Mom-in-law wanted to see some pics of the goings-on, so I threw a few up online. See them (complete with Japanese comments) right over here.
Archive for December, 2004
Sleepy Xmas
In California . . . jet-lagging . . . and Grandma proves how much tougher she is than us when it comes to staying awake on the sofa in front of the fire.
Chilly California
Back home for a Christmas visit . . . It’s cold here in San Rafael! We got in yesterday morning and Adam and Sue picked us up at SFO. Drove up to the ancestral mansion and met everyone again. It’s been a while. Then we went to sleep at about 4:00 in the afternoon, woke [...]
McManus news
Susannah McManus, formerly of Japan Echo, wrote to say that (a) she and Julian were moving to Denver CO, which offers much nicer skiing than Miami FL, and (b) that she was officially “Susannah and the Bump.” The meaning is clear from the photo she attached: Congratulations to the two on their auspicious move and [...]
Winter clouds
I remember driving through the far northern reaches of California and mountainous areas of Oregon during a bitter winter 12 or 13 years ago. It was somewhere between 30 below and 40 below. This superchilled air blew over the surface of small ponds and lakes that had yet to freeze (maybe they were fed by [...]
