Read and Katie are getting married in Ohio in a few weeks, and then moving on to Boston. Katie will work and Read will start a PhD program. Last night they came for a last goodbye before they take off into their lives. We sat outside enjoyed late summer Oregon food and talked of weddings, […]
Category: Celebrations
Happy Birthday to Sharon…
Last night we went to Jim & Carol’s for Sharon’s birthday. It was a festive and fun evening, friends, plenty of laughing and all in the separate world along Mill Creek. Absolutely lovely. Gifts of course: Off she goes, into another year with a new studio, a semester off, and…????
July 4th, An American Day
And ours began at the beach with a bike ride Lily Whipple rode her UNICYCLE in the Gleneden Beach parade and won 1st place!! and after a lovely sunny day and a typical American meal (ribs—yum Mark) corn, pasta salad…down at Jim & Carol’s, (and Carol’s 4th of July cake) we ventured out to the […]
A Great Bike Ride…
We were up in White Salmon over the weekend visiting Jennifer and George and Fanny and on Sunday we took a pretty stunning bike ride on the Oregon side…from Hood River to Mosier on the old Columbia RiverHwy built 1913-1922. We rode up a “gentle incline” ( as per Jennifer…I almost collapsed, but if even […]
Graduation Day, at Last:
Okay readers…this is it…the last post on the Roger Hull retirement festival. But what a ride it was. Here’s Roger’s advice to graduating seniors (and now he, too, is a member of the class of 2010…as is Scott Simon…) as published in the student paper (“The Collegian”) this week: And so today I sat in […]
The “Hullabaloo”
What a weekend. The Roger Hull retirement festival (known here at home as the “Hullabaloo”) provided pure fun, reunions with friends and family, a tear or two, a nice goodbye. Well not goodbye really…his curatorial career continues…but goodbye to the classroom. As I stood in the back of the packed room I did reflect […]
Happy Birthday to me!
I’m in the midst of “Birthday Week.” Today is the actual day. (It seems a long time ago when I was born in Evanston, Illinois…but really it WAS a long time ago.) So far this week the celebrations have included the following confectionery moments: and here’s the lucky little me:
Clay Ball!!
Last night was the big fund-raising “Clay Ball” for Salem Art Association. In these hard times for non-profits it was more important than ever for this community to come out to support the arts…and the place was packed. We arrived a little late to the silent auction area just in time to see the end […]
Happy New Year!!!!!
Hard to imagine it is already 2010–there was a decade that blew right by me. But, here we go. A year of changes coming at our house, a year of challenges and some fun. Our hopes are creative…time for writing and art making; some gardening will have to occur (Gilbert House Garden Tour, May 28, […]
The Day Before Christmas
I woke up early to get organized and make my list. Elves arrived on the porch bringing gifts: I finished my wrapping and before setting off on my long string of errands I walked around the yard and noticed a sign of spring!!! While out and about every one seemed to be in the Christmas […]
On The Way 