stay in the creek so much. Uncle Robert White, Lauraís husband, worked for Pennsylvania Railroad, and was a barge captain on the run from the Norfolk area, Little Creek, I think, to Cape Charles on the eastern shore. Mr. Jarvis, one of the neighbors would come by early in the morning and I would go fishing with him. I usually remained all summer and came back home to Wilson just in time to begin school. That scenario continued for a number of years."
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The History of Three Pines Cabin
The original cabin was constructed in approximately 1798 in Powersville, Kentucky by Captain Phillip Buckner (1747-1820): a Revolutionary War veteran. Born in England, Buckner served on the side of the Americans during the war, provisioning soldiers from his own wallet. At war's end, Buckner was compensated by the fledgling American government in the form of land grants covering great swathes of land in what is today Bracken and Fayette Counties in Kentucky, and Brown County in Ohio.
Buckner, living in Virginia at the time, made a foray (or perhaps several) into the wild frontier in order to investigate his holdings. In 1786, finding them suitable, he returned with his family and a retinue of others intending to settle. The party sailed down the Ohio River and, upon arrival in Kentucky, was met by hostile natives. Bucker left his family at Bear Station (a fort, now Louisville, KY) and went back to Virginia for reinforcements. He returned soon after with additional settlers.
The group settled beside the Ohio River in what is now Augusta, KY; Phillip Buckner is considered the founder of that city. As the town grew, Buckner became increasingly displeased with city life. He was at heart an English country gentleman, fond of hunting, fishing, and other outdoor pursuits. In 1798, Buckner ventured 14 miles into the wilds of his vast acreage, taking with him his family and his pack of hounds.
It was then that Buckner built, upon a great prominence, a hunting lodge where he could live out his days in peace. As the years passed, he roamed his estate gaining a reputation as both an eccentric as well as an exceedingly charitable man. Buckner's home was always open, particularly to the poor and needy. Great feasts and gatherings were commonplace, and his lodge became a popular hunting destination for the populace of Augusta. He reportedly gave away hundreds of acres to those in need for the most trivial of payments: a coat, a cow, 50 cents. He died in 1820 a well-loved and wealthy man.
The cabin passed to Phillip Morford via a route lost to history. Morford and
later his son, Cassum, operated there an inn throughout the 1800s
catering to weary travellers on the road connecting Augusta and Cynthiana. A sign reading 'Boarding House' was displayed prominently at the front, while hearty food and drink awaited all who passed through the door. There are reports that Morgan's Raiders stayed at the inn during the Civil War.
It later served as a toll house during the 1920s, a private residence in 1955, and later still as a parsonage for the Powersville Christian Church. The Three Pines team first encountered the structure in 2012, when it was owned by the church, the pastor of which wanted it removed so that the existing parking lot could be expanded. The logs were at that time inconspicuously concealed behind the wooden siding of a modern house.
From June to September 2012, the team moved the logs and other timber, hewn some 200 years prior, to Three Pines where we constructed, over the subsequent 5 years, our cabin. Keeping Buckner's original design in mind, we restored the structure with added modern amenities.
We like to think that we are carrying on the tradition of Buckner and Morford today as we open the door of this historic cabin to you.


He only comes back for the weekend
I went to see friends I hadn't seen for a while. A long weekend of sharing stories, remembering moments and creating new ones. Claudia took me to one of the most beautiful cafes I have been to in my life. We wondered if the bartender was eavesdropping on our chat. And then she danced to some crazy South African music and I filmed her. She absolutely loves dancing. And the next day I went to the north with a Muslim-Christian couple who showed me the library they had met at. I saw Renia and we talked and talked and talked. And we sipped Secco and ate and talked some more. And she read stories to her daughter. It was a good weekend.


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Vic Firth is pleased to offer a selection of Tommy's 12 “essential” grooves, excerpted from the Groove Essentials™ DVD, plus MORE grooves from the Groove.
Tommy Igoes Groove Essentials DVD is based on the definitive collection of contemporary Rock, Jazz, R&B/Funk and World/Ethnic drumming styles contained. Tommy Igoe has been at the forefront of drumset performance and education for the last 20 years. He started playing before the age of two and won every local. The debut release from Tommy Igoe and the Groove Conspiracy- a piece supergroup The Groove Essentials DVD is based on a definitive collection of. I'm now realizing that I should have done this one a loooooong time ago.
Tommy Igoe's Groove Essentials DVD was originally a poster. Yup. Groove Essentials, by Tommy Igoe, an encyclopedia of forty-seven essential grooves that will be an invaluable resource to drummers at truly every level, from . Download Tommy Igoe Groove Essentials dvd booklet, cd, playalongs with cd disc for free without registration. Vic Firth is pleased to offer a selection of Tommy's 12 “essential” grooves, excerpted from the Groove Essentials™ DVD, plus MORE grooves from the Groove.
26 Feb - 5 min - Uploaded by Vic Firth Over drummers around the world are using the original Groove Essentials. 2 Dec - 2 min - Uploaded by Stanislav Kociov In this video I am playing "Groove 1 (Slow)" from Tommy Igoe's book "Groove Essentials.


Condé Nast & Farfetch
A series of 4 documentaries produced with Farfetch and Condé Nast international. Shot over 2 weeks between New York, London, Paris and Milan, the series stars Vogue editors Christine Centenera, Sarah Harris, Chiara Totire and Julie Pelipas in conversation with designers Dion Lee, Michael Halpern, Angela Missoni & Esteban Cortazar.
Directed, filmed and edited by James J. Robinson.
Creative direction by Mark Vassallo at Farfetch.
Produced by Romy Van Den Broeke at Farfetch.
© James J. Robinson, 2020


The EGA offers a number of resources for its members from embroidery-specific libraries to specialized workshops, courses, and seminars.
Each month our chapter has a get-together where we review the status and activities of the chapter. Most months we also have a program. The program can be a lecture, a project, or an introduction to a new technique. Please see our events listing for details about each month’s meeting. Interested to see what we’ve done in the past? Check out our program archives.
- Chapter Library
What to try a new technique, but not ready to invest big bucks to get the books you need? If you are a chapter member, try borrowing from our chapter library instead! Please click here to view our library holdings. This link will direct you to our private Yahoo group for members and you will need to sign in to view the list. .
To arrange to borrow a book, please contact our librarian.
- EGA National Library
Don’t forget that all EGA members also have access to National’s libraries. The reference collection is available at headquarters in Louisville, Kentucky. That’s not so convenient for those of us in San Diego; however, they also offer a lending library. This is a large collection of needlework publications available for check-out via mail.
- Chapter Correspondence Courses
We are not currently running a chapter group correspondence course.
- EGA National Correspondence Courses
Please click here to read about the national CC program.
- EGA Individual Correspondence Courses
As an EGA member, you are also eligible to sign up for the individual study courses on your own. If you are interested, you can check your education catalog or browse through them here.


