I was crying the day I heard about Rita. I thought, surely it's going to hit New Orleans again.

The house where my mom lived . . . is just splinters.

I took everything I could put into a little camping suitcase.

This makes it easy to work on different computers. I didn't like it at first. I thought, 'This is dumb, we don't need another e-mail account.' But it's grown on me. Other students are liking it, too.

Who would have thought a little girl from Tiger Bay would one day become a Dame?

It was a tough day on all the pitchers, throwing into a wind. I thought the pitchers from both teams competed well, especially Aaron and Dylan.