Well, finally, it's the real deal. Moving down in the world, but really, only downstairs to another apartment in my building. I've already gotten started carrying down the small stuff. What a project! A large amount of work for a small distance, but worth saving myself the two extra flights of stairs, now that I am on the main floor. Since I had my ( Read more... )

I just got back from voting. This year, instead of voting by absentee ballot, I used the accessible ballot marking machine, that reads the ballot in a Jaws voice through a headset with a Braille display keypad for selecting choices. It's really cool! I heard about it four years ago, but I had already mailed in my ballot, so missed out on the ( Read more... )

Wow. Last night I went with Laura and Steve and their kids to attend the musical, Wicked. It was fantastic, and although I don't know the words to the songs yet, the music is still in my mind.
Our going was in celebration of Steve and Laura's fifteenth wedding anniversary. What an occasion!
I am so happy to have been included in their joy and fun

Once the initial planning was done, my party for Drew just took on a life of its own ( Read more... )

Well, it's almost time for the Great Lakes Folk Festival weekend, the highlight of my summer ( Read more... )

Hi. working the A shift this morning ( Read more... )

It seems that my life has been carried away on a whirlwind ever since my birthday ( Read more... )

Janice Joplin once remarked, in a live concert album I used to own ( Read more... )

Had a wonderful Thanksgiving despite my sister's inability to join me due to weather conditions. There is nothing like the combination of good food, good friends, good music, good conversation, and best of all, the warmth of a fire in the fireplace. How special to have been invited!