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About Peg Bracken
Born Ruth Eleanor Bracken in Filer, Idaho, in 1918, Peg Bracken authored The I Hate to Cook Book (1960), written for women who scorned the notion of the domestic diva.
She grew up in St Louis, Missouri, graduating from Antioch College in 1940. She then moved to Portland, Oregon, christening herself Peg after her nickname, “Poots,” drew chuckles and looks of disdain from editors and other literati.
Her first book was The 9-Months’ Wonder (1958, with Helen Berry Moore), a collection of observations on child-bearing.
Before publishing The I Hate to Cook Book she worked as an advertising copywriter, producing a syndicated cartoon, Phoebe, Get Your Man, with Homer Groening. Homer was the father and inspiration for the eponymous character on the animated series, The Simpsons, created by his son, Matt.
The idea for The I Hate to Cook Book sprang from a lunchtime cabal known as The Hags. Following on many discussions of culinary contempt, fueled by martinis and macaroni salad, the book was essentially a set of recipes from Hags and their associates, strung together with Peg’s often mordant narrative.
The manuscript was rejected by six male editors before finally earning the respect of a female counterpart, who saw potential in Bracken’s contrarian thesis. It was illustrated by Hilary Knight, known for his work on Kay Thompson’s Eloise books.
The first edition of The I Hate to Cook Book sold 85,000 copies in two years (ultimately some three million), making Bracken a household name in the U.S., where she toured nationally, soon becoming a TV spokesperson for Birds Eye Foods.
Other “I Hate” books followed: The I Hate to Housekeep Book (1962); an Appendix to The I Hate to Cook Book (1966); The I Hate to Cook Almanack (1980); and The Compleat I Hate to Cook Book (1988). Moving to the subject of etiquette she published I Try to Behave Myself (1964) and I Didn’t Come Here to Argue (1969). Later, she also wrote But I Wouldn’t Have Missed it for the World (1973) about travelling, then her memoir, A Window Over the Sink (1981), and finally On Getting Old for the First Time (1996).
In addition to her books, Bracken penned for many American publications: The Oregonian; the San Francisco Chronicle; Family Circle; The Atlantic Monthly and others. Though forever linked to life in the kitchen, she considered herself primarily a humorist.
She passed away peacefully in her Portland home on October 20, 2007, at the age of 89.


Tuesday morning began with a short tour of the library and the three staff that work in the department as well as a quick look in the store room which was downstairs in the basement. This was quite remarkable as it was smaller than I had expected and the quantity of material within it was minimal, suggesting the records management system was working. There was even space on the shelves to put new consignments. I think my imagination had been working overtime as I was expecting a much larger space filled to the brim with records. One side of the room was given over to semi current storage and the other to archival material.
After her arrival in 2011 the records manager first began to establish an information management framework to meet issues surrounding risk. This was an important starting point and a good way of convincing management of the value of records management if you are able to highlight the potential risks of data protection penalties. A fine from the ICO of up to £500,000 can be a convincing argument with the emphasis on saving money and reputational damage. Policies were also written including an Information Governance policy, Data Protection policy and an Information Security policy. As reliability and integrity of a record are reliant on the security of that record this is a central issue for any records manager. This was followed up with classes on Data Protection and responsibilities of staff, which although time consuming were beneficial as staff got to know who she was. The College then started encrypting computers and memory sticks, again mitigating risk.
This visit providing a really interesting comparison between an organisation which was starting afresh with its records management program to that of an organisation with inherited systems and processes and not necessarily the organisational wide procedural framework. What did unite the two places was the need for good communication. You need to approach people in the right way to encourage participation rather than just force the point. The records manager at RCOG rejected using records management jargon as a means of communication emphasising the need for familiar and understandable language. This she maintained was imperative. If people don't want to cooperate then it makes your job a lot harder as they will become obstructive if you try and force the point. She advocated a soft approach emphasising the benefits of what you, as a service, can offer to your colleagues.


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Florida Atlantic University – Harbor Branch hosted the virtual 2021 Indian River Lagoon (IRL) Symposium on February 18 – 19, 2021. The symposium is the result of a multi-institutional, multi-agency effort to provide a forum for better understanding Indian River Lagoon science and its application to management of the Lagoon. The theme for the 2021 symposium was IRL Research during the Pandemic. With funding support provided by the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program, proceedings of the IRL Symposium were printed as a special edition of Florida Scientist (Volume 84, Numbers 2–3, 2021). The papers submitted as part of the special edition are available below.


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How to create a custom library for employee assessments
PrazeMe's performance management functionality for conducting employee assessments or employee appraisals is designed to be easy to use but also flexible enough to handle the demands and specific needs of various organizations. We created a standard library of topics and questions and answers that were designed to be generic enough for the average manager.
We encountered many different businesses that thought we either had too many questions that they didn't need or they wanted to be able to change the topics to suit their specific needs. Basically, they wanted us to cut the noise and allow them to customize.
We are proud to say we listened and have opened up our system so they you can create your own library. A library is a set of topics, i.e. safety, productivity, etc. A topic consists of zero to N questions.
A new feature we added was a questionless topic. These special topics are free form text entry with no scoring. Great for those custom data captures, like "what are the employee top skills", etc. Questions on the other hand are scored and used for the grand total.
Each question consists of multiple answers. These are what we call auto-text. When an answer is chosen (1-5), the text is placed into the box at the bottom of the topic during the assessment.
This allows a manager to quickly fill out the employee survey and the text is automatically created for them. Producing standardized employee assessments in a time efficient and productive manner.
We are assuming you have already created your company profile and your user profile. This will leave you staring at your dashboard.
The dashboard is where you can see all of your direct employees and see their latest employee evaluation.
There are two main ways to get to the library manager. The Did you know box at the bottom of the dashboard, or via the link on the company details page.
The performance management topic library index displays the current System libraries as well as your custom libraries specifically tailored to your company.
You can browse the system library to get an idea of the topics available as well as the questions and answers. It's good to do this as you will likely want to import some of these topics into you custom library.
Click the Add New Company Library link
You will be presented with the Create library view. You can either create an empty library where you create every topic yourself, or you can get a head start and import topics you know you like from our system library or even from other libraries you have already created.
Note: your company can currently only have 1 library active at a time. Meaning, all assessments wil use the active library. This does not affect assessments already started or finished.
Enter your library name and either choose create from scratch or select an existing library.
If you pick an existing library, we have made it very flexible in that you can hand pick which topics you want to import. Don't worry if you change your mind later, you can always import topics very easily later.
Select the topics you want to bring in and hit create. Note: If you bring in a large number, this could take a up to a minute.
Performance management library topics
The screen above shows you all the topics that exist in your customized library. The Title and Description are what appears on both the survey during the employee appraisal and on the end result product.
The View button lets you dive into the topic and you can click the slider toggle to turn on or off the topic for any NEW assessments using this library. Useful if you want deactivate a topic after it isn't relevant or while you are working on it.
If you didn't grab a topic from the initial creation step, or you want to pull topics in from multiple other libraries, you can use the Import Topics button at the top.
The Manage Topic Selection Groups button allows you to create preset selections for your users so they can auto-select topics based on their job role or requirements.
You can use the Create Topic button to add new topics. Remember, a topic with no questions is a non-scored fill in the blank and a topic with questions is scored and auto-text is provided based on the answers chosen.
WARNING your library is not setup to be used for new assessments until you set it as the primary library for your company.
You do this in two possible ways. You can edit your company profile, or you can click the Active For Company tick box on the library Manager.
The easiest way is to click Libraries on the breadcrumb, then click the tick box next to your library name. Example AFTER we selected the Example: Selective Import custom company library.
What the manager sees...
Now that you have activated the library for your company, managers will use it for all new assessments.
Below is a topic selection screen for a new assessment after we made the changes for our custom library.
What does a non-scored topic look like to the appraiser?
To be familiar with what a manager conducting an appraisal on a topic with no questions, otherwise known as a non-scored topic, below is an example.
What does a normal topic look like to the appraiser?
Here we have a normal topic scenario where the manager selects ratings for each question and then validates the auto-text by leaving it as is changing it to suit their purpose.
If you want to learn more, check out our other How To's


