Archive for May 2008

Custard on a warm spring evening

May 20th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Commentary

Went by the Kernel Kustard stand on Hanes Mall Blvd last evening. It is a place I have been meaning to go for quite a while but never gotten around to it. I have been hearing quite good things about it especially after a review by the Dinner Belle in the Journal. So with Andrea [...]



Photo of the Day: Getting Ready for the Dance

May 19th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photo of the Day


Getting close to the end

May 19th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: USA Elections 2008

One day out from the next primary date with Oregon and Kentucky next on the calendar. By all poll accounts, Hillary Clinton should do extremely well in Kentucky with Barack Obama doing well in Oregon. However, her margin in Kentucky appears to be much more than Oregon’s which well give her the overall edge in [...]



Photo of the Day: The Dairy building at Reynolda

May 14th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photo of the Day


The primary season goes on

May 14th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: USA Elections 2008

Hillary Clinton won the primary in West Virginia and by virtue of that , she has earned the right to continue on to the remaining primaries. Listening to her various spokespeople who were all over the cable channels with nary an Obama spokesperson to be seen, this victory is supposed to presage a major change [...]



Photo of the Day: The Celtic Dancer

May 12th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Photo of the Day

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An Irish step dancer performing at Celtic Festival in Winston-Salem NC. She stood out from the rest of the dancers by virtue of her costume with its orange and black colours as the other dancers stayed with the light blues and greens so commonly found in the female dancer costumes.



On our own

May 12th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Home Life

Today, the parents returned home to Canada and for the first time since the first week in April, it will be just us at home.They, along with Andrea’s parents in the first week after Nicholas’s death, have given immeasurable support when we needed most. They helped take care of many of the details in running [...]



Experiencing the tornado

May 11th, 2008 | By Brian Leon | Category: Home Life

Thursday evening, after returning from Heartstrings support group, I thought I was settling down for the evening. On the drive home, I experienced some moments of rain but nothing to be concerned about. However, about an hour later, around 10:30pm or so, thunder and lightening began to appear in increasing intensity. I was not [...]