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It Was a Really Big Day.
Christian proposed to Ella and she said yes, and it all happened rather early, before our regular dog walk at 9:30 and we heard about it in the mud room just as we were heading out and they were coming in. Of course we all cried and hugged and you can only imagine the...
First, Some Pictures
Sorry I've been slacking here, but the time change has me all off my writing schedule-- and we are very busy and I don't want to miss anything. As I write it is 9 in the morning here and midnight at home, and we have been out late and been gone all day everyday so...
We are in London
I'm having my tea and looking out the kitchen window at the street before I take a jog around the neighborhood to scout out the shops, cafes (coffee shop? I hope.) It is 6:00am in London on Thursday, but at home in Alaska it is 9pm Weds. For the first time in my...
We Are Off to London Tonight, Full of Food For Thought
This morning Grandma Joanne noted that compared to the ferry ride ( 4 1/2 hours, not including the two hour delay in leaving, and the fact that we arrived 45 minutes early) the Juneau-Seattle-Dulles epic day (we left at 6:00 am and got home to Va. at midnight, and the...
Huffington Post News
I will be blogging for the Huffington Post about the London Olympics, here is the first column, an introduction. Regular readers may be familiar with some of this- Hope you like it. (I'm definitely a long way from home now.)
Post Card from the Trip to London (We’ve made it to Virginia)
Grandma Joanne has just finished ironing the sheets for the guest bed and is now packing while watching Fox News. I, the sun worshiper, have moved inside to read the new John Irving novel because it is too hot on the porch, but I thought I'd take a minute to share a...
Sunday’s Thought (more of a ramble today)
Grandma Joanne and I are safely at the farm in Virginia where all the neighbors are very happy about the rain after a dry spell (over an inch yesterday), and the cool temperatures, after weeks of three digit heat it's about 65. The flights were long, crowded and...