Dorie’s Different Reality

An original by the Grand Duchess Pamela from 1987, at age 4 1/2. Love these Orb people! So is that how children see us- as big heads stuck on stilts??? I think she used one of those colored pencils, sold at places like Disneyland, that writes different colors when you turn it. And it’s even […]

Hi- I’m feeling a little despondent about the whole human CON’dishun (as they say in Yorkshire) There was a news report yesterday basically saying everybody gets depressed in their middle years. Ya think? Apparently based on some long range study we simple humans are happiest when we are very young and very old. Well, when […]

My big American feet wanted some girly pink socks! And I’ve rounded the heel and headed for the home stretch! It’s a “diamond” pattern that repeats over 4 rows. I’m finding that lots of the lovely lacy patterns have so many different lines of pattern that they task my brain! 4 rows I can handle. […]

Right! My local PBS Station is featuring “The Complete Jane Austen” on Masterpiece Theatre this month. I slept through “Northanger Abbey” so my Austen experience remains incomplete. I’ll catch up someday. “Persuasion” torqued my jaws! The story opens as our heroine Ann and her family are moving out of their stately home. Her father, Sir […]

For the past couple of years, and I suspect many more years before than documented, Mississippi ranks #1 in obese people. I’m not going to rant about diet and exercise today. I noticed that rounding out (grin) the top ten in the list of states with big people, all of them are Southern or there’s […]

Up to now I hadn’t got around to marking the passing of Mr. John Stewart, fine folk musician and native Californian. People my age and a bit older remember him from his many appearances on television in the late 60’s on shows like The Smothers Bros.  He played with the Kingston Trio for several years; […]

For entertainment today, I have done a search on the well-known Presidential candidate’s heights. 
 I was surprised to find out that we Americans are some tall folks- always have been. George Washington was 6′2″, Thomas Jefferson was 6′2″(and a half!)  Our greatest president was also the tallest to date- Mr. Lincoln at 6′4″ Then again back […]

GGGGgggreeen Bay Lost! At least it was way close. I have to admit that the Giants come up with good kickers. (I used to be inordinately fond of Ali Hagji Sheik- I think it’s because I expected him to come onto the field on a flying carpet. ) Oh well, next they have THE […]

Click on the picture! These kids have never lain down and taken a nap together before. Tesla looks funny- he heard the camera and his eyes opened. Vera never woke up.
Tesla is really tired. He had a bad day. It was annual checkup and shot day. He’s a lousy patient, so I got some “ace” tranquilizer […]

The rumor is that to stimulate the economy, we’re going to get a rebate. I heard the figure of $800 for each and every one of us. When did we get one the last time- six years ago? It was a piddily amount; I think Mike & I got about $300 and I just paid down […]