tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88780953607715798162024-02-07T18:06:01.072-08:00Salt Your LimesAshleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-1583477922228793592011-10-06T20:47:00.000-07:002011-10-06T20:49:18.881-07:00Back in the 'Hood<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Back home just in time for the 1st big rain. The hill is still brown but I swear I can hear the grass shoving up through the dirt. In the meantime the clouds are epic and those Blue Angels are keeping the noise levels high.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcetDyhLQjzOBpLVecRqcGJftzscjI2kH3X13MexB_UaExiziY6k4Yt3iZ1ENo8W13yDHqs2_IUSWjH-3Tb_75sX6mf9QGcohDfVzyLQPXVRxumdyMBflPdFZ89RFCh7vomwOOH-pDfV_/s1600/TulaSutro.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="222" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcetDyhLQjzOBpLVecRqcGJftzscjI2kH3X13MexB_UaExiziY6k4Yt3iZ1ENo8W13yDHqs2_IUSWjH-3Tb_75sX6mf9QGcohDfVzyLQPXVRxumdyMBflPdFZ89RFCh7vomwOOH-pDfV_/s400/TulaSutro.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CymaSysKVPcCZyilBAaKqDH8wAk0drFh9pSEGKdJaC-FS4MDHj6mrgcCiJ8RqMCqqAfgW_9zG3jT1eyzslHb4Jaww9RdxfKwfRN8dY0UTGCfrxMQxFSAtlRO9Mszj5MBVMzbSmIq6elI/s1600/dogs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9CymaSysKVPcCZyilBAaKqDH8wAk0drFh9pSEGKdJaC-FS4MDHj6mrgcCiJ8RqMCqqAfgW_9zG3jT1eyzslHb4Jaww9RdxfKwfRN8dY0UTGCfrxMQxFSAtlRO9Mszj5MBVMzbSmIq6elI/s320/dogs2.jpg" width="236" /></a></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-42519602619256680662011-10-06T20:40:00.000-07:002011-10-07T10:24:00.877-07:00One Degree of Separation<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16O8hUfat_hGcLeT6c5BYhFzKeNCgbeIG3NZBTJ0RjYvPNi9o-zowH39XxryiChX3bf0KWDXU-oLrU4lFLW8R8dUbBwvPmxK6WSwnpGi-nPYUW0CLFuzd4yHKcF2-FCi3B-ldqGqk1Ac/s1600/old+jobs.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 205px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 246px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5660605335507050370" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj16O8hUfat_hGcLeT6c5BYhFzKeNCgbeIG3NZBTJ0RjYvPNi9o-zowH39XxryiChX3bf0KWDXU-oLrU4lFLW8R8dUbBwvPmxK6WSwnpGi-nPYUW0CLFuzd4yHKcF2-FCi3B-ldqGqk1Ac/s320/old+jobs.jpg" /></a><br />Here is a little story I can tell to my great, great, grandchildren, if I live long enough, about my one and only meeting with the late, great, Steve Jobs. It was in a small room, around a small table, in the Cupertino headquarters of Apple Computer. Jobs was wearing his trademark outfit, dark shirt and jeans, and I was there in my jacket and tie and reporter's notebook, about to get a sneak preview. It was late December of 1983. Jobs walked in the room with a bulky object in a sack. He placed it at the center of the table, in a gesture he had probably repeated dozens of times already. I guess it was meant to be a bit like a magician's act, raising the hat to reveal the rabbit. Up came the bag, and there was my first look at a Macintosh. Other than its cube-shape and small screen, I remember very little about it. What I do recall is that a British journalist, who sat in the room with me, asked Jobs why he called it a Macintosh. "Where I'm from, it's an old raincoat," he huffed. Then Jobs turned on a television. This was a first look at a commercial Apple had prepared for the 1984 SuperBowl. Woman in a track suit. Bald Zombies. A hammer to the face of Big Brother. It is sometimes called the Greatest Commercial Ever Made. And thanks to Moore's Law, you can see it <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYecfV3ubP8">here</a>, almost 27 years later. You'll see why 1984 won't be like "1984."<br />I got to watch it with Steve Jobs.<br />My business instincts were as keen then as they are now. I thought was the stupidest thing I'd ever seen.Sabinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05280032075309252201noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-74446611139339032882011-09-28T14:38:00.000-07:002011-09-28T14:38:27.709-07:00Lake Dunmore's many moods<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">For all my sweeties who cannot be here, a few shots of our favorite lake.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyAiHhZaByqG040lUVy9oOYZ499H8xbhCSlzCLkYGQ4JAjQXHf7ZJwVrYFkngQ_fdBOeabHyB_gzVTxrj8je8A1HFHgn7M552HkUvzr9R6DpSHpkMuOfQ1oanUPQxHBnwJ-zzv15KlEZX/s1600/fog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlyAiHhZaByqG040lUVy9oOYZ499H8xbhCSlzCLkYGQ4JAjQXHf7ZJwVrYFkngQ_fdBOeabHyB_gzVTxrj8je8A1HFHgn7M552HkUvzr9R6DpSHpkMuOfQ1oanUPQxHBnwJ-zzv15KlEZX/s640/fog.jpg" width="425" /></a></div><br />