For Olivier Messiaen, music was a way of expressing his faith. He considered it his good fortune to have been born a Catholic and declared that “the illumination of the theological truths of the Catholic faith is the first aspect of my work, the noblest and no doubt the most useful.” Messiaen is one of the most widely performed and recorded composers of the twentieth-century and his popularity is increasing, but the theological component of his music has so far largely been neglected, or dealt with superficially, and continues to provide a serious impediment to understanding and appreciating his music for some of his audience. Messiaen the Theologian makes a significant contribution to Messiaen studies by providing cultural and historical context to Messiaen’s theology.
An international array of Messiaen scholars cover a wide variety of topics including Messiaen’s personal spirituality, the context of Catholicism in France in the twentieth century, and comparisons between Messiaen and other artists such as Dante and T. S. Eliot. Interdisciplinary methodologies such as exegesis, theological studies, and analysis are used to contribute to the understanding of several major works including Éclairs sur l’au-delá…, Sept Haïkaï, and Saint François d’Assise.
By approaching Messiaen and his music from such important and original perspectives, this book will be of interest not only to musicians and theologians, but also to readers interested in the connection between spirituality and the arts.
Introducing Messiaen the theologian, Andrew Shenton
Part 1 – Messiaen the Theologian
Religious literature in Messiaen’s personal library, Yves Balmer
Messiaen as preacher and evangelist in the context of European modernism, Peter Bannister
Messiaen’s saintly naïveté, Sander van Maas
Part 2 – Messiaen’s Relationship with Theologians
Messiaen and Lustiger: two views of the liturgical reform according to the 2nd Vatican Council, Karin Heller
Messiaen’s relationship to Jacques Maritain’s musical circle and neo-Thomism, Douglas Shadle
Messiaen and Aquinas, Vincent P. Benitez
Part 3 – Messiaen, Poets and Theological Themes
Dante as guide to Messiaen’s Gothic spirituality, Robert Fallon
Five quartets: the search for the still point of the turning world in the war quartets of T.S. Eliot and Olivier Messiaen, Andrew Shenton
The charm of impossibilities: mystic surrealism as contemplative voluptuousness, Stephen Schloesser
Part 4 – Theology in Messiaen’s Music
‘Une œuvre simple, solonnelle…’: Messiaen’s commission from André Malraux, Nigel Simeone
Olivier Messiaen and the avant-garde poetics of the Messe de la Pentecôte, Robert Sholl
Messiaen as explorer in Livre du Saint Sacrement, Luke Berryman
Buddhist temple, Shinto shrine and the invisible God of Sept Haïkaï, Cheong Wai Ling
Glossary of people
‘… the book holds together critical scholarship in a variety of disciplines without watering down any one of them […] Messiaen the Theologian presents a vivid display of the life and work of Olivier Messiaen – a man who refused to shy away from his personal convictions and inspired originality. This book is representative of the leading current scholarship on Messiaen, and provides a critical appraisal of several key issues surrounding the relationship between theology and the music of Olivier Messiaen.’ Catholic Books Review, 2010.
‘This very rich, scholarly book of 13 chapters, all in English, by the leading experts on Messiaen’s oeuvre analyzes some specific works [and] as its title suggests and despite its rich interdisciplinary approaches Messiaen the Theologian is firstly dedicated to academics in religious studies. [It] will be essential for academic libraries and does justice to this immense artist.’ Theological Book Review, Volume 22, No. 2, 2010.
‘The essays in the present volume offer many insights into contextual questions, and discuss detailed aspects of Messiaen’s musical imagination and sound world. All the authors consider, to a greater or lesser extent, the influence of the composer’s theological outlook on his work, from which it becomes apparent that his incarnational faith, with its belief in a God who reveals himself in material things, the human life of Jesus, and the sacraments touches his music at every level. The present volume […] is to be welcomed as a stimulating and serious contribution to the expanding literature of this extraordinary artist.’ Journal of the British Institute of Organ Studies, 2010.
‘In his introduction to this volume, Andrew Shenton points out that Olivier Messiaen, despite being one of the most influential composers of the twentieth century, is comparatively little studied. There are “only a handful of books in English that deal with his style and only two that concentrate on the biography”. Scholarship’s loss is the general reader’s gain, however, as the at times introductory air of Messiaen the Theologian makes it highly accessible. Despite its origins in conference proceedings, it affords a comprehensible survey of the theological life and times of the great musical colourist, along with a useful bibliography and biographical glossary. […] a particular strength of this useful book is the light touch with which its international contributors integrate case studies with more general approaches to specific aspects of Messiaen’s work, successfully mapping the correspondences between his music and theology. The Times Literary Supplement, January 28, 2011.
Messiaen the Theologian was the subject of a full-length review feature in The American Organist Magazine in the February 2011 issue. The full review can be downloaded here: TAO review. ‘From the outset, know that this is a laudable and welcome work, especially well organized […] Messiaen the Theologian sets the stage for a full and compelling exploration of Messiaen’s reach outward past Roman Catholicism into the world of global mysticism.’
‘This collection of essays by Messiaen scholars reflects the complexity and quality of Messiaen’s contributions to the world of music. The various perspectives from which Messiaen’s music is approached offer readers valuable material for reflection. This book is an invaluable resource for the ever-growing number of admirers of Messiaen’s music.’ Catholic Library World, 81-3, March 2011.
‘It is no small compliment to wish that some of these essays were lengthier in order to permit further explication. [They] offer a rich context for listening to [Messiaen] with understanding.” Highly recommended.’ Choice: Current Review for Academic Libraries, May 2011, Vol. 48, No. 09.


