The Met on Saturday in New York
When we got to the Met it was very crowded. The line was long, and I snuck a photo of these oddly-dressed young women. Mom tried to ask them if they were in a play, but they didn't speak English. I told her I was sure they weren't in a play, but on the other hand, why were they dressed like that? Because it's New York. The first thing we went to see was the exhibit of Costume Art. The website says - The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met’s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between...
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Thursday!
Tuesday morning I woke up feeling so much myself again with boundless energy. I'd been so drained that I'd forgotten how good it feels to feel good. I went to the grocery store for the first time...
dang.
After posting that last entry I looked at that lovely picture of the mountains on the banner and was dismayed to suddenly realize it still says SPRING. I know that summer just officially started...
Ballard Locks
On the afternoon of April 15th we drove to the BallardLocks, and once again, so many photos and videos...but I narrowed them right down. It was a cool place. It's called the Ballard Locks because...
Second Day in Seattle
Finally, here are a few snippets from the trip to Seattle that Mom and I took waaaaay back in April, back when I still had a gallbladder... On April 15th we were out on our patio talking to our...
Friday
I had to check my calendar to see that it is, indeed, Friday, because things are still a little fuzzy in my brain. I'm doing better today, got some sleep last night, and I think I'm going to try a...
Riding in an ambulance, the E.R. and stuck in the hospital
I wrote the stuff below last week and I can't for the life of me remember when I wrote it. I know I wrote about Stan dying on June 1st, and all the hospital horrors started the next evening, so I'm...
R.I.P, Stanley…
As I've mentioned, Mom and I went to Seattle in April to visit her Mom's high school sweetheart, Stan Orr. Stan was from Springfield and they'd gone to Springfield High together. He'd been in very...
First day of running along the marina in Seattle
I started out at the crack of 11:00 in the morning on Thursday April 14th, and it was a beautiful morning. Here's the lovely additional deck at our air B&B. I took too many videos, surprise...
Shilshole Bay Marina, Seattle
On our first day in Seattle, Wednesday, April 13th, we awoke to this grand view. The Olympic mountains were beyond the shore out there but we didn't see them til Sunday. It was awesome to look out...