http://queenbeema.com A Journal Sun, 30 May 2010 14:21:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Tomorrow is Memorial Day. I've often posted the letter my uncle Bob wrote home to his parents when his twin brother was killed in Korea. Because of the article about Mom and her brothers that was in the paper yesterday, I'd like to share the entire story published by the ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=285 Graves Disease. It sounds scary, but despite numerous unpleasant side effects should be manageable. I hope. Graves Disease exhausts you and makes you so incredibly weak. About a week ago I went to Walmart and stood in the parking lot crying at the overwhelming thought of putting my groceries into the ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=284 On Friday afternoon Shawn and Beth and I took off for Milan. It was all very exciting. Sharman drove us to the train station at about 2:00 for our 4 hour ride. The train wasn't too uncomfortable and they served some delicious espresso about halfway through the trip. The scenery ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=282 After we finished at the fort, we drove a short distance to a park right outside the Vallorbe Grotto, a series of caves at the source of the River Orbe. First we pulled out our picnic lunch and ate by the river. It was a beautiful spot... and Angie decided to wade ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=281 The class took a field trip today to Vallorbe, a city near the border of France and Switzerland. Our first stop was at the Pré-Giroud fortress. This underground fort was built in 1939 to protect the border. Since Switzerland was neutral in World War II, it was never really used ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=280 I just don't seem to be able to find the time to blog this year. It may have something to do with the fact that I have a private room, and can go to sleep when I'm tired. I'm still staying up until about midnight, but have been pretty busy. Another ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=279 On Friday morning Beth and Shawn gave their presentation. Nicolas Pron, the Global Administrator of DevInfo, attended along with Kris Oswalt from DevInfo Global Support and Sameer Thapar from their Indian Support branch. They were all wearing suits, which made the presentation seem really important and special. Beth and Shawn ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=278 I haven't taken any pictures because I've pretty much stayed at the John Knox center for the past couple of days. We've all been really busy working on our sites and our research papers. On Wednesday night we had a conference with Juana and Jorge Flores from the Cozumel Parks and ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=277 I finally borrowed some tape. NOW it feels more like home. http://queenbeema.com/?p=276 Classes started this morning and, as usual, my head was spinning by about 9:30. Dr. Cissa Wa Numbe, Director of UNA-DRC, was here to talk to us about The Congo Cause (Diane and Jodi and Karen's project). It was very interesting and heartrending to hear stories about malaria and how it ... http://queenbeema.com/?p=275