http://civilianbasics.com/blog Our own online blog for news on projects, music and our favorite links. Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:34:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 2008, Frenchtown's Community Day.. the dunk tank.... And there I was, for 20 minutes, dunked over, and over again...  here's val.....  anxiously awaiting the dunk....   Here I am in the water.... under the water.. casey so very happy...   And here I am wet as a fish....                 http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/07/24/dunk-a-civilianok-it-was-really-hot-so-it-was-not-that-bad-and-it-was-for-a-good-cause-i-guess/ http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/07/24/moms-cactus-has-returned-home-rejoice/ It was a struggling cactus, kept falling over. It sometimes pierced curious childrens' fingers - those children whose mothers would let them wander around the store unattended, making them cry and run into their mother's arms. (you may read between the lines, here) "Watch out for that nasty cactus, honey, ... http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/07/19/in-frenchtown-we-do-not-steal-each-others-plants-what-is-this/ Do what you love, take care of those you love.. SAVE THE WORLD!  A year ago last christmas, my daughter and some friends decorated cookies for christmas.  After decorating all of the cookies, there was a lot of frosting left over.  I just could not bear to throw away so much PRODUCT! I ... http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/07/05/on-honey-bees-decorating-christmas-cookies-and-creating-paintings-with-left-over-frosting/ my frog, christmas 2007.  http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/06/19/118/ http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/06/18/civilian-designs-the-recycling-card-for-frenchtowns-recycling-awareness-program/ Here you can visit my town through conversations with people here. Frenchtown is a place where people go when the rest of the world takes its toll on them. And then    ...  there are the locals  ...   http://www.flickr.com/photos/civilianbasicscom/  (copy/paste , please, into URL location in your browser) .... http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/06/18/flickr/ First I want to thank the folks that were there, the people who got the real feeling of the event, and those who contributed, and those who contribute in the future, if it goes further. It was warm, and real, and wonderful. As the old saying goes..  "No Good Deed goes ... http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/06/15/afterthoughton-a-local-level/   So..   Say goodbye.  He (or she) still don't know what it was, died sometime today or yesterday - or it could've been the day before.  For those of you who do not know the story of my froggie - well....  7 years ago, my sister-in-law gave my son, who ... http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/05/10/my-7-year-frog-has-bid-farewell/  image from wikipedia I read an article this morning in the bathroom... like  I always do. Well sometimes it's on the tread mill. Regardless, there is this process, called "trepination" that actually drills a hole in the skull. Supposedly to relieve pressure, or to allow more blood flow into the brain. ... http://civilianbasics.com/blog/2008/04/18/trepanation-or-did-you-say-she-had-a-hole-in-her-head/