Archive for January, 2009

THE HISTORIC AND THE HYSTERICAL: a fresh start for the nation and this humble blog by Jean Snow VanOrden

Sunday, January 25th, 2009

No, I’m not going to throw the ten billionth bouquet upon President Barak Obama’s heap. The poor man is literally smothering in them. His inauguration was a great day for America.  He will do some great things for the country.  By his election to the presidency he already has. His admirers will likely experience some [...]

HEADED HOME with my pockets full of sunshine by Jean Snow VanOrden

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

I’ve never had a craving to visit Hawaii. I’ve never dreamed and schemed to get there. Thanks to the decisive action of my husband a year ago, we have spent a blissful ten days in the paradise known as Kauai.
I will want to return. We’ve explored the island from the Na Pali Coast all the [...]

ESCAPING THE DEEP FREEZE: quite literally by Jean Snow VanOrden

Monday, January 5th, 2009

Anchorage has been in the grip of deep cold since Christmas.  Serious cold that even we hardy northern inhabitants find difficult to endure. And as cold as Anchorage is right now, its even colder at my house.  Don’t be fooled by the official temperatures for Anchorage which are taken at the airport – the warmest [...]