Archive for October, 2006
Don’t Give Up (Africa): Bono and Alicia Keyes Duet
Bono and Alicia Keyes sang a beautiful rendition of Peter Gabriel’s Don’t Give Up on the Oprah Winfrey Show yesterday (Alicia accompanied on the piano). You can purchase and download the song by going to the Keep a Child Alive web site, and linking to the Sony music site. (I had trouble getting the Sony [...]
Bono on Oprah Today for US RED Products Launch
RED, a non-profit organization run by Bobby Shriver, and founded by Bono, is announcing the launch of RED products in the US today. I saw a nice spot on CNN earlier with an interview of Bono and Bobby, and Bono will be featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show today. Check out the short [...]
Favorite Photos
Ron has been scanning some of the photos we have taken with our Canon EOS Rebel camera. I have selected two of my favorites to share with you. The first one is of a painted bunting. It was taken through the window of our laundry room. We have painted buntings here regularly in the spring [...]
The Circle Garden
The circle garden began as a water garden, which we constructed when we moved to this property eight years ago. A large circle, surrounding a native persimmon tree, was excavated to a depth of 2 to 3 feet, with a width of about 5 feet in most places. The pond was then constructed using a [...]
It’s All Over Now for the Astros & Other Misc Subjects
OK. I can relax now. It is impossible for the Astros to get into the MLB playoffs now.
Too bad the Saints lost today. They played a good game though, against a really good Carolina team. They will get another chance to play the Panthers later this season at home. Hopefully it will be a different [...]
