Italian on the Hill @ Rigazzi's

It was a difficult loss watching RHS vs SLU in sudden death.

(Great game, but the RHS boys in blue were disappointed. So was Dad. Dining with Kieren, Ed, Ryan, Pradeep, Peggy, David and Seano was a delightfuldiversion. We missed you, Patrick and Nell!

RHS Lacrosse Coach - Dappered up

I drove over to St. Louis from the Lake of the Ozarks MJJA conference to meet Dan and the RHS coaches, parents and players for tomorrow's FINAL play off. Jay stole the show by showing up with a purple shirt, and matching purple and white stripped hat :-) Thought Seano and Patrick would enjoy this. Will meet up with Seano and Suwalsky tomorrow night. Patrick and Nell, wish you were here. FYI...I bought a new fangled camera for our trip, so my old digital is yours. Simple and sweet, with much love.

MOM/Robin

What A Wonderful World

Common ground

RHS won 1/4 finals...on their way to STL

Yesterday was a perfect lax day. Temps in the 60's, blue sky and the fresh spring green leaves and grass surrounding young men in blue and white...Made me a little melancholy ...so many years on the side lines rooting you on!

To chase the sadness away, I took a photo of the water boy to make you and me smile :-)

LOVE MOM

Angels and Demons tonight...Opening night at the Palace

http://www.themovieinsider.com/m3580/angels--demons/

MAMA...song by relocated son after Chinese Earth Quake

http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=103906236&m=103911121

A year after a devastating earthquake, Sichuan province in China is still rebuilding. Many children remain separated from their parents. To raise awareness of victims still in need, folk musician Abigail Washburn and electronic artist Dave Liang spent two weeks in Sichuan to create Afterquake, an album that mixes actual sounds of the rebuilding with the voices of relocated school children.

After Washburn performed at one of the schools, she says, students came up to her to share their own songs and stories. Washburn tells NPR's Melissa Block that there were many emotional moments when little girls would sit on her lap and say, "I don't know how to believe in myself anymore. I don't trust the world. I don't trust life."

Washburn says she was shaken to the core by that, but would offer her encouragement.
"I said, 'You've got to believe in yourself. When you're down — sing, sing. Your voice is so beautiful, you should sing. It will make you feel better,' " Washburn says.

The stories and songs recorded for Afterquake are full of loss and heartbreak. But in the process of recording, Liang says, he was surprised by the children's optimism.

"From the darkest depths, these children were actually able to find so much happiness, especially in the school. It was an amazing communal experience," says Liang, producer of the Shanghai Restoration Project. "The earthquake definitely brought them all closer together."
Hear Melissa Block's full interview with Abigail Washburn and Dave Liang by clicking the audio link at the top of the page.

A Woman With A Sense of Humor

Some Old Photos to make u smile

Teaching Seano and Patrick to ski...a little down time with Dad after a long day... LOL :-)