The Percy Jackson series I have read goes in this order…
1.The Lightning Thief.
2.The Sea Of Monsters.
3.The Titan’s Curse.
4.The Battle Of The Labyrinth.
5.The Last Olympian.
I drew this picture of Percy Jackson and his friends. Hope you like it.
‘Percy Jackson’ is a modern day demigod/half-blood who happens to be the son of Poseidon, Greek god of the sea. Percy finds himself surrounded with monsters waiting to ambush him, so he finds himself stuck in the middle of this place called ‘Camp Half-Blood’.
You should definitely read the books. I’d put a 10/10 for this series of books.


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Every time I'm having a nice cup of chocolate, I always grab something to read. It makes the moment even more special. When a dear friend gave me a copy of her ebook, I got excited. So, before anything else, "Thank you Cates for the complimentary copy."
13th Breath: A Collection of Poetry and Prose. That's the title of the e-book written by Jacqueline Cates Flaviano also known as SittieCates, a Filipino-Thai author based in the Philippines whose works appear online and published in local newspaper and magazines.
While I was reading every line of this ebook, I can feel Cates' emotions and thoughts. That's a true sign that every word, every phrase came from a sincere and hopeful person. Her style of saying little about the poem, made it a lot interesting. It took me to the time when each poem was written and it made me feel her sentiments during those days.
There are seven poems in this ebook. It's hard to pick the best one because all of them are equally beautiful. But I caught myself reading "To My Sweet Phantom of the Night" over and over again. Maybe because I can relate to it (wink).
The six blog posts on the other hand are Cates' way of stating her opinions on different topics. Each was written in a very light and easy to grasp style. You can imagine Cates conversing with you while you read her essays. Her fun and intelligent way of putting words together attracted me to read more of her works. Can I request for another ebook? I'm just kidding.
Along with this inspiring ebook, SittieCates also published two children's books entitled Sleepyhead? NOT and Are You There, God? It’s Me , Kaitlyn Zamora, Smiling at you . For parents out there, these are great books for your kids. You can check the ebook trailers at You Tube and I'm sure you will agree with me.
You can also visit The Musings of a Hopeful and Pecunious Wordsmith to read more of SittieCates works. You can also follow here at Facebook, Twitter and Smashwords. If you want to request for a signed e-copy from SittieCates, please click HERE.


CURRENTS OF WAR is my (WIP) work-in-progress novel. It’s a story about a German Jew growing up in the Weimar Republic and pre-war Nazi Germany and his eventual incredible journey of escape. This isn’t a story about soldiers at war, but of normal people caught up in the throes of war, of fear, courage, and survival.
The aspects of this story are true. Most people don’t know about or understand what civilians had to go through to achieve freedom. Or what it was like at that time living in pre-Nazi Germany. This isn’t the Hollywood version of World War Two or Nazi concentration camps. It’s about the tragic realities that insinuated into the psyche of every nation. War makes strange bedfellows, and none is stranger than where many Jews found safety while the world around them burned.
This story is based on many interviews I had with Jack Goldstone in 1996-7 when he was 86 years old. I was so captivated by his story, that we became friends, and he allowed me to audio tape many of the interviews. We jointly applied for the copyright. Jack died in 2009. The copyright now belongs to his daughter and me. At the time, Jack and I wanted to make his story into a movie or a book, but the Internet wasn’t active like it is now, so there was no way I could research all the details of this story. I would have had to travel to each location, 70 years after the events, to learn about them. Naturally, I couldn’t do this. I wrote out a pitch and took it to agents, and production companies, but got nowhere. The story was too massive. There was no HBO or mini-series, but for a few TV movies based on best-selling novels.
In 2015, I decided to write the story as a novel. I spent a year writing the first half, which goes from 1923 to 1939, the start of World War II. This is already the size of one full novel. Why so long and why did it take a year? The true story is so interesting, that I needed to learn all the elements of what it was like for the country and the people of that day. And of the horrible events that transpired then from the Nazi regime. This took an immense amount of time, even with the Internet. I had to read many books, watch many German films, read countless letters by people involved during that time. I had to know how people were during that era and from different countries.
The original story of Frank’s life and his escape was told in sections, including the exact times and dates of his incredible life. I had to bring all of what he told me into real life, with his real characters, and some of whom I had to invent. All the main characters were real people as Frank told me about them. I did makeup scenes and descriptions, but the essence of the story is true, the dates are true, the locations are true, and the destinations are true. All the historical elements are true as they happened. And all the plot points, moving through his journey as they happened to him, are true.
As anyone who has read any books I’ve written which takes place in bygone eras, they will know that I never change historically known elements. I weave my stories around the confirmed history. In this case, I didn’t need to do any weaving.
I’m hoping it won’t take me another year to write the second half of the book, but the research is ever growing.
From time to time, I will post first draft excerpts. These drafts are not the end results, but show which direction I’m heading, even though some or most might change. This is the first time I’ve allowed pre-published drafts, so constructive criticism is welcome. Please, I am a writer and human being, and not open to hatred of any kind. All the historical events depicted are true, and if you need to correct, please understand the history before doing so. If you know of some elements you believe would enhance this, please send me a private message on Facebook. (https://www.facebook.com/currentsofwar/)
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No garden can ever be completely finished; and that we have found through the years, is its greatest charm.
by Arthur W. Baum. Reposted here by permission of the Saturday Evening Post. Copyright 1945, The Curtis Publishing Company.
A souvenir menu from a long-ago family reunion perhaps.
A Guide to Kraftwood Gardens, 2nd Edition
A Guide to Kraftwood Gardens, 1st Edition
Excerpts taken from “Adventure in Jade” by James Lewis Kraft.
Kraftwood Sunday School Report – 1927
This site will feature articles, historical information, photos, and videos, and hopefully contributions from personal collections.
The Kraftwood gardens were open to the public on Sundays through the 1950’s. They were also home to some of the earliest recordings of the Kraft Music Hall radio programs. The home remains in the Kraft family to this day and is now closed to the public.


