New Computing Power

Aug 082009
 
My son with his first home built computer running Linux.

My son with his first home built computer

It’s eventual function will be as a media center for the household. We will be able to store all our images, video and music on the terabyte hard drive, watch TV and movies and listen to music through my amplifier, all controlled through wireless keyboard and mouse. For now, it has Linux installed, as the Windows CD came too scratched to use. We supplied the funds and he did the research, sourced all the components and constructed it. How cool is that?

Fourteen Years Ago…

Jul 092009
 

Last summer in Montana with Mary and Lucas

Last summer in Montana with Mary and Lucas

… Hargobind Singh Atwal was born. I am grateful that such a wonderful soul joined our family those years ago. And that he has grown into a fine, young man.


Gratitude creates it’s own attitude. It can give you a new perspective, a new focus. I am going to use this day as my opportunity to see those things.


Take a few minutes today to create your own Thankful Thursday.

How:

  • Sit back and consider what you have to be thankful for. Listing three to five things is nice, but one will do.
  • Post about gratitude on your blog. If you don’t have your own blog, go ahead and write about what you are thankful for in the comments here instead.
  • If you blog, please link back here or leave a comment.
  • Feel free to tag other bloggers, if you like to do that, but it’s not necessary. This is not a meme that obligates you to do anything, but look for gratitude. Oh, and link back, and comment, that’s all I ask.
    • Visit these other blogs that often participate in Thankful Thursday:

  • The Pony Expression
  • Tired Dog Ranch
  • Enlightened Horsemanship Through Touch

    • New Beginings

    May 292009
     

    Gratitude creates it’s own attitude. It can give you a new perspective, a new focus. I am going to use this day as my opportunity to see those things.

  • Only two weeks until I head up the hill to do the last set up for the SMR meeting. I am very thankful for all the work that Amy Jo and Sally have put in so far to get ready for it. The long house now has a lovely metal roof, in case it rains during the business meeting. And we will have a round pen for demos and working horses. I have to say that it is a little hard to concentrate on much else. I’m really looking forward to meeting people that I’ve met online. Putting faces to names and friendships already started. And, of course, spending time with those I know and have not seen for a year or more.
  • I am grateful for the sun shining down through the maples in my front yard. They remind me of my childhood home in the Catskills. My truck bed ended up filled with the little fluttery seed wings. It was so much fun to see the piles of them as I swept them out. I love the small moments like this that bring small joys that grow to large ones.
  • And… one reason that I am late to post my Thankful Thursday … Paisano has another son! Mare (Dove Tree’s Marcha de la Luna) and baby are healthy and doing well. Photos are from his owner, Patty Vandiver in Sisters. Now we are just waiting on Lily in about a month or so.


    • I think that he may end up black, but won't know for a while.

    I think that he may end up black, but won't know for a while.

    It looks like has has 4 stockings and might have appy traits too.

    It looks like has has 4 stockings and might have appy traits too.



    Take a few minutes today to create your own Thankful Thursday.

    How:

  • Sit back and consider what you have to be thankful for. Listing three to five things is nice, but one will do.
  • Post about gratitude on your blog. If you don’t have your own blog, go ahead and write about what you are thankful for in the comments here instead.
  • If you blog, please link back here or leave a comment.
  • Feel free to tag other bloggers, if you like to do that, but it’s not necessary. This is not a meme that obligates you to do anything, but look for gratitude. Oh, and link back, and comment, that’s all I ask.
    • Visit these other blogs that often participate in Thankful Thursday:

  • The Pony Expression
  • Tired Dog Ranch
  • Enlightened Horsemanship Through Touch

    • Trying something new

    Mar 102009
     

    I’m testing out a new plugin for embedding videos in my blog. Let’s see how it works! Here is my brother playing guitar in Dublin in 2002.




    And this one is from 2007…



    Ah … love it!

    For more see his MySpace page.

    A sense of history

    Mar 052009
     

    Smiling Shadow

    Smiling Shadow

    Gratitude creates it’s own attitude. It can give you a new perspective, a new focus. I am going to use this day as my opportunity to see those things.


    It’s proving to be one of those ‘chew you up and spit you out’ weeks for me. Too much to do, not enough time to sleep and I feel more like hibernating and not talking to anyone than posting on my blog, but I don’t want to miss a week on this meme, so here goes…

  • I feel lucky that I have artifacts of my family’s past; my great aunt’s oriental carpet, a painting of Gaurdian Mountain, where I grew up… I can sit in my great grandmother’s chair and at my grandmother’s desk. Though, in the last year as he has aged, my dog, Shadow, claims the chair as his nightly sleeping spot. I know that these are ultimately only things, but they do give me a sense of connectedness. They are not just old things, but things that people (some of whom I never met), who carried my genes, used in their daily lives. There is a continuity there that gives me peace.
  • I appreciate that we have a cozy home. Even though there is not enough space to store all the stuff that we seem to accumulate and it’s often disorganized and cluttered, it is still home. The people I love are here, along with reminders of those past, in the form of all those things, furniture, books, photographs, the accumulation of generations.
    • Mr. Lorenzo Bumblebee and his person

    Mr. Lorenzo Bumblebee and his person at TDR

  • And furthermore, I’m grateful that I have a weekend at TDR to look forward to. I will get to visit with friends and savor the cool beneath the trees, breathe in the moist, crisp air and be away from pavement and sidwalks; streetlights and traffic. I’ll have time to spend with my horses and them with each other. Maybe I’ll even hike to the top of Larison Rock trail with Vin. Time will tell!

    • Take a few minutes today to create your own Thankful Thursday.

    How:

  • Sit back and consider what you have to be thankful for. Listing three to five things is nice, but one will do.
  • Post about gratitude on your blog.
  • Then link back here or leave a comment.
  • Feel free to tag other bloggers, if you like to do that, but it’s not necessary. This is not a meme that obligates you to do anything, but look for gratitude. Oh, and link back, and comment, that’s all I ask.
  • If you don’t have your own blog, go ahead and write about what you are thankful for in the comments of my latest Thankful Thursday. post instead.
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