Author Archives: Alice
By George! Who Leads the King Now?
Last week George IV went off to Scotland at Lord Castlereagh’s suggestion for a royal vacation. When George returned, the man was dead. It would seem that Castlereagh’s suicide was not entirely a surprise. Before the King left for Scotland he had had several talks with Lord Liverpool about Castlereagh’s behavior. In one conversation he stated that “either I am mad or Lord Castlereagh is mad.” The Duke of Wellington expressed concern, Castlereagh’s brother, Lord Stewart, “had never seen a […]
45/365 Down the Road -A
For the next three days I’m going to take you down a road in Sardine Canyon, Northern Utah.
44/365 Belize Super Highway
Seriously, this is a big a road as you can find outside the city limits. Any city limits. In Belize.
The Internet Age
This is supposed to be read from right to left, top down. So, I was pretending to myself that I was writing Suzie’s House last Thursday and procrastinated by reading 1/2 Prince (above.) If you look very closely between the second and fourth frames you will see a little translator’s note about the song Prince sings. It dawns on me that popping over to YouTube to see it for myself wouldn’t be very hard, and I couldn’t remember how the […]
Back to School.
Today is the first day of school for both my kids. Yayyyyyy!!!!! see more Lolcats and funny pictures see more Lolcats and funny pictures see more Lolcats and funny pictures
Sweet and Sour Seashells
This one is from an online dieting group called SparkNet. INGREDIENTS 1 lb. uncooked small seashell macaroni (9 cups cooked) 2 tablespoons olive oil 3/4 cup sugar 1/2 cup cider vinegar 1/2 cup orange juice 1/2 cup water 3 tablespoons prepared mustard Black pepper to taste 2 oz. jar sliced pimentos 2 small cucumbers 2 small onions thinly sliced 18 lettuce leaves DIRECTIONS 1. Cook macaroni in unsalted water, drain, rinse with cold water and drain again. Stir in oil. […]
Mud Bath
Last week, when the theme was “ripple”, I did a set up that looked a bit like this: . . . . You can see the details here. The long and short of it is that I left Jack and Jill staring into a cup full of something that is moving. This week the theme is Surprise. And here’s what made the stuff in the cup (pudding) wiggle: . . . . Saturday photo scavenger hunt The rules for Photohunt […]
41/365 Belize Allspice Tree?
I can’t remember if this is the one or not. While walking around a Mayan temple, the tour guide pointed to a tree and said it was where allspice comes from. If it wasn’t this one, is was very similar.
Suzie’s House 128: Two Tickets to Paradise
“Would you quit doing that?” Ben was ready to start pounding on Gene. For the last half an hour Gene had been sitting on the bed, staring into space looking all put out, and spinning the wheels of his skateboard. Ben was sitting at his desk with his back to the bed, but he could still hear the ball bearings clicking, and remembered Gene’s expression between glances. “Do you like Lisa?”
In the Crucible
Click on picture to go to hub. “Dear Lord,” she prays, “I can not take much more.” She kneels, hands folded, tears glistening down her face to pool in ugly pain on a thin shirt. God wants to tell her he is tempering her, but she can’t hear him. She hasn’t been in the crucible long enough. He reaches for another trial, fans the flames, and watches.
13 Events in the last 24 hours
1. I woke up to find my web site gone. 2. GoDaddy, whom I thought I was done with, had their parking/ad page in place of my blog. 3. I sent off to Blue Host to as what gives. 4. Before I got an answer I figured it out by going to my old account at GoDaddy. 5. My domain registration had expired. 6. I screamed for a little while. I had done so much work over the summer getting […]
39/365 Typical Home in Belize’s Countryside
This is someone’s home. Not a shed, not a summer cottage, not a playhouse. This is where someone lives all the time.