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Patriot Act and its implications for the social work profession Human rights and emerging social media Compelling and broad in scope, Social Work and Social Policy is an indispensable text for students and a valuable resource for practitioners concerned with creating social policy and governmental action guided by justice for all.
Recognizing that policy work requires practitioners to be as fully versed as possible with the issue at hand, Social Work and Social Policy thoroughly explores Social welfare policy as a form of social justice The evolution of the American welfare state Human security and the welfare of societies Social policy from a global perspective Challenges for social policies in Asia Welfare reform and the need for social empathy The U.S
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By Walter Hammond
Part I: The capture
That day, like every day, Bob went to his job at the local high school. That job was to support all the IT in the place. Usually, the job was boring and mind numbing. About the only highlight was when he got a call to go up to the library and help there. The reason the library was so good was because of Rachel. She was gorgeous and had a fantastic smile. Thinking about her always made his legs quiver, but he had to put her out of his mind and got to work. He started going through the day's jobs; they were all boring!
Rachel enjoyed working in the library and helping the children, and her day was often enhanced by one or two masters who looked pretty sexy. The only problem was the library IT system. IT was a total blind spot, so whenever there was the slightest problem she had to call Bob to sort it out. It was nearly time to go home when the system crashed. She frantically tried to get Bob, not wanting to go home until it was fixed.
After a long day at work, Bob was almost ready to leave when the call came from the library. Immediately, he smiled, picked up his toolkit and went there. Inside the toolkit were all sorts of useful things, lots of tape (all different kinds), cable ties and tons of wire of various lengths. He walked into the library and Rachel was standing right there.
That day, Rachel had had laundry problems, leaving her short of clothes. As a result, she was wearing a very short and tight stretchy skirt that she would not normally consider suitable for school. Some of the masters and older boys had noticed and seemed to approve, especially when she had to climb up the ladder. She had to wear a thong with it to avoid VPL and was also wearing a matching lacy bra, not that anyone could see of course. She was very relieved to see Bob, and flashed him a grateful smile. It was such a warm smile that it made his legs shake.
"Wha ... what seems to be the problem?" he stammered.
He saw how her tight skirt hugged her body, and his heart skipped a beat. She turned round and bent over a desk with a computer on. As she bent, her tight skirt rode up a bit.
"Look at this. I suppose it's some problem with the monitor, but it keeps flickering. I was wondering if it's a loose connection under the desk, but ..."
She crouched down under the desk and her skirt rode up even more.
"I fiddled with all the connections here and they all seem OK."
Bob really enjoyed watching her bend over the desk in that short tight skirt, and wished fervently that the few pupils still in the Library would leave.
"Did you get the one right down the bottom?" he asked, staring at her shapely bottom. Rachel got right down to look. Her skirt had now ridden up so much that he could see the tops of her legs where the tights were thicker and more opaque. He saw the VPL that revealed that she was wearing a thong.
"Where do you mean? Can you show me?"
Bob walked towards Rachel, feasting his eyes on her very, very sexy body. He stood at the desk next to her and bent over to help her find it. Their hands touched; he could feel himself get harder. Finally, he found the plug and slid it in. "That's it," he said; "let's give it a go now." He was a bit nervous moving back from the desk in case his erection showed. "There, that looks better now. Just remember, if it starts playing up again I'll come back and give you a hand." He knew quite well that this monitor would start to play up again shortly; he had deliberately not replaced it, knowing that it would be an excuse to come and see Rachel.
Rachel had been hoping to go soon, but after a few minutes the monitor was acting up again so she called Bob. Looking out of the window, she saw that all the teachers' cars had gone. Sometimes she had a lift home, but it looked as if there would be none that night. Oh, wait, Bob's van was there. She wondered where he lived and if it would be out of the way for him to give her a lift.
As Bob answered the call from Rachel, he could see the last of the staff and students clearing out from the school. "I'll be right there," he replied as he hung up. He grabbed his toolkit and rushed excitedly towards the library. As he got closer, he started to think what it would be like to abduct Rachel. He kept walking briskly as the thoughts of her sexy body flowed through his mind. Just as he neared to the library, he saw a plastic bag. He picked it up and got a sudden rush of adrenalin. Reaching the library, instead of just rushing in, he crept in quietly. Rachel was preoccupied with putting books away on the shelves. His heart skipped another beat. He put his toolkit down, grabbed a few things out of it with one hand and gripped the plastic bag in the other.
Being short, Rachel always had problems putting books on the top shelves. She had to stand on a stepladder. In the short, tight skirt she was wearing that day, it was slightly embarrassing. Finishing with the top shelves, she came down and started dealing with the lower shelves. Meticulously, she considered whether the books needed any re-ordering. She was so engrossed in this that she did not notice Bob enter or come up behind her.
As Rachel bent over to look at the shelves, Bob pulled the bag over her head. He clamped down over her mouth and wrapped his other arm around her body. He whispered in her ear, "If you co-operate I'll make sure you can breathe, otherwise I'll hold my hands like this until you pass out."
Rachel panicked and started to struggle, but rapidly realised that it was pointless because her strength was no match for his. Somewhere, somehow she got enough sanity to realise that she would had to co-operate. She did not recognise his voice in her panic and had no idea who this intruder was. However, she stopped struggling.
Bob slowly released his grip on her mouth, allowing some air to get in under the bag. "If you make even a tiny noise you'll regret it," he whispered. Taking a cable tie, he pulled her hands behind her back, wrapped it around her wrists and pulled it tight.
Rachel gasped for air. She was quite incapable of speaking and too frightened to do anything other than obey. It did not even occur to her to test the wrist bonds to see how secure they were, not that she would risk escaping even if she could. The hoarse whisper was quite unrecognisable as Bob's voice.
Bob slowly lowered Rachel to the ground and paused to think. He was far from clear about what to do next. He grabbed some more cable ties and wrapped them around Rachel's arms just above and below her elbows. He pulled them so tight that her elbows almost touched behind her back. He started to worry that she would scream as the fright wore off, so he began to think about how he could keep her silent.
Rachel was pretty flexible, so she could cope with her arms pulled behind her like that. Still, it pulled her shoulders back and made her breasts stick out much more than usual. Her blouse was already fairly close-fitting; now it was straining over her breasts. She fully had her breath back, and had calmed down a bit. There was no point in leaping up and trying to make a run for it unless she could get that horrid bag off her head, so she began to think how to do that.
As Rachel started to calm down, Bob went into the librarian's office and rummaged through the drawers and Rachel's handbag to see if he could find something to silence her. While Bob was engaged, Rachel was rubbing her head on the carpet, trying to dislodge the bag. It was half off, with her jaw free, but she could still see nothing.
Bob opened her handbag and found two handkerchiefs. He took them and a silk scarf he found in her drawer. He rushed back to her and could see that she had nearly worked the bag off her head. He balled the handkerchiefs and pushed them against her lips. Her mouth was open because she couldn't easily breathe with the bag still over her nose. She was taken by surprise as the ball of cloth was shoved into her mouth. She tried to yell, but was very muffled and very little sound emerged.
Once the hankies were packed deep in her mouth, Bob pulled the bag back over her head and tied the scarf tightly around her head across her mouth, pulling everything deep into her. He could see the bag inflating and deflating rapidly as she panicked.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe! I'll choke!" she thought. Somehow, from deep within her, she found the strength to calm down. She realised that her only chance not to die at the hands of this madman, as she thought of him, was to lie still and breathe slowly and regularly, and hope he did nothing more to suffocate her.
As she calmed down a bit, Bob made a hole in the bag over her nose; this allowed air to flow to her lungs again. Next, he moved to her legs; they were so sexy in the tights she was wearing, and in that skirt, which had ridden right up, they were well displayed. He rubbed his hands from just below her skirt hem all the way to her ankle on her right leg. Then he gripped her ankle and folded her leg over so her shoe pressed against her bottom. Taking some tape from her tool box, he started to wind it around her leg.
Rachel could breathe easily now. A glimmer of light came in through the nose hole, but she could still see nothing. There was now no chance of getting the bag off and making a break for it. But she realised that the longer she was there, the more helpless she would become as he tied her up more and more securely. Whatever should she do? And what did he want with her?
Bob finished taping up her right leg and moved to her left leg. He was about to run his hand down it, but he stopped and gave her a spank. She made an indignant but muffled sound. "I'm glad you decided to co-operate; it makes it so much easier," he whispered to her as he taped her left leg. When he had finished, he took a little vibe that he had bought in the hope that he could do this. Lifting her skirt, he slid the vibe down under her tights. Once he had it in just the right spot, he started to apply some strips of tape to keep it firmly in place.
Rachel seemed to recognise that voice now. It couldn't possibly be Bob the computer man, could it? He was due to come and see her, and surely he'd have arrived by now and done something, unless he was her captor. Oh, but that vibe was getting her excited. She could not let it. She had to stay calm and not get distracted if she was to have any hope of escaping. But it was getting her oh so excited.
Once the vibe was taped in place, Bob went to the back room of the library. There was a trolley there, and some bags. He wheeled the trolley out and put it next to Rachel. Then he took a bag and put it down next to her. Unzipping it, he started to lift her to put her inside. He slid his hands under her and lifted her body. Once she was in the bag, he turned the vibe up to a higher setting, and then he zipped up the bag. It was a tight squeeze, but he managed to fit her in. Finally he put the bag on the trolley and wheeled it to the van.
Rachel could hardly move, squeezed into that bag, and it was hard to breathe, so she did her best to keep calm and take regular breaths. Her skirt rode up from being stuffed into the bag and its hem was now around her waist. If Bob (if it was Bob) could see her now, she thought, he'd see her bottom on display in her black satin thong. And that vibe, that blasted vibe, really had her excited now. But she knew that she must keep calm and breathe easily.
Bob finally arrived at his van. It was unlikely that anyone had seen him, and even if they did it wouldn't be unusual for him to be loading a bag. Hopefully, no one would notice the occasional movement of the bag as Rachel fought against the vibrator. He had no doubt she was trying her best to stop her body betraying her. The thought of it really excited him as he lifted the bag and placed it in the van. As he slid the door shut he said to her, "you'll love what I've done with the van". Jumping into the front, he started the engine. Suddenly the vibrator slowed right down to a faint buzz. He drove out of the school and as he accelerated down the road the vibrator got faster and faster. He reached a set of red lights and had to stop; the vibe went back to a faint buzzing.
By now, Rachel was certain that her captor was Bob. How could he do this to her? What had she ever done to him? She was frightened to struggle, because she feared she would suffocate if she didn't keep calm and take steady breaths. Anyway, she realised how unlikely it was that she could get anywhere, thoroughly trussed up as she was. And the blasted vibrator was driving her crazy. It was not driving her over the edge, but she felt so terribly, terribly frustrated. It slowed down again, just as she thought she might come.
As they reached their destination and came to a stop, the vibrator went back to a very faint buzz. Bob opened the van door, took out the bag, brought it into his house and put it down on the bed. Slowly he unzipped the bag, barely able to contain his excitement.


