What a wonderful week- we could not have had better temperatures, more sunshine, or more bees busy pollinating away.  I had a busy week with animals around the farm:  a blue heron circling the pond, a raccoon ( at dusk; threw a rock at him), an aggressive rooster ( currently fertilizing an 'Aunt Rachel' apple tree), deer outside the bathroom window, baby bunnies in the garden, a groundhog in a neighboring field ( he stayed there, at least while I was visible), and as always, lots of bats and barn swallows in the evenings.  As a city kid, I continue to be surprised at the level of animal activity here in the sticks.

Tarvid does it, why not you?

All Drupal clients have been update to 5.19 or 6.13.

Trying to clean up my office and I found several piles of CDs and DVDs both original and burned.

My laundry pile was just proclaimed "Virginia's 27th Highest Peak" by Governor Kaine.  A stack of dirty clothes and linens so high, I could climb to the top and yodel.

I'm no mathematician, but shouldn't there be less laundry in the summertime, with the children wearing only shorts, tank tops, and sandals?  God help me, our dirty laundry is everywhere.

Purchase Bordeaux 1.8 for $20.00

Steven Edwards of the Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.8 for FreeBSD today. Bordeaux 1.8 has had many changes on the back end, our build process has been totally rewritten, packaging has been totally rewritten. This release adds Microsoft Office 97, Adobe Photoshop 6 & 7 and Image Ready 3.0 and 7.0 support. Our winetricks script has been synced to the latest official release, Steam should now install and run once again, There has also been many small bug fixes and tweaks.

This complete rewrite gives Bordeaux a much more clean and portable codebase, making new improvements much easier to provide. We already have some exciting things in the works for the next release.

Bordeaux 1.8 has been tested against Wine 1.1.22, 1.1.23 and 1.1.24 thus far.

I have been asked to pray for the people of Iran. I have read the prayers of many and while I struggle to remove the beam from my own eye, I also struggle to remove the mote from others.

It's officially summer now, and we'll have some fresh foods to enjoy raw or cooked and chilled in salads.

Here in the overcrowded Shoe, there is little point in cooking anything that isn't extremely nutritious.  I make a cornbread that's almost as high in protein as your average sirloin steak and loaded with fiber.  This is cornbread that will put hair on your chest, and even my brother the certifiable junk food junkie cannot get enough of it.  I usually begin with a trip to Yoder's Farm Market for egg white powder, raw sugar, and real corn meal (pure ground corn and nothin' but). 

You can also get Hodgson Mill brand non-degerminated corn meal at Food City in Galax, and JustWhites egg white powder, and raw (demaria) sugar, but all of these are cheaper at Yoder's. 

http://www.yodersonline.com/

Independence High School 1971 Class Reunion
Saturday, July 25 at Independence Fire Hall 10:00A.M. to 3:00 P.M.
Bring Potluck meal and a classmate. Info Contact Julia 773-3647

Our Internet connection went down at 11:53 AM Friday.

TO DADS-EVERYWHERE

I haven't heard from all our vendors this week, but the ones I know
about are bringing some GREAT stuff!

After the primary, this issue still shouts in my head and heart.

The most inspiring and best produced short films I've ever seen.

Some of my friends have asked me to pray for democracy in Iran. I bid you Peace.

The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 1.8 today. Bordeaux 1.8 has had many changes on the back end. The build process has been totally rewritten, packaging has been totally rewritten, the .sh installer is terminal based now and the dependency for pygtk and pango has been removed, the .sh installer will now run on any supported platform Linux, BSD, Solaris and Mac. Our winetricks script has been synced to the latest official release, Steam should now install and run, There has also been many small bug fixes and tweaks.

This complete rewrite gives Bordeaux a much more clean and portable codebase, making new improvements much easier to provide. We already have some exciting things in the works for the next release.

Whenever I sit at the piano and work through some Beethoven sonatas, I hear a soft voice in my ear. It's Ludwig saying "Don't do it. Please."