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A Week in the Life of Livfully "meeting" Queen Victoria of yesteryear, meeting old friends and new

on Thu, 09/17/2015 - 19:52

In the last week, I've met folks from Japan (twin boys and their little sis and parents, grands, and family) at an agricultural fair where we all oohed and awed over cows that go, "Moo" in English but apparently go, "Moe" in Japanese. Ohsi means cow while Oosi means delicious (from memory and my own spelling, but may intrigue others to learn a word or two in another language.

Instead of saying 'Holy Cow' we can now say "Holy Ohsi" but google in case that actually means "holy delicious". Hay bales were climbed over by little folks and frying pans, yes cast iron ones, were flung in a contest.

When the Worst Happens, Again!

on Tue, 04/02/2013 - 05:05

 Reflecting on our teen son Kaelan Alexander Palmer Paton's passing during the time of Passover, Lent, Easter, and April 1st as a meaningful day of reincarnation in the Tibetan worldview has been on my mind this past week.

Sadly, in the midst of all that, another young man died in the same river as my son, not far away, at about 2 am not long ago.  A young man, let's call him Robert for some anonymity,  also was out with friends, having what was supposed to be a good time.

The full moon  earlier in the week likely got people thinking about the night being bright as day, and maybe a good