Archives & Collections
The majority of The Summit Historical Society Collection of photographs, maps, and documents are on temporary loan to the Mather Archives in Breckenridge, Colorado. The Summit Historical Society museum also has archival materials, available for research purposes.
We actively collect maps, letters, photographs, documents, and videos that help tell the stories of our county’s rich heritage.
In addition to paper objects that make up the archives, the Society also collects objects of historical value. We have been collecting and preserving Summit County historical artifacts since 1966. Everything from books, to clothing and textiles, to farming tools and historic skis are part of our current and growing collection.
We are in the process of an extensive inventory. We match paperwork to objects, create digital records and photograph the objects. Check back for digitized collections and online exhibits!
We hold particular interest in the “untold” stories of history. Specifically, we love the “everyday” people who made our past fascinating.
Do you have something to donate to our collection or archive? Do you have interest in research opportunities? Please call Matt Steninger, Director at 970-468-2207. You may also drop by our office at 403 La Bonte, Dillon, CO 80435.


Thank you Thomas for writing more of your story. Or should I be thanking Tom or Tom-Tom? I am confused. Yes, I will thank all three of you. That’s it, yeah, that’s it. You are definitely going to want to read the original book “Abduction Revelation” first. AR II is just as much a wild ride as the first. In this book there is more action, more romance, more mystery and more comedy. Most of the jokes are just as…..
Thirty-seven years have passed since ‘The Kid’s’ last abduction. He has moved back to his roots, found the ‘love of his life’, and retired into his dream world. It is only when he melts the mind blocks the abductor’s had installed, that he discovers his abductions, his true identity, and the secrets behind his abductions.
We now know who the abductors are and where they came from. Is his story reality or imagination? Or a blend of both? The answer…..
Motivation for writing “An Abduction Revelation”.
I was inspired to write “An Abduction Revelation” after writing and publishing my memoirs, “The Comeback Kid”. After our divorce, my first wife claimed that we had been abducted by aliens during our marriage. I never believed her, thinking she had to of had some loose marbles.
However, publishing my memoirs got me to thinking “What if she was right”? She had claimed she discovered…..
02/01/2016 5 stars! Reviewed By Renee Taylor for Readers’ Favorite
The Comeback Kid: The Memoirs of Thomas L. Hay by Thomas Leonard Hay is an autobiography that chronicles a fun and interesting life worth looking into. The story starts in Thomas Leonard Hay’s small town childhood in Clinton, Missouri in the 1950s. The story quickly moves through the Vietnam War and his time in the U.S. Navy. It takes readers to Saudi Arabia and teaches many interesting facts and lessons,…..
SWISH! BAMM! CA’BOOM!
The posse was hot on my tail with the sound of their laser beams interrupting the eerie silence of the night. I raced through a wasteland dodging colored beams and trying to find cover.
SWISH! BAMM! CA’BOOM!
“SON-OF-A-BITCH!” I shouted in pain.
A laser beam had just scorched the side of my head, as it ricocheted off a dead tree I…..
Reality and Imagination Intermingle?
Thomas Hay’s “An Abduction Revelation: The Comeback Kid Returns” is a different kind of memoir, one that leaves the reader wondering if the story is the product of an intriguing and creative writer, or did it actually occur somewhere in time and space, another dimension, or a galaxy long ago and far away.
With a quick turn of phrase, excellent command of visual imagery, and quirky metaphor the author recounts specific events from his life’s journey spanning…..
My name is Thomas L. Hay, author of The Comeback Kid, Memoirs of Thomas L. Hay and my latest book, An Abduction Revelation: The Comeback Kid Returns.
I’m so happy to have you as a visitor to my website, where I blog about my books and life in general. This project is very special…..


