We had our first salad with homegrown lettuce this weekend. It's always so interesting, almost surreal, to eat vegetables from a garden and be reminded what they actually taste like. The difference between fresh from the garden and "fresh" from Kroger is huge.

The Raleigh Ringers were in town yesterday for their first ever concert in Roanoke. They performed to a very enthusiastic sold-out house. I hope they'll be back in a few years. I had no idea that we had such a nice venue right here in Roanoke - Shaftman Hall at the Jefferson Center. The sound there is outstanding, and the room itself reminds me of Meymandi in Raleigh.

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Just in case anybody was wondering, thinking and jackhammering DO NOT go hand in hand. Sometimes it's not so great to have an office with a window.

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I have to share this Emma Kate story: Last Friday I was the one to take her to preschool. When we got there, one of the teachers (I think) was in the hall and said hi to EK. This woman has been friendly to EK and me since last year, and I still don't know her name. During supper on Friday night I asked Emma Kate if she knew the woman's name. She insisted that she didn't. Then Chris said that on Halloween the woman had been dressed up as a witch. EK still insisted she didn't know her name. I really felt like she was pulling my leg, so I said, "The next time I see this lady, what should I call her? Should I call her Ms. Witch? What should I do?" And Emma Kate looked straight at me and said, "You should ask her who her name is."

I nearly fell out of my chair laughing. She tells it like it is. I could learn some lessons from this child.

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