This morning was all about the funeral mass of Thom's wife. Marilyn and I didn't know her well, but we greatly admired her, even so. And we have tremendous admiration for our friend Thom. He's truly a great man. And his wife was a great woman, by the way ( Read more... )

Marilyn and I just got in the house from our trip to Forks, Washington -- happily before 11:00 p.m.! How about that? (At one point we were sure we wouldn't be here until midnight.)

We'll be heading to bed VERY SOON, as we're meeting Adeena in the morning to go to the Oregon Renaissance Festival of Hillsboro (sometimes just called RenFest). So ( Read more... )