Monthly Archives: December 2010

I came over to the library to check my emails since my main computer and laptop have both crashed. Hopefully I will get a blog entry completed to catch everyone up with the past few days. Quintin’s plane arrived a … Continue reading →

I fell asleep around 1:00am, and woke nearly every hour before finally rousing fully at 5:00am. The coffee maker kicked on, and Mother and I started the morning with our cups, chatting and watching the morning news. Flyer and Logan … Continue reading →

I am sitting up in my bed, typing away, while glancing out at the beautiful sunrise that greets this day with its gentle rays spotlighting the trees. The new coffee maker – my first programmable – awaited my entrance into … Continue reading →

Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft. Orville piloted the gasoline-powered, propeller-driven biplane, which stayed aloft for 12 seconds and covered 120 feet on its inaugural … Continue reading →

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings; Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth Of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things You have not dreamed of — wheeled … Continue reading →

When Quintin arrives Monday, December 20th, the adoption placement agreement will be signed, and following that, Quintin will light three candles: 1) the first for his birth family and all their traits and life he carries with him; 2) the … Continue reading →

In years past I signed one million-umpteen holiday cards. I always planned to get an early start each year, but naturally, it never happened. My first year with the least amount of holiday concerts and events in the past thirty-three … Continue reading →

Every time I check out Jeffrey Carter’s Word Press blog site I always find something new to add to my own. While working on some adjustments to my own site, I discovered I can send directly from my email to … Continue reading →

My Word Press blogs can now be accessed via email subscriptions. For those who are not members of the Facebook world where my blogged posts regularly appear, this is another alternative to staying in the Jolliffe-Haas loop! http://dljh1964.wordpress.com/ Darin L. … Continue reading →

Very shortly I need to prepare for the return trip home after living in Albuquerque these past three days. This adoption journey has been the most incredible, by far – in fact, they have been utterly magical! The people – … Continue reading →