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Diversity Rocks! Reading Challenge

July 28, 2009 by Sue 1 Comment

I’m signing up and posting my completion of the 2009 Diversity Rocks! Challenge all at the same time. I chose the third option, which is:

3. The Challenge Addict
I know you’re out there. You’re just itching for another challenge, and so far this one’s too easy. Or maybe you already have a diverse list of authors that you read. There are a couple of ways you can complete the challenge at this level.

Commit to reading 6 books, 12 books, or 24 books by authors of color in 2009.

I used books from my current challenges, and read 6. I enjoyed them all, but my favorites were Hurston and Tsukiyama.

A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini
Thousand Pieces of Gold, by Ruthanne Lum McCunn
One More River to Cross, by Margaret Blair Young and Darius Aidan Gray
Night of Many Dreams, by Gail Tsukiyama
Walk Two Moons, by Sharon Creech
Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston

Missionary snapshots

July 25, 2009 by Sue 1 Comment

These are some pictures of Mark from January. He plays piano alot on his mission and he’s seen here rehearsing a special number for Sacrament Meeting. He accompanied a sister who sang. He is also signing a missionary shirt on the wall of Chris Madrid’s, a popular hangout in San Antone. The karaoke singing took place at a member’s home on his 20th birthday.

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July Garden Report

July 17, 2009 by Sue Leave a Comment

After the super rainy June and cool beginning of July, it is now hot and the summer flowers are really happy. Blooming now:

Perennials:
columbine, lavender, rose, flowering strawberry, delphinium, 2 types of salvia, 2 types of coreopsis, 2 types of veronica, 3 types of sage, 3 types of gaillardia, potentilla, aubretia, hollyhock, lamium, scabiosa, 2 types of daylily, echinacia, daisy, catmint, Jupiter’s beard, scrophula, rudbeckia, rosemary, Sweet William, and tall garden phlox.
Annuals:
many types of sunflowers, alyssum, nicotiana, marigold, nasturtium, geranium, petunia, and annual salvia.

Brian sings classical

July 7, 2009 by Sue 2 Comments

Brian received a Superior or “1” rating on this solo at the UHSAA State Solo and Ensemble Festival in April. He was asked to sing his solo at the final LPHS Choir Concert of the year. Scott is his accompanist, as always. Here, for your listening pleasure, is Brian singing “Si, tra i ceppi” by Handel, from Berenice.