Archive for January, 2015
this and that
In no particular order, things that have been on my mind. It’s a scattered place in there. One thing I didn’t mention was that after wearing high (not sky-high) heels all night at my reunion, my big toe was numb for the next few days – actually it was the left half of my left […]
requiescat in astra
I take note of this week every year – we’re into the saddest week of the year for NASA, because of all the anniversaries clustered together: Apollo 1 launch fire: January 27, 1967 Virgil I. “Gus” Grissom, Command Pilot Edward H. White, Senior Pilot Roger Chaffee, Pilot Space Shuttle Challenger disaster: January 28, 1986 Francis […]
reunion rundown
The reunion was great, actually. It was funny – the whole thing was conceived and hatched on Facebook, so that’s where all the pre- and post-discussion was, I have never seen my FB feed explode as it did that weekend. Every time I went in there were a zillion new notifications or messages. Whenever I […]
pre-reunion anxiety babbling
I’m heading off tonight for my thirtieth reunion. I still have mixed feelings about this – it’s not like I was the belle of the ball back in high school, after all, and an unexpectedly nasty FB comment from a classmate yesterday has sapped my confidence. I said something about my book in a relevant […]
dressed like a duck
Today, I am wearing my big green sweater, because University of Oregon Ducks (green and yellow) are playing Ohio State Buckeyes (red and gray) for the college bowl championships. I’m not normally a big ducks fan, for two reasons: 1) I’m a relatively recent transplant to this state and my in-laws went to the other […]
trip fidgeting
I have a trip to Philadelphia coming up in a week and a harf, for my thirtieth high school reunion. Flights are booked. Hotel is booked – I will stay at a hotel near the venue (and also close to my brother’s house) for the first two nights, then stay at Mom’s place (independent living […]
long live Oregon … and love
An online friend is celebrating the fact that, only seven years after her wedding, she is now legally married even when she’s at home. My response, because 2014 was a good year in many ways: If you were to come visit me, you could be hiking under the pines married. Drizzly afternoons and foggy mornings […]
quiet holidays
There’s not much to say about this past holiday; it was nice but exceedingly quiet. We went down to Rowell (the lake house) of course; finished the Holiday Challenge early then had a few days when it was warm enough to get into a boat, then the weather turned and was either cold, rainy or […]