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Dear Friends and Family,

Happy Holidays to All!

I am running a little behind on adding pictures to the web site. Come back after New Year's.

And that's my story for now.

Love,
LRH

pineknot@knottypiner.com

 


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Lorraine's Life in Lists

Top News Stories of 2006,
Top events for the nation and the world

Not much to celebrate here!

News of the Nation
The Iraq War • Corruption Scandals • Presidential Power • Terrorism • Domestic Surveillance • Signing Statements • Hamdan v. Rumsfeld • Guantanamo and Black Sites • Mid-Term Elections

News of the World
Sudan's Ongoing Massacre • Middle East Conflict: Israel, Gaza, and Lebanon • Iran's Defiant Nuclear Program • Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Growing Threat of the Taliban

Milestones

Great-niece Lily Ling has her 2nd birthday in April and continues to delight and amaze • Mom & Dad celebrate their 70th Wedding Anniversary in June • Dad enjoys his 99th birthday in July • Miss Sarah Clopton Diaz makes her appearance in August • In November, LRH got her first, real, full-time, non-consulting job in 30 years.

Unfortunately, there were very few favorite book, movie, or theatre pleasures this year. Maybe I should have made a list of the stinkers.

Enjoyable Movies

The Queen • Flags of Our Fathers • The Devil Wears Prada • Casino Royale • Little Miss Sunshine

Special Performances

The Drowsy Chaperone • History Boys • Grey Gardens • City Opera's The Elixir of Love & Semele • Rabbit Hole • The Jose Limon Company's Moor's Pavane, Susan Marshall and Company, and the Paul Taylor Dancers doing anything

Books

Margaret Atwood's The Robber Bride • Ian McEwan's Atonement • Adam Gopnik's Paris to the Moon • Larry McMurtry's Berrybender Narratives David P. Barash & Nanelle R. Barash's Madam Bovary's Ovaries

Music on My IPOD

Kronos Quartet - Caravan • Silk Road Ensemble & Yo-Yo Ma - Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon • Oregon - The Essential • Cyndi Lauper - The Body Acoustic • Ute Lemper - Punishing Kiss and Illusions • Ramsey Lewis: Consider the Source • Shawn Jones - All in Good Time • Dave Holland - Overtime • Tony Bennett - Duets • Bob Seger - Face the Promise • Bruce Springsteen - We Shall Overcome • Watson & Pears - Dido and Aeneas • Patti Lupone - Matters of the Heart

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