Frequently Asked Questions
What is Focused Portfolios™ Electronic Companion?
FPEC is a user-friendly application which emulates the paper process described in the book Focused Portfolios ™: A Complete Assessment for the Young Child. It's not simply a copy of the text of the book or a catalog of the collection forms.
The app enables teachers to create a portfolio for each child using the 17 collection forms discussed in the book. Individual portfolios are ordered by Teacher, Group then Child so multiple children may be followed within a single data file if desired.
Teachers may import images of a child playing or of a child's work to demonstrate the child's achievment of a milestone, and attach this to a collection form. Custom Milestones may also be created and saved! A full set of established milestones in all the major developmental domains are included to choose from when reporting on a child's progress. You may review those milestones here.
Portfolios can easily be transfered via removable storage media (like a flash drive) from home to school and vice/versa. Children's portfolios may be printed out for inclusion in the development IEP's etc.


Resources for Lactation Supporters During COVID-19
Lactation supporters, from Peer Support providers to IBCLCs, may provide lactation care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Recorded live Q and A Webinar from May 13th:
Is COVID-19 a Detour on the Road to IBCLC?
Downloadable fact sheets courtesy of Lactation Education Resources in partnership with Nikki Greenway, FNP-C, IBCLC, RLC
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The U on iTunes U - Support
The information provided by the Marriott Library Knowledge Commons and the Technology Assisted Curriculum Center is just one of many sources for information and instruction available for iTunes U. Additional support options are available for user to consult from the list below.
If you are a university staff or faculty member and would like a section in iTunes U for your institution, department, group, or course, please completely fill out this form.
A full range of tutorials, FAQs, and information is available through this site. Click on the FAQ or Tutorials links at the top of this web page.
There will be several classes held in the Marriott Library that will go over the following:
- Podcasting 101
- iTunes U
- Creating Audio Podcasts
- Creating Enhanced Podcasts
- Creating Video Podcasts
The Marriott Library Knowledge Commons will be able to provide basic support for audio editing, enhanced podcasts, and uploading. Or they can setup an appointment with the technical group for more in-depth training/support.
Instructional Media Services(IMS) will offer equipment support and basic production assistance with campus related courses. Media Solutions offers a full range of consultation services for creating audio or video podcast episodes.
Questions or Problems?
If you have questions, comments or problems about our campus iTunes U.
Please completely fill out this form.


Muhammad Ali Vs. Sonny Liston, Neil Leifer, 1965
This was the story of when Muhammad Ali took the heavy weight boxing title from Sonny Liston.
Flag Raising On Iwo Jima, Joe Rosenthal, 1945
This picture captures a month of fighting that claimed the lives of 6,800 Americans and 21,000 Japanese. The photo was a flag being put up on Mount Suribachi.
Pillars Of Creation, Nasa, 1995


In our worlds of the increasing complexity of sameness, Donna's books are refreshing, have simple stories of fantasy based on real life. All of Donna;s books are a little bet different than others available. She tries to share the best and most inspirational pieces of life.
Fully illustrated, featuring ZONTORIA's NORTHLAND, for the inner child of all ages. Every reader will find something of themselves in the characters and the real life situations and stories. Step through a porthole into a world where magical creatures talk and there is a surprise around every corner. It is an incredible world very similar to our own portrayed in a different light, a very mind opening light.
Condensed illustrations from BOOK 1. After making a youthful wish, a teen girl finds herself in a strange exciting land. It is a place where the most fantastic magical things can and do happen. This young woman learns many things about herself and how her life choices effect her future as well as everything and everyone who are part of her journey. A very inspirational adventure.
This text version of BOOK 1. was created for those who like to read without all the eye candy of illustrations. The story introduces characters from the magical NORTHLAND of ZONTORIA. This is the first of four manuscripts, forming the continuing series of worlds. Each of these simple and singular lands hosts an array of special characters whose lives intertwine in continued stories.
Star Riders is the second in a series of adventures in ZONTORIA's EASTLAND. Chesley, a young man dealing with the questions and frustration of being adopted, had uncertainties and felt disconnected from people, and yet, he found comfort and solace in nature. He was confused and uncertain about his future until he was forced from his home by one who knew his story. Taken to a strange and frightening place, he began to learn where he came from and why. Finding courage to overcome his fears, be became a leader and discovered his super powers to help save mankind.
Edition 2. of ZONTORIA's Star Riders with condensed illustrations will be completed as soon a Donna finds an extra week or two in here schedule. Until then please enjoys some of her other books.
This text version of BOOK 2. was created for those who like to read without illustrations. The story introduces characters from the technology advanced EASTLAND of ZONTORIA. Life often puts us in situations without giving any explanation. Growing up, even with a loving parent, is hard enough without continually wondering if we have any family history or what our connections are. Beginning to learn about one's past can be enlightening but scary, and can change our entire life. Discover the secrets with our characters in this second manuscript.
Mother’s Inspirational Expressions explores the magical spirit of women on their journey with Motherhood. Featuring a Mother’s Circle of Life, this little book touches the very core of growing up with its challenges and conquests. It takes the reader through the many portals women explore on their incredible adventure of life. Mothers is an inspiring, uplifting, feel good book that will bring a smile and warm the heart.
Our debt to the heroic men and valiant women in the service of our country can never be repaid. They have earned our undying gratitude. This book has been created to support and honor Veterans of all branches of the United States Military.
Father, Daddy, Papa,
A Continuing Collection
The path between the Real World and Zontoria represents the long walk we all take as we go from starting a journey in life to reaching a goal or destination. This little adventure shares some secrets about the magical world of Zontoria that you won't find in any of the other books or stories.
Each world/book in the Zontoria Collection spawns a logical progression and continual series of short stories - Sun-Story books, dealing with the endless every-day issues on the lives explored in the Zontoria Books Manuscripts. Each tells a bit more about the personal lives of characters.
If customers can’t find it, it doesn’t exist. Clearly list and describe the services you offer. Also, be sure to showcase a premium service.
Having a big sale, on-site celebrity, or other event? Be sure to announce it so everybody knows and gets excited about it.
You can get both How To Books in one in this double book. It is fun to learn English and Spanish in this fully illustrated double book.
Running a holiday sale or weekly special? Definitely promote it here to get customers excited about getting a sweet deal.
Have you opened a new location, redesigned your shop, or added a new product or service? Don't keep it to yourself, let folks know.
Customers have questions, you have answers. Display the most frequently asked questions, so everybody benefits.
Jeannie & main characters of Spirit of the Crystal
About Sasha and friends.
There are twelve titles in development for this collection and will be finished as time allows. Donna is very proficient in the creation and production of a book and is a hard worker.
Donna always has 2 or 3 book projects in the works at all times. With four main manuscripts full of characters in the ZONTORIA Collection, there are unlimited possibilities waiting.


