http://playinginquicksand.com Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:43:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hello again. Nice title, huh. My clever tank was empty so I just called it as I see it. Let's begin First of all, school began everywhere this past week. Here in Apple Valley, my girls started at a new school. Grace is in first grade and a veteran of all ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=367 Hello again.  Before I begin, I'd like to complain for a minute about how unbelievably hot it has been. I'm not sure I can remember a stretch of weather this warm for this long. And if it's not the heat, it's the goddamn rain. The other morning, we got 1/2" ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=355 Hello again. Quite a while ago, before I went on hiatus, I had a request from an old friend. The request was to blog about music and how it connects us all. At least I hope that's what the request was, because that's what I'm writing about tonight. In all ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=344 Hello. I know I've been gone for quite some time, but tonight seemed like a good night to get back into "quicksand" and I've got to confess that I'm actually nervous about writing. Being away so long is part of the problem but so is trying to figure out where ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=339 Join Pamela Samuels Young, author of the legal thriller, Buying Time  (Goldman House Publishing), as she virtually tours the blogosphere in April 2010 on her fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! About Pamela Samuels Young Corporate attorney Pamela Samuels Young has always abided by the philosophy that you ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=337 About Dianne Sweeney Dianne Sweeney is the average, thirty-something, working woman of today–sometimes sarcastic, sometimes too honest for her own good–but she does tell it like it is. Professionally, she’s set. Friends–she has plenty. But love…well, isn’t that what we’re all looking for? Dianne resides in San ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=335 Join Bill Walker, author of the soul searching romance novel, A Note From an Old Acquaintance (iUniverse, June 2009), as he virtually tours the blogosphere in April on his fourth virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion! About Bill Walker Bill Walker is a graphic designer ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=333 Hello. It's been awhile since I've written, and for that I apologize. We've been very busy trying to get ready to move and still continue with the other day to day nonsense that I'm sure everyone else deals with as well. Everything is going o.k., it's just a very hectic ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=328 Hello again. I know it's been awhile but I and most of my family have been consistently sick for the last two weeks or so. I'm not quite sure if I'm the mend yet, but if I'm not this certainly isn't going to make me feel any worse. Let me start ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=323 Hello. I decided to use a line from the classic song "What A Wonderful World This Would Be" as a lead in tonight not to begin to list the many subjects I'm less than proficient in, but rather as a way to start to give my opinion about the historic ... http://playinginquicksand.com/?p=318