Dear Friends & Family,
As you know my mother Dallas has been courageously battling stage IV Lung Cancer and we learned yesterday that it has significantly progressed & come back with a vengeance. The odds are not in her favor, but we are remaining strong and ask for your prayers & positive thoughts please.

Due to the aggressive nature and widespread growth, chemo is no longer a viable option so she will be participating in a Phase I experimental treatment & quality of life clinical trial in hopes that some new medication may possibly assist. You never know & it’s worth a try.
Plus, will help others suffering this disease in the long run.

Thanks again for your time and prayers. My mother & family really appreciate it!

Love,
Winona & Matt

I think he’s insulted. Of course that’s the

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from 1 Pixel Out puts a slick little flash audio player inside a post. Two steps, first FTP an MP3 to the audio folder on the server (if you don’t know how to do that then it’s time to learn because it’s a main step in having a website) and then inside your post put the word audio then a colon followed by the name of the mp3 - all with a pair of brackets around it. I installed the plugin, here’s all the info. Basically all you have to do is enter this anywhere in your post audio:name_of_mp3_file.mp3] and the play button will appear in that exact spot. It needs the bracket at the beginning, I had to leave it off or it’ll put a player there in the middle of this text. The audio folder is setup in the root directory already so you newly FTP hip like Deirdre can follow the instructions and make a player happen. Look how cute the tiny little interface is.

Pic#1 My 1956 Cessna 172
Pic#2 The original Volksmith Shop
Pic#3 The Island and 358 Lakeview the original Whippleworld

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.. . . .and got invited for lunch Monday!

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This was Bailey Boo’s First recital and Win’s 3rd. They did unbelievably awesome. And were the cutest ones on stage. I hope you enjoy the pics. I have more if needed.. Happy Memorial Day Weekend.. Love, Chandra The entire group. Bailey Boo in action. My girls in costume. Me & my Mom and Win with Boo. Win In Pure Action. You Go Girl…

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be back later. Taking Dodger and John Willingham. Both freshly bathed. You can reach us on cell phones.

Dreams of Flying by Jan Von Holleben

Here are a few pics of Win’s Kindergarten Graduation— I hope you enjoy… Love — Chandra

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he posted the photos I sent him of the Blaze O’ Glory sculpture he gave us. Mitch and Sissy and a couple of other people are in those photos. It’s fun to see them up there.

…. who got DSL today and is now NOT the slowest connection in Whippleworld. If you’re still on dailup then eat the Priest’s dust you turtle.

anyway, for $10 these guys will tell you if your song is a “hit” or not. Listen to the very interesting NPR interview here, it’s classic. They say that the major labels are using their service. Ever see the movie Brazil? This is how central processing would A&R records. Welcome to the future!

* Many of us are interested in sleep. Here’s a free, complete chapter from the book “The Accidental Mind” that’s all about sleep and dreaming - the dreaming part starts on page 24.

* These “curious psychology” videos are great. The one where you move your finger around the squares is surprising.

* OK, see if Dave Mathews’ stock doesn’t jump at the end of

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I love this photo. Russell was Best Man and Sissy was Maid Of Honor at our wedding. That’s Aunt Inez, the family’s angel over young boys, grabbing Jack Wickham. Russell in his blue suit with Deirdre next to him. Then Tom Kidwell with Renee behind him. In the back it’s Jimmie’s mother, Jimmie’s sister Dallas Louise (Sissy) and Mr. Webb.

called Wiredness. You have to register for most of these things but this one just

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Russell always did Birthdays well . . .
Here he is with his pride and joy Yamaha motorcycle and cake at about age 13. . . .
We were at home at 7238 Glendora in the year 1972, 35 years ago. . . .
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RUSSELL

One more chance to get a trusting friend for life. 7 left. Please if you know someone who would like to have one let me know. . . .I’ll see that it happens. Seniors with pets live longer and much happier.

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Thunder Storm

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In going through old boxes of photos for Jimmie’s birthday I found some rare ones that had been set aside because the focus was soft or the photo processing got the colors wrong… or whatever. But here’s a couple out of this stack, they seem really cool and artistic now.

Somewhere back in time, somewhere in Mexico. This photo captures Jimmie pretty well.

Jimmie at about 20 years old before we were married when we were working on the little house in Gruene.

This is in a really cool little room we rented outside of Cancun in the 70’s.

On a trip to New York City.

and my favorite, sitting on top of a small mountain overlooking a Mexican bay. Jimmie worked for Southwest Airlines during this stretch of time. She was making a sketch that I think she still has somewhere. I wish I could find it, I’d scan it and put it up here. All of these will enlarge if you click on them.

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your blog doesn’t like me anymore… i
i’ve just tried to post a comment under jimmie’s birthday card again, but i don’t think it worked. i do usually fill in my name as Maggie, and this gmail address, but not in the Website column. one interesting thing that i noticed is that the comments count jumped from 40 to 41 after i posted, but under the actual comments there were still only 40. same thing happened last couple of times too. thanks john.
-maggie.