I don’t often promote other people’s stuff, but Noel gave me this very special poster two years ago for Christmas and some people have asked about it. Noel grew up seeing this photograph: From left to right ~ there is my sister Mimi, a photographer from southern California who my mother tried to set me …
Olympian: Neo-Nazis speak into sea of opponents 500 foes, 200 troopers, 13 National Socialist Movement followers at rally About 500 protesters drowned out 13 neo-Nazis Monday at the Capitol. The two groups were separated from each other by helmeted, crowd-control-equipped troopers. Throughout the day, about 200 troopers were on duty, the largest force of Washington …
Noel turned 30 today. He is somewhere in California on a road trip vacation with his friend Patty. We called this morning and left a message on his phone, and Alec sang “Happy Birthday” for him. 🙂 Here is a photo collage I made years ago for my website, and a recent photograph. Happy birthday …
Yesterday was Noel’s belated housewarming party and an early 30th birthday party since he will be on a vacation road trip on his actual birthday. Catherine and Jason (one of Noel’s college housemates who lives here in Olympia) and I drove up for it. Alec didn’t feel well so he stayed home. His left side …
Alec and I drove up to Seattle on Thursday aftternoon. We were meeting Noel when he got off work at 5:30 but traffic wasn’t bad and we got there early. It was a beautiful day so we got some excercise by walking around the Seattle Center and over to the Experience Music Project (EMP). The …
Today is Mother’s Day and I nice phone call from Noel.Thanks Noel! 🙂 ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * I can’t write any mushy poetry about my mom. I never felt I was able to live up to her expectations ~ from memorizing the multiplication tables (isn’t …
It was a good night. First we went to Noel’s place and met Linus the cat who hid from us in the closet. Catherine got him to purr but he didn’t come out to meet Alec and me. Then out to dinner and to Town Hall Seattle. The Righteous Mothers were excellent ~ they sang …
Alec, Catherine and I are going to Seattle first for dinner with Noel and then to Town Hall Seattle. The evening there will be opened by The Righteous Mothers. Then Cindy Sheehan and Anthony Arnove will speak. The Righteous Mothers are four female progressive feminist folk musicians based in the Olympia area. They have fantastic …