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</div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-70261536337662791822011-09-12T07:26:00.001-07:002011-09-12T07:26:38.668-07:00Yikes!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUitGt9OYxW-UXisoqcXddx7lw5Y8BJwWetgCD9q4tG71HA4YKxmXN_WTxLbYMgCx3wUjJ3EAMPv_66olJW4l9hjaGtj4HwmP1hceYZDRDNRer7Vb-mXK5clhf0njTty8EcK16w-DfY9b/s1600/redleaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqUitGt9OYxW-UXisoqcXddx7lw5Y8BJwWetgCD9q4tG71HA4YKxmXN_WTxLbYMgCx3wUjJ3EAMPv_66olJW4l9hjaGtj4HwmP1hceYZDRDNRer7Vb-mXK5clhf0njTty8EcK16w-DfY9b/s400/redleaves.jpg" width="398" /></a></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-60036539963042490082011-09-09T09:38:00.000-07:002011-09-09T09:38:10.879-07:00Some things never change...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajzhf5i0StBctN_f9YhSwivHqleICJ90zBov0kuxSCD8-H6Sa34po-9qBrTKtkzvnVZ0CLycW-W7PgmR5MkcX894OdJMx2JMsj6-jm-z5sKFbzBGZQ6xBThyA225UaTQ5ic6p1ATkg4Ht/s1600/2RowansGelato.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="244" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhajzhf5i0StBctN_f9YhSwivHqleICJ90zBov0kuxSCD8-H6Sa34po-9qBrTKtkzvnVZ0CLycW-W7PgmR5MkcX894OdJMx2JMsj6-jm-z5sKFbzBGZQ6xBThyA225UaTQ5ic6p1ATkg4Ht/s320/2RowansGelato.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-79453466425265326432011-09-08T09:03:00.000-07:002011-09-08T09:03:43.531-07:00Rowan in Ferrara<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5hRSwfPSbf2ZMlHuMho8mYy3WP2rRb26DrhoNsVSpt5IqP0BI_cuIPzbM2skHAAeTGKLIyOMFaC-nTYY6QRNxDdemJF6UajTrDZ1971OrvSQer4Vtl39ujlaMi_Z7Ezh30EOJFYAC9tU/s1600/rowanItaly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5hRSwfPSbf2ZMlHuMho8mYy3WP2rRb26DrhoNsVSpt5IqP0BI_cuIPzbM2skHAAeTGKLIyOMFaC-nTYY6QRNxDdemJF6UajTrDZ1971OrvSQer4Vtl39ujlaMi_Z7Ezh30EOJFYAC9tU/s640/rowanItaly.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-42443564210706021202011-09-07T12:09:00.001-07:002011-09-07T12:09:02.536-07:00Rowan has a blog!Hey there, fans of Wolff Russell Family, all 3 of you out there. I am re-posting Rowan's 1st Italy post:<br />
http://rowanrussell.blogspot.com/Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-63729645542796069662011-09-02T05:06:00.000-07:002011-09-03T08:33:51.564-07:00In the Poconos<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9UlW7EuuiiadMNiaWqKWMvdDljuCiY0MVQ1nycSwNP20-iRbsFJyk020zFZnexDQHWjhsVTcJEGp6jlKmhM2OP9X7lk0ePGYqPeK6-v3WVH8gfgWMFUItahKxO0KIemD3-MmwaA2Q53Z/s1600/myCabinold.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc9UlW7EuuiiadMNiaWqKWMvdDljuCiY0MVQ1nycSwNP20-iRbsFJyk020zFZnexDQHWjhsVTcJEGp6jlKmhM2OP9X7lk0ePGYqPeK6-v3WVH8gfgWMFUItahKxO0KIemD3-MmwaA2Q53Z/s320/myCabinold.jpg" width="228" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;">I am in a sweet little cabin in the middle of woods and rolling corn fields. I am about to go down to the airy post and beam barn/dining room/lecture hall for breakfast. My favorite speaker, Eric Rohmann, the printmaker is speaking 1st. I'll post a few pics later. <a href="http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/fw-sched/2011/advanced-illustrators">http://www.highlightsfoundation.org/fw-sched/2011/advanced-illustrators</a></div>Eric Rohmann talked about character development and printmaking and then we all got an assignment:<br />
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That pretty little park where we often sat and drank coffee and ate pastries was really slammed by the flood. Here are a few pics from CNN's site.Ashleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08221387746330698547noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8878095360771579816.post-21056581329476094352011-08-31T10:47:00.000-07:002011-08-31T10:47:15.113-07:00Montreal to Ferrara-August 30, 2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rowan was safely delivered to Montreal airport at about 3 PM after slight excitement at the border when Tula's rabie's tag was not sufficient proof of health for the Canadian border agent. Naturally, I could not find the health papers--they turned up under the front seat of Ginny for the ride home, but the US agent not at all interested in seeing them. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Luckily, another agent came out to the car and, after taking a quick look at T's bright eyes and submissive attitude, let us pass.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">At the airport Rowan and I each had a beer and I had a red bull for the ride home. Even that was not enough to keep T and me awake, so we were forced to stop again for a large creemee near the border. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> I stopped and bought a lot of booze at the duty free-all these 2 pack offers, just like Costco. I told the whole truth at the US border and got in trouble again. Apparently I was not aware that I could only get one liter after being in Canada a full 48 hours, so the nice US border agent charged me an extra $14 tax!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Still a great dog, a great kid, a great voyage and a pretty good deal on the gin! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
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