Summer's Birthday

On the night you were born, the moon looked like this.

Thursday, September 28, 1995


Moon's age (days): 4
Distance (Earth radii): 58.13
Percent Illumination 17.21%
Ecliptic latitude (degrees): 2.39
Ecliptic longitude (degrees): 233.37

Our darling girl turns 11 today. Although she felt a little under the weather due to a bout of food poisoning acquired during her b'day dinner at the Dome at KLCC, she put up a brave front for all present.Lots of friends and family members to surround you with love, lots of food and even two b'day cakes. I simply love the butter cake with sugar icing. Yummm

Your birth tree is Hazelnut Tree, the Extraordinary Charming, undemanding, very understanding, knows how to make an impression, active fighter for social cause, popular, moody and capricious lover, honest and tolerant partner, precise sense of judgement.

Do you think it describes her aptly?

Happy Birthday Summer

Terry Fox Run 2006

The Gans were there for the first time when we heard of it from friends. And we were glad we went to 'walk' the route with sooooo... many people who supported the Terry Fox cause. Summer wants to do it again. Zane was home alone.
Well supported, well organised, well funded and well done Terry.

The Run is named after Terry Fox, the young man who inspired these events.

Terry Fox was 18 years old when he was diagnosed with bone cancer. His right leg was amputated above the knee. Whilst in hospital, Terry was moved by the suffering of cancer patients, particularly children. So much so that he resolved to run across Canada (a distance of 8,500 kilometers) to raise money for cancer research. He called his journey the “Marathon of Hope”. Terry Fox, an amputee, ran a marathon (42 kilometers) a day for 143 consecutive days - a total distance of 5,373 kilometers. At that stage, Terry was forced to abandon his run as the cancer spread to his lungs. Terry Fox died at the tender age of 21. Before he died, he knew that a fund-raising event would be held each year, with the same objectives as the Marathon of Hope - to help find a cure for cancer.

Longer

"When artists create pictures and thinkers search for laws and formulate thoughts, it is in order to salvage something from the great dance of death, to make something that lasts longer than we do".
- Hermann Hesse

Life is a terminal condition. What are you doing to make it last longer?
Hermann Hesse(2 July 1877 – 9 August 1962) was a German-born poet, novelist, and painter who became a Swiss citizen. In 1946, he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. His best known works include Steppenwolf, Siddhartha, and The Glass Bead Game (also known as Magister Ludi).