EVIDENCE Vox 2008-06-13T16:56:29Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00d09e83707bbe2b/ The Blog of Janet Sommer Friday the thirteenth tag:vox.com,2008-06-13:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00fa967ea3d90003 2008-06-13T16:56:29Z 2008-06-13T16:56:29Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Well, I guess it's only fitting that the power was out here for about 16 hours, overnight and into this morning. And, hopefully that is the worst thing that Friday the 13th will bring. I read by candlelight for awhile when I got home last night, ...

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]]> May Day tag:vox.com,2008-05-01:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00e398f567e90004 2008-05-01T17:43:37Z 2008-05-01T17:43:37Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Andrew, Melissa & Jonathan Jonathan, Andrew & Averi

I may be a little late with the Easter photos, but for family far away, here they are: Aren't they cute?

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]]> Mikhail & Merce tag:vox.com,2008-03-24:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00e398e92ff70005 2008-03-24T15:32:37Z 2008-05-04T19:42:46Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom There is an amazing slide show of Mikhail Baryshnikov's photos of Merce Cunningham's work in the Sunday Times. http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/arts/20080323_MERCE_FEATURE/index.html

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]]> QotD: Good Catch! tag:vox.com,2008-03-21:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00f48d050b820001 2008-03-21T02:28:32Z 2008-03-21T02:28:32Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Do you have a particular "catch phrase" for which you are known? Submitted by Emu with a Clue. My father had a platitude for every occasion, it sometimes seemed. One of his favorites (especially when it came to me...) was "The road to hell is ...

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]]> The Five Little Sommer Kids All Grown Up tag:vox.com,2008-03-19:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00f48ce5e8980003 2008-03-19T16:09:04Z 2008-03-19T16:09:04Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

5 of us

Scary. But recently we had a really rare opportunity for the five of us to be in the same place at the same time. Here is proof: From left to right: Joe, Janet, Dick, Joyce and John.

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]]> QotD: The Roof is on Fire tag:vox.com,2008-03-15:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00e398e626380004 2008-03-15T15:32:26Z 2008-03-15T15:32:26Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom What one object/thing would you take if your house were on fire? My negatives. My thousands of freaking negatives which basically document much of the jazz scene in NY during the '90's and a lot of New York from the late '80's to the early 20...

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]]> Grace June tag:vox.com,2008-03-12:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00e398e53ecc0004 2008-03-12T16:41:10Z 2008-03-13T16:02:12Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Sisters- Mom, Dorty, Lois, Joan Grace June graduates Me, Mom and Joyce (left to right)

Forty one years ago today my mother died. March 12, 1967. She was forty-five. I was nine. Not a day goes by that I don't think of her for one reason or another. Today I can't help but think of the fact that I am five years older now than she wa...

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]]> SNOW DAY! tag:vox.com,2008-03-07:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00f48ce21b6e0003 2008-03-07T19:17:00Z 2008-03-07T19:25:54Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Snow Laden Pine Trees

For anyone who was fooled by that 70 degree day we had earlier this week in central Ohio, guess what? 8 to 12 inches is expected by tomorrow, with a possibility for more. The Cafe was closing early, so I have a snow day!

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]]> Vox Hunt: This Sets Me Apart... tag:vox.com,2008-03-04:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00e398e2bdcd0005 2008-03-04T18:56:10Z 2008-03-04T18:56:10Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Confused Mind Shine of heart.

Show us what sets you apart from the next person. + ...

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]]> Reading Rambles... tag:vox.com,2008-03-03:asset-6a00d09e83707bbe2b00e398e225760004 2008-03-03T01:22:32Z 2008-03-03T01:22:32Z Janet http://janetsommer.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Pillar of Fire : America in the King Years 1963-65 (America in the King Years)

I feel as though all I did in February is sleep, read, and work. And eat. Mostly I wanted to sleep. I did manage to finish several good books, including the Oscar Wilde bio. From there I went on to a William Styron bio, two Jeffrey Deaver "Linc...

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