The Mississauga Libraries Project is an adaptive re-use strategy applied to the renovation of three public library branches originally constructed between 1956 and 1967: Lakeview, Lorne Park and Port Credit. NAK Design Strategies worked with RDH Architects to design a project which reinvigorated the libraries’ original modernist style with contemporary additions. NAK created a landscape design for each library which complements the modernism of the buildings with linear features, mass plantings, and new pedestrian connections.
2012 Governor General’s Medal in Architecture
2012 Mississauga Urban Design Award Of Excellence
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada


Apparently the uploader doesn’t allow .tif files, but no worries- I uploaded the file to my website:
You can download it here (right-click -> save as).
I re-scanned it at 600 dpi; if it needs any changes let me know (I also have the .psd file on my computer).
Artist statement and bibliography can be found on the site.
A book that explores the various effects and techniques of altering images and text until we can no longer recognize or understand the content
My research for this last project was focused on looking at the rules of typography. Over the years, typographers and designers have developed a set of rules or guidelines regarding type. These rules are used to determine if any section of type is well or poorly designed.
When doing my research, Tom Felton’s book The Ten Commandments of Type, Type Heresy, had the most influence on my project. His book influenced me the most not because he explained the rules in the most depth or clearly but because he transformed the rules from rules to humorous pieces of valuable information. Inspired by Mr. Felton within this project I sought to also approach the rules of typography from a different but still humorous standpoint. Although it is easy to understand the rules of typography when looking at them, they are also easily forgotten midst project. To aid my self as well as other individuals who have the tendency to forget said rules I have created a series of images that accompany the rules and interpret them in a humorous way.
I hope the humor and visual imagery helps the rules stick in the minds of future graphic design students.
Felton, Paul. The Ten Commandments of Typography; Type Heresy: Breaking the Ten Commandments of Typography. (New York: Merrell Publishers Limited, 2006).
Bringhurst, Robert. The Elements of Typographic Stle version 14. ( Point Roberts, Hartley & Marks Publishers, 2004).
“Simple Rules for Good Typography,” Fred Design accessed Nov. 30 2011, http://www.freddesign.co.uk/2009/12/archive/rules-for-good-typography/.
“Typography Rules.” Typophile accessed Nov 28 2011.


After many years of circulating in typescript form, this remarkable study by Thomas K. Simpson
—a work long celebrated as something of an underground classic—is at long last available in a new edition worthy of its vision and depth.
Simpson identifies the distinctively rhetorical functions of mathematics, as Maxwell employs them in the Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism. Like the tropes of classical rhetoric, mathematical rhetoric seeks intelligibility and illumination—in this respect contrasting with what Maxwell termed "the mathematics of pure quantity," which emphasizes precision and logical economy.
Maxwell's Mathematical Rhetoric is the book to which Simpson’s Figures of Thought (also available from Green Lion Press) serves as an introduction. Maxwell's Mathematical Rhetoric explores in greater depth and detail the themes adumbrated in Figures of Thought.


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Pir Syed Ghulam Moin ud Din Gilani(R.A) famous as Lala ji,the son of Pir Ghulam Mohiyyu din(R.A).....
Pir Syed Ghulam Moin ud din Gilani(R.A) was the elder son of Babu ji (R.A) and father of Pir Syed Naseer ud din Naseer Gilani(R.A).
He was born on Saturday, the 22nd May of 1920 (Ramadan 3rd, 1338 A.H.) in Golra Sharif and he was named by Hazrat Pir Mehr Ali Shah Himself.
Commonly known as "baray lala ji".He had special attention of His father in his studies ,who brought him up with special care under the guidence of great teachers and ulama.
Collection of his poetry wich contains hamd o naat,manaqib,ghazals in urdu and farsi was published by the name of "Asrar ul Mushtaq"
|Ala Hazrat Qibla Pir Meher Ali Shah Sahib R.A|
|Hazrat Pir Syed Ghulam Muhiyuddin Gilani R.A|
|Hazrat Pir Syed Ghulam Moinuddin Gilani R.A|
|Hazrat Pir Syed Naseeruddinnaseer Gilani R.A|
|Hazrat Pir Syed Ghulam Nizaamuddin jami Qadri Gilani Shah Sahib|
|Hazrat Pir Syed ghulam Najamuddin Gilani Shah Sahib|
|Hazrat Pir Syed Shamasuddin Gilani Shah Sahib|
|Books of Ala Hazrat Qibla Pir Mehar Ali Shah Sahib R.A|
|Books of Pir Syed Ghulam Moin-uddin Shah Sahib R.A|
|Books of Huzoor Naseer-E-Millat|
|Books of Pir Syed Ghulam Nizaamuddin Jami Gilani Qadri|


When I was a young girl reading was my favorite escape. I would literally get so absorbed in the stories I couldn't put a book down without finishing it and prided myself in reading a book in a day or less. I really couldn't relate to many of the characters I spent hours reading about but I could always go with them and at the time that was a great option!
Growing up my house was literally two blocks away from the neighborhood library and as soon as I was able I had my very own card and would walk my little seven year old self to the library to take home as many books as they would allow.
When I first began reading chapter books my fave were the The Babysitters Club series. I loved little babes and imagined myself old enough to babysit and imagined I too would start a similar club when I was of age.
I couldn't tell you now what any of the books were about, but I do know that I had my favorite sitters and I loved the cover illustrations of the 90s!
Did you ever read The Babysitters Club series? If so when you grew up did you babysit? I always wanted to but never got the chance...
loves- Cookie Louise