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New National Weather Center

Something new in Dan's life. Last week (? or the week before?) his entire office moved into a brand-new, rather spiffy-looking building on the other side of Norman. And yesterday he sent me a whole lotta photos he's taken of it, both inside & outside. Naturally, there's a website (still...

February ups & downs

It's been a short strange trip of a month: A week after getting my computer back, it began to misbehave in an even bigger way than before & so the pesky thing had to go back for more rehab. It had been awhile since I'd trekked down to the lakeshore...

Meanwhile...

Summer 1949 Finally managed to add several more photos to the Family archive yesterday. Sorry for the long delay on that project...if doing some every day isn't possible, I hope to process & upload photos at least once a week from now on. In any case, it wasn't idleness that...

A new project

Okay, so here's the main reason this site hasn't been updated very often, if at all, over the last 2 months (until today): Have been busy with renewed nest-building activities. Specifically, renovations of the guest room so it could double as an office as well as a place for storing...

Okies in MI / 08-16-04

All tuckered out Day 7: On their last day, it was finally warm & sunny enough to spend on the beach at Lake Michigan. These photos show the aftermath.... Jenny Sarah Zoë

Okies in MI / 08-15-04

Buffy relaxes Sarah pours Sisters 3 Day 6: After a long hiatus, I've finally gotten around to posting the rest of the Okie pictures. What can I say. Been busy. Hadn't been able to process the rest of the (hundreds of) pictures I took during their visit. Hadn't been able...

Okies in MI / 08-14-04

Pretending Jelly girl Whee!Day 5: Thankfully, the morning revealed that not only had skies stayed clear but temps had gotten warmer, finally reaching the seasonal level & displaying a deep blue sky dotted with perfect white puffy cumulus clouds. Which made it a perfect day for playing outside — how...

Okies in MI / 08-13-04

Zoë & Jenny climb Family aboard Jenny ahoy!Day 4: Neglected to mention that late the previous night, MaryGrace discovered that my dryer had died, having ceased to function after only one modest load. Danny thought the belt had broken, not the motor, but nevertheless the result was a couple loads...

Okies in MI / 08-12-04

Sarah tubed Jenny w/Legos Zoë blocking itDay 3: Meanwhile, the Okies also hoped to visit another Michigan resident: Their friend Kathleen Lavey — who adopted a daughter (Juliana) on the same China trip that brought us Zoë and then went back for seconds (Emma) a couple years later — lives...

Okies in MI / 08-10 & 08-11

Sarah & Danny, 8-10-04Day 1: Those Monday night clouds turned out to be the forerunners of a cold front that hung around for the next few days, a cold front that brought cloudy skies, showers & abnormally cool temps and threatened to turn the Okies' Michigan vacation into an entirely...

Okies in MI / 08-09-04

Sunset clouds Finished my preparations just a short time before Danny called from Michigan City, Indiana (2-2½ hours or so south of here)...they'd spent a fun day at Chicago's Children's Museum...until that moment I had no idea when exactly they'd arrive. Enormous satisfaction that I'd managed to get everything done...

For better or worse

Well, got over the laryngitis after a few days, but it took another week before totally shedding the cold, which had moved down into bronchitis. And sure enough, by then the weather had returned to the 40s & low 50s...just my luck. (It's only in the 40s today & might...

Home again

Got home late last night from Oklahoma. Arrived with some extra baggage — a nasty cold bestowed on me by Sarah, which has now metamorphosized into full-blown, no-voice laryngitis, a quite unusual occurrence for me. The last time this happened I think I was 13 or so & had spent...

Out & about

Am in the midst of packing...flying out early this afternoon to spend 11 days in Oklahoma with Danny, MaryGrace and the girls.... They finally closed on their brand-new house Mar. 9 and, after a few delays, moved themselves & major stuff on Saturday, but...Danny left Sunday for a week-long geology...