2 0 0 5

SEPTEMBER
01 | 02 | 03 | 04

AUGUST
01 | 02 | 03 | 04

JULY
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05

JUNE
01 | 02 | 03 | 04

MAY
01 | 02 | 03 | 04

APRIL
01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05

MARCH
01 | 02 | 03 | 04

FEBRUARY
01 | 02 | 03 | 04

JANUARY
01 | 02 | 03 | 04

2 0 0 4

DECEMBER 05
DECEMBER 04
DECEMBER 03
DECEMBER 02
DECEMBER 01
NOVEMBER 04
NOVEMBER 03
NOVEMBER 02
NOVEMBER 01
OCTOBER 05
OCTOBER 04
OCTOBER 03
OCTOBER 02
OCTOBER 01
SEPTEMBER 04
SEPTEMBER 03
SEPTEMBER 02
SEPTEMBER 01
AUGUST 04
AUGUST 03
AUGUST 02
AUGUST 01
JULY 05
JULY 04
JULY 03
JULY 02
JULY 01
JUNE 04
JUNE 03
JUNE 02
JUNE 01
MAY 04
MAY 03
MAY 02
MAY 01
APRIL 05
APRIL 04
APRIL 03
APRIL 02
APRIL 01
MARCH 04
MARCH 03
MARCH 02
MARCH 01
FEBRUARY 04
FEBRUARY 03
FEBRUARY 02
FEBRUARY 01
JANUARY 05
JANUARY 04
JANUARY 03
JANUARY 02
JANUARY 01

2 0 0 3

DECEMBER 04
DECEMBER 03
DECEMBER 02
DECEMBER 01
NOVEMBER 04
NOVEMBER 03
NOVEMBER 02
NOVEMBER 01
OCTOBER 03
OCTOBER 02
OCTOBER 01
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST 02
AUGUST 01
JULY 02
JULY 01
JUNE 02
JUNE 01
MAY 02
MAY 01
APRIL 02
APRIL 01
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY

IN RETROSPECT

2 0 0 2

DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY

2 0 0 1

DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY

2 0 0 0

DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY

1 9 9 9

DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY

1 9 9 8

DECEMBER
NOVEMBER
OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER
AUGUST
JULY
JUNE
MAY
APRIL
MARCH
FEBRUARY
JANUARY

WEDDING

Music in the Air
BalletMet on the Genoa Park stage across the Scioto River from downtown.
(Music in the Air)

AUGUST 26, 2005

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ABOVE AND BELOW Atticus meets another cat. Oliver came over.

BELOW Atticus al fresco. Atticus found that he does indeed like the great (or even suburban, for that matter) outdoors.

ABOVE On the fennel.

ABOVE Yellow finches. Enjoyed the Suzy Sunflowers.

United States of Shame
Maureen Dowd | NYT

W. drove his budget-cutting Chevy to the levee, and it wasn't dry. Bye, bye, American lives. "I don't think anyone anticipated the breach of the levees," he told Diane Sawyer.

Shirt-sleeves rolled up, W. finally landed in Hell yesterday and chuckled about his wild boozing days in "the great city" of N'Awlins. He was clearly moved. "You know, I'm going to fly out of here in a minute," he said on the runway at the New Orleans International Airport, "but I want you to know that I'm not going to forget what I've seen." Out of the cameras' range, and avoided by W., was a convoy of thousands of sick and dying people, some sprawled on the floor or dumped on baggage carousels at a makeshift M*A*S*H unit inside the terminal.

Why does this self-styled "can do" president always lapse into such lame "who could have known?" excuses.

Who on earth could have known that Osama bin Laden wanted to attack us by flying planes into buildings? Any official who bothered to read the trellis of pre-9/11 intelligence briefs.

Who on earth could have known that an American invasion of Iraq would spawn a brutal insurgency, terrorist recruiting boom and possible civil war? Any official who bothered to read the C.I.A.'s prewar reports.

Who on earth could have known that New Orleans's sinking levees were at risk from a strong hurricane? Anybody who bothered to read the endless warnings over the years about the Big Easy's uneasy fishbowl.

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ABOVE Sunlit. On the kitchen table.

To Akron

ABOVE Hung. In the foyer, the flower boat from Crosslake.

ABOVE Hung. On the landing of the back staircase, from the wedding.

ABOVE Hung. In the music room, the Indonesian shadow puppet which we finally had framed

From Monday's celebration to this...
Andrew Sullivan

The complete collapse of effective government and of emergency procedures four years after 9/11 mean only one thing. We do not have an administration capable of running the country during the war on terror. They have bungled homeland security; they have mismanaged Iraq; they have dropped the ball in New Orleans. In each case, a conservative government does not seem to understand that law and order are always, always, the first priority. The glib self-congratulation of government official after official made me retch listening to them. Chertoff mouthed bureaucratese. Only today did the president say that the response was "not acceptable." Notice again the distancing: you, Mr Bush, are the man responsible. It is your performance that is not acceptable. Of course, we have to live with this president for three years - and one can only tremble at the thought of what that means in the event of another terror strike.

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ABOVE Filtered music. Finally found the sounds coming through the window at the Menonite house down the street.

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ABOVE Tomato. From the back garden. The yellow pears overran all other varieties again this year -- very prolific.

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ABOVE Hibiscus. From the back garden.

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ABOVE Tomato. From the back garden.

Celebrations
Walesa marks Solidarity's 25th | CNN

"It was in us, in our hearts and minds that something started that changed the face of this earth," Walesa, 61, told a joint gathering of both houses of parliament.

Parliament speaker Wlodzimierz Cimoszewicz welcomed Walesa to the podium by saying his name has become for many all over the world the "universally recognizable symbol of Poland."

"Today's ceremonial meeting of lawmakers from the upper and lower houses is to commemorate the events of the 'Polish August,' pay homage to the millions of its participants, express respect and gratitude to all those who made the first step toward Poland regaining its independence," Cimoszewicz said.

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ABOVE The weed left standing. From the side walk.

Around the house
Worked outside. And some more. Actually got more painting done on the front porch trim (a job that was started back in the spring). Six baks of mulch spread, many weeds uprooted, and a few bushes pruned.

Amy worked on identifying speeches for speech class.