http://hamptonroads.com/node/353322 Local life en-us Copyright 2012 PilotOnline.com / HamptonRoads.com. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:40:19 -0500 About a week ago, we learned that Ahno, known in real life as Joanna Jenkins, had passed away. Ahno joined our blogging community not long after it was established a few years ago. In no time, her regular posts filled with her insights and observations made her one of our most popular and beloved community bloggers. We here at HamptonRoads.com and PilotOnline.com will miss her. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/goodbye-ahno Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:15:30 -0400 John Edwards seems to have lost his sparkle. In a news photo he’s looking at a future without $700 hair cuts. Grim face. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/no-sparkle Sun, 05 Jun 2011 09:35:14 -0400 1) The lady earned a unique booboo. Last night, with an amorous companion, she visited a Jewish Cemetery. Recumbent upon the turf, wriggling this way and that, she dislodged a gravestone which toppled over, hurting her leg. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/06/silly-news-day%E2%80%A6 Fri, 03 Jun 2011 10:17:06 -0400 Porch Time An old house on an old street in an old southern town, that house will have a porch. As I walk the Chihuahuas, we pass porches furnished with lush plants, comfortable swings and chairs, books, knitting, pitchers and glasses, bottles, cups, and cans, magazines, newspapers. It’s safe to leave stuff on a Colonial Place porch…sometimes. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/porch-time Tue, 24 May 2011 10:27:41 -0400 California Supreme Court ordered Cal State prisons to release between 36,000 and 46,000 inmates because Cali jails are inhumanely crowded. Of course this wrung outcry from California taxpayers. The process of shoveling criminals off the street is expensive. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/throw-em-back Tue, 24 May 2011 08:37:39 -0400   “I wish I had your life, one long adventure,” he sighed. I explained to the dear soul that he, too, has a life of adventure. He just doesn’t notice it. The difference between us is that I pay attention. My adventurous life rockets right along. By now, since last Sunday when my family left for a month in Europe… http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/pace-adventure Mon, 23 May 2011 08:49:00 -0400 Tomato plants. Every year by this date there’s a tomato jungle behind my garage. But not 2011. My yard guy is…well, I don’t know what he is. He’s certainly not working very hard. I think myself lucky to get the grass cut. He hasn’t so much as turned over a shovel full of dirt. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/it%E2%80%99s-war-i-tell-you Sat, 21 May 2011 08:49:06 -0400 When my family left for Italy, I thought I was in for a month of watching grass grow. Instead, my house is full of life and action in the form of guests and THEIR CAT. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/aint-misbehavinyet Fri, 20 May 2011 13:21:41 -0400 Last night I watched some New Jersey Housewives footage. ”Danielle” diverted accusers from the substance of their accusation by tangling them in an argument about how they got their information. http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/doggy-danielle Fri, 20 May 2011 09:02:50 -0400 The phone woke me. 11:00 P.M. A shaky voice asked if I’d please get dressed and come immediately. A friend was being arrested for something she didn’t do. I groaned my way into clothes, went to see. Sure enough. By the time I arrived, friend was in the back of the police car handcuffed. Policeman: “Attempted murder with a weapon.” Me: “Weapon?” http://hamptonroads.com/2011/05/full-moon-over-norfolk-police Wed, 18 May 2011 18:07:50 -0400