14 December 2007

Other sights north of Marblehead

Salem Witch Museum



Along the coast of New Hampshire (did you know New Hampshire had a coast? I didn't!)




A restaurant in New Hampshire--who knew?



Crossed the state line into Maine.



Funny story here. I was trying to take a good self-portrait and not doing very well when a man began to approach. I asked him, "Please, would you take my picture? It's my first time to Maine!" He kindly agreed, telling me that he is a native of Maine, and proceeded to point below the bridge to the boat he lived in. He told me about his work, gave me his card, and showed me how friendly...uh...Mainers? Mainians?...well, "people from Maine" can be.

Alas, his photo did not turn out at all, so this was the best I could do. =)

12 December 2007

Marblehead, MA

My first view of the Atlantic Ocean from the Marblehead area:





This part of the country is so full of history!
Plaques on people's houses show when and for whom they were built:



The Lobster Place



My cousin's family

24 November 2007

Replace All

My aunt was writing a novel and realized she had too many "J" names. She changed the algebra teacher's name from "Mr. James" to "Mr. Ridenour." Well, she didn't want to bother with changing one at a time, so she just hit "replace all."

What she had forgotten was that she also wrote about Jesus and three of his apostles elsewhere in the novel. "Replace All" officially listed these three apostles as "Peter, Ridenour, and John."

05 November 2007

Run Karis Run!

Some of you know I love the movie "Run Lola Run." Here is a photo of Franka Potente playing Lola.


For Halloween, I dressed as Lola. Here are some photos of ME, trying to look like Franka looking like Lola! Enjoy.

Lola

26 October 2007

Are you following the news about the Burma/Myanmar situation?

I signed the petition to ask the UN to take action against the junta and help bring about a better Myanmar. The agency I used, found on Facebook, collected over 780,000 signatures! If you want to read the letter and sign it, go to AVAAZ.

Read up on the background and catch the latest on BBC News.