New Acquisitions

1. The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom Wolfe
2. Cancer Ward by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
3. The Millionaire Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of America's Wealthy by Thomas Stanley and William Danko
4. The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel by Stephen King
5. Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
6. The Paid Companion by Amanda Quick
7. Bug-Jargal by Victor Hugo
8. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (Cornell University Edition)
9. Listen to the Warm (poems) by Rod McKuen
10. Lonesone Cities (poems) by Rod McKuen

Monday 'Nightmare'

School opens again this Monday! And I have to finish posting my pictures from our last trip. Have to wake up early in the morning again. Classes start at 8:15 a.m. and I take the bus! Help!

The magnificent Luray Cavern

If there's one place I'd like to visit all over again it would be Luray Cavern in Virginia. I am awestruck by the beauty of the natural cave formation and the freshness of air. I kept on telling David that if the place is in the Philippines it would be filled with candles and other religious paraphernalia and people would sell the water from the cave and call it miraculous. Good thing Luray Cavern is a protected site and well-maintained by authorities.

The magnificent "Dream Lake".

The fish market.

The fried eggs!

Julia Child's kitchen at the Smithsonian Museum

I recently watched "Julie and Julia". Boy, was I glad that we wereable to see her kitchen at the Smithsonian Museum of American History when we were in Washington DC. I also watch repeats of Julia Child's cooking show over WXXI's HD channel 433 called "Baking with Julia". She had Martha Stewart last time. Julia Child is fun to watch. David would tell me stories about her and the way she delivered she lines. After watching "Julie and Julia" David rummaged through his garage if he still has Julia Child's cookbook. Sadly, he must have donated it to Vietnam Vets.

Smithsonian Museums Tour

Space and Aeronautics Museum:

Smithsonian Museum of American History:

Dorothy's ruby shoes!

Comparing the size of my hand to Lincoln's

Lincoln's pictures through the years.

Kids take notes for their summer history education.

First Ladies' fashions. The red ballgown is David's favorite.

This stunner is my favorite.

Smithsonian Museum of Natural History:

The longest captured squid.

The "elephant"!

The Hope diamond.

One of the featured insects at the Insect Zoo.

Changing of the Guards, Arlington Cemetery