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My life as a ping pong ball
I am back in northern California today – I was up here last weekend too with Chuck, then we drove down to southern California, and he dropped me off at my niece’s house, and then she and I drove back up here yesterday. We drive back to So Cal tomorrow. My butt says ow! My…
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A last Scotch
We’ve been on the road this week. We drove up to northern California on Sunday so we could visit my aunt who just lost her husband Harry (he died, she didn’t misplace him). Then we headed off to San Jose to spend late Monday and Tuesday working. On Wednesday we drove down to San Jose…
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The myth of memory
My brother called me this past weekend and started off the conversation with, “Do you remember that red sweater you had when you were three or four? I think Mom knitted it for you, or maybe Grandmother.” Uh-huh. Of all the things I’d remember from when I was three, a red sweater is not one…
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It’s all about the journey, right?
I had to remind myself that we were on our way home more than once over the course of today’s trip home. American Airlines managed to schedule our flights from Paris to Dallas then from Dallas to LA so close together that it was a mad scramble trying to to get through customs then get…
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So long and thanks for all the fish!
We spent our last day in Paris walking around enjoying the sunshine with lots of other people. We grabbed some baguette sandwiches and small bottles of Bordeaux and headed to the Seine to eat on the riverfront. It was lovely. We also took the little French netbook back to the Virgin Megastore in the Carousel…
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Reflections on a truly volcanic trip
All day long we have been watching plane after plane take off from Charles de Gaulle Airport. Normally I either wouldn’t notice, or if the sound was too close I’d find it annoying. Not today. Today it’s like the
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