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CaliforniaPeggy
CaliforniaPeggy's Journal
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January 31, 2015
Just watched this tonight, and I am still shaking. Very intense movie, based on a true story, with great performances all around. Tom Hanks is superb.
I give it my highest recommendation.
Captain Phillips--Wow. Tom Hanks is amazing.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1535109/?ref_=nv_sr_6Just watched this tonight, and I am still shaking. Very intense movie, based on a true story, with great performances all around. Tom Hanks is superb.
I give it my highest recommendation.
January 27, 2015
She had never even seen a baby before, but with an amazing new technology, she was able to gaze upon her newborn son.
The 29-year-old Ontario woman became the latest recipient of eSight glasses, which use a video camera to record images which are then enhanced and projected onto screens in front of the eyes.
All of it at the link.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/donated-eyewear-allows-blind-mother-see-newborn-baby/#.VMZh0UI9Md0.facebook
Modern technology allows this blind mom to see her newborn son.
Kathy Beitz has been legally blind since she was 11 years old.She had never even seen a baby before, but with an amazing new technology, she was able to gaze upon her newborn son.
The 29-year-old Ontario woman became the latest recipient of eSight glasses, which use a video camera to record images which are then enhanced and projected onto screens in front of the eyes.
All of it at the link.
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/donated-eyewear-allows-blind-mother-see-newborn-baby/#.VMZh0UI9Md0.facebook
January 8, 2015
The Pen and the Sword...
January 7, 2015
A Christopher Green update:
OMG! Chris is moving today to Kindred Hospital, a rehab facility, but specifically to the LTAC unit. It is still in Cleveland, just a bit further east from the clinic, up Fairhill. I am so excited!
http://www.kindredcleveland.com/
I decorated his room at the clinic for Christmas and here are the pictures. The last one is Chris in the ICU on Christmas.
****WCGreen Update --Wednesday January 7, 2015****
From his wife:A Christopher Green update:
OMG! Chris is moving today to Kindred Hospital, a rehab facility, but specifically to the LTAC unit. It is still in Cleveland, just a bit further east from the clinic, up Fairhill. I am so excited!
http://www.kindredcleveland.com/
I decorated his room at the clinic for Christmas and here are the pictures. The last one is Chris in the ICU on Christmas.
January 6, 2015
A graphic on the Keystone Pipeline:
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Name: PeggyGender: Female
Hometown: Manhattan Beach, CA
Home country: USA
Current location: At home
Member since: Thu Feb 3, 2005, 02:41 PM
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