http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello Trying to look at the sunny side... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 16:23:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en "It is like opening up a yearbook when you were in junior high. I think everybody looks back at their photos and cringe."   Mark-Paul Gosselaar I happened to hear about a website, www.yearbookyourself.com, on the morning news and have spent the last hour amused by seeing what I might ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/08/23/yearbook-yourself/ Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window.  ~Author Unknown Bike Week 2008 has come and gone.  Even though we make no claims of being real bikers (or campers!), we ventured west to Sturgis for the fifth year of adventure in the Black Hills ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/08/10/sturgis-rally-2008/ “My roommate got a pet elephant. Then it got lost. It's in the apartment somewhere.” “I installed a skylight in my apartment... The people who live above me are furious!” Quotes by Stephen Wright We didn't run across any elephants and we didn't install any skylights, but Kalie and I had a great ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/08/05/while-he-was-out/ Family faces are magic mirrors.  Looking at people who belong to us, we see the past, present, and future.  ~Gail Lumet Buckle Ok, so this post is about our week-end trip to the above mentioned places (the mice part I'll explain later!).  Five of us ventured back east for the long ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/07/07/of-mice-and-washington-and-maryland-and-uncle-johnnie/ "At once impressive and unremarkable, pie can be complicated and challenging or simple and homey. Whether ordinary or elegant, though, a pie is not something to eat by yourself. It should be made to share, preferably while fresh and warm." —Lisa Chernasky, author of "The Artful Pie" We had pie coming ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/06/22/pie-pie-and-more-pie/ "Ya mon, no problem."  ...Everyone in Jamaica we talked to! We recently returned from a quick four days in Jamaica.  The reason for going was to celebrate the wedding of friends Mitch and Susan.  While there we enjoyed the beautiful beach at Negril, ate many new things, and met some ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/06/04/jamaica/ "Believing we can improve schooling with more tests is like believing you can make yourself grow taller by measuring your height." Robert Schaeffer "Not everything that counts can be counted and not everything that can be counted counts." Albert Einstein Keeping in mind that I want to keep this ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/04/22/its-time-to-leave-behindnclb/ I like my new telephone, my computer works just fine, my calculator is perfect, but Lord, I miss my mind! ~Author Unknown Something strange was happening at our dinner table tonight. We kept hearing intermittent beeping noises similar to the warning you might hear when the battery on ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/03/20/wheres-the-beep/ "The future of this republic is in the hands of the American voter." Eisenhower, Dwight D. 34th president of the United States (1890-1969) The first ever Democratic caucus was held yesterday. As a result of an e-mail I sent a few weeks ago inquiring where our county caucus would be held, ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/02/10/making-history/ If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome. ~Anne Bradstreet January has come and gone and , hopefully, the bitter cold weather is gone for awhile too. We've had snow on ... http://www.whiddenfarm.com/yello/2008/02/04/winter-on-the-farm/