Got Graeters? Of course, although I did have to wait an hour in Worthington, Ohio, until they opened at noon. View Close Up The return home was very casual. I snapped photos in Worthington , stopped for hot soup in Erie, and put my sleepy head down in Syracuse for the night (after watching the […]
It’s 4 M and Jeffrey is carrying me to my truck.
Peter keeps asking for photos of his parents. View larger image It turns out that Nubus is really Nubis, which is short for Anubis, the Egyptian God of the Dead. Helen thought her cat looked like he should be on pedestal, similar to many Egyptian Gods, etc. . The old resistor. This trip’s truck fix. […]
Yesterday was a pretty good day, ending with Kate fidgeting in front of her video cam. Peter, who had set it up, and Emma who, with her friend Cassie, seemed the most excited about it, had long since disappeared. Given Helen’s fawning over the images of the girls, you would a thought she was watching […]
Peter, Kate and Emma popped in tonight and met Matt’s grandmother. Here is one of Kate not making a face. Peter gets a gold star for setting a camera up on his end. View somewhat larger image
Rakkity made it to the court last week, and handed two racquets to the “little” rakkities, Patrick (6′ 1″ and 180 lb) and Katie (fit horsewoman and soccer player). “I hope you’ll be gentle”, he thought, putting his left hand into a protective nylon splint as he entered the court for this 3-way game. The […]
My mother (too many people are asking me why I call her Helen, or HO or Hey You) asked her friend, Dottie, if Dottie still had the tape recording in which she sang “Morning Has Broken” with her daughter, Evelyn. Dottie did not, but she got together with her friend, Pam, and together they recorded […]
I don’t understand my mother’s connection to Susan. I never have. It’s the face-time thing. They haven’t had that much. Or have I forgotten? “I never laughed so hard as I did when Susan told me about her trip to Ireland. With Diane, I believe.” Pause “So smart.” Since Jimmy died I haven’t talked to […]
I don’t understand my mother’s connection to Susan. I never have. It’s the face-time thing. They haven’t had that much. Or have I forgotten? “I never laughed so hard as I did when Susan told me about her trip to Ireland. With Diane, I believe.” Pause “So smart.” Since Jimmy died I haven’t talked to […]
First stop, somewhere on the Mass Pike. Growing up in the fifties in Cincinnati, we had two ice cream brand choices. Sealtest and Graeters. Sealtest was, and still is, your typical off the grocery shelf, air-filled, ice cream. Graeters was Steve’s, Ben and Jerry’s, and Hagen Daez, long before those dense, mostly heavy cream desserts […]
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This drive felt like the old days with traffic, road construction and unnecessary stops. Nineteen hours to travel 1138 miles. But what the f*ck is up with Ohio? The highway deer carnage capital of America. How about picking up the mammals before they look like they wandered onto the highway wearing explosive belts? Come on! […]