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Bold And Beautiful (IV)
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Bahamas, Flowers, Grand Baha, Photography, Plants, Travel, Tropical plants on December 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Zuccotti Park, After OWS
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, New York City, News, Occupy Wall Street, Zuccotti Park on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today we were in lower Manhattan and decided to drop in on Zuccotti Park, lately the home of the Occupy Wall Street gang. You can find it in the financial district, very close to the location of the Freedom Tower and the 9/11 Memorial. Zuccotti Park has a sign that says “Open to the public” [...]
A Soul Food Dinner At Sylvia’s
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Catfish fingers, Chicken livers, Food, Fried Chicken, Gravy, Harlem, New York City, restaurants, Soul Food, Sugar Hill Beer, Sylvia's Restaurant on December 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Last night we went to the famous Sylvia’s Restaurant in Harlem. Sylvia describes herself — on the menu, at least — as the”Queen of Soul Food,” and if every member of royalty performed as capably as she does we might all still be living under monarchies. We decided to go all in on the soul [...]
Lady Liberty, Close Up
Posted in Uncategorized on December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Anyone who visits New York City should go to Liberty Island. As striking as the Statue of Liberty is from a distance, it is much more impressive up close — colossal, stolid, etched sharply against the blue sky. We heard many different languages being spoken as we waited in line and rode the ferry over [...]
Downtown Manhattan From The Deck Of Miss Liberty
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Downtown Manhattan, Freedom Tower, Miss Liberty, New York City, Statue of Liberty, Travel on December 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We are in NYC and decided to visit Liberty Island and Ellis Island today. I’ll post a photo of the Statue of Liberty later, and will have more on Ellis Island tomorrow — but for now I just wanted to put up a photo of the beautiful downtown Manhattan skyline as we pulled away from [...]
Lawn Service
Posted in Environment, Growing Up, Reflections, Uncategorized, Work on December 17, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I’ve just come in from doing my weekly “lawn service” chores. At this time of year that is reduced to “raking” leaves and pine straw off the yard and driveway. I say “raking.” That’s what it used to be. Now it’s blowing. No one rakes much of anything anymore, everyone blows their leaves, grass clippings [...]
On Aging
Posted in Uncategorized on December 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Well I’ve been 70 for almost 2 ½ weeks now and because it is such a milestone in our family for a male to reach such an ancient age, I feel like I should be passing on sage advice on life to the younger male Webners. (However, I recently read that 80 is the new [...]
Bedeviled Blue Devils
Posted in Uncategorized on November 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I watched the much anticipated Blue Devils vs. Buckeyes basketball game last night. Who would have thought that afterwards we could say that coach K’s guys were soundly beaten? The old word “drubbed” comes to mind. No one beats Duke by 20 points. But Ohio State did. I remember when I was in high school [...]
The Streak is Over
Posted in Entertainment, Food, Uncategorized, tagged Ohio, Ohio State - Michigan game, Powell, The Lost Shephard on November 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Well the Ohio State Buckeyes seven game winning streak is over against Michigan not to mention eight straight OSU – Michigan wins for me when watching THE GAME with good friends John and Sharon. Even though we couldn’t bring home a winner we had fun trying. Thanks to Keith and Kim’s suggestion we decided to [...]
Happy Thanksgiving From Webner House!
Posted in Family, Penny, Uncategorized, tagged Family, Holidays, Penny, Thanksgiving on November 24, 2011 | 1 Comment »
We’ll have a full house at the Webner House today. We’re expecting 18 people in all, and it will be good to see every one of them this Thanksgiving. The card tables and chairs have been set up. The extra leafs have been inserted into the dining room table and the kitchen table. The whole [...]
Inheriting a Fortune
Posted in Uncategorized on November 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
What a great surprise, and on the eve of my birthday, to receive an e-mail from Steve Francis. Steve, you may know, is located somewhere, maybe England, where, he implies, the currency is in pounds. It really doesn’t matter where he is located. The important thing for me to learn from Steve on this birthday [...]
To All Webnerhouse Readers
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Healthcare Reform, United States Supreme Court on November 4, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I think that Bob would agree with me that one of the fun things about the family blog is that even when I am not blogging I like scrolling down through the comments that readers take the time to make. A special thanks goes out to Elroy Jones and Mike N who have made the [...]
Occupy Wall Street
Posted in Uncategorized on November 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »
I keep reading about the antics of these “Occupiers” of Wall Street in an effort to figure out what it is they want. The best I can come up with in a nutshell is: something for nothing. Forgiveness of loans, redistribution of wealth, better jobs, jobs in “my chosen field.” These “demands” seem akin to [...]
To Blog or not To Blog ….
Posted in Blogging, Family, Uncategorized on October 30, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Blogging seems benign enough until you decide to actually commit yourself to putting words on paper – or rather out in the ether. Blogged words are forever available to all to consider: the F.B.I., C.I.A., Mom, Dad, siblings, children. (I’m reminded of the Facebook horror stories of those who didn’t think their bosses, and others [...]
