Sherry | December 29, 2007
We’ve been dreaming of this white Christmas for the past two years. Finally, after much planning, the Macy/Anderson/Carlson clan gathered in Denver at Quinn and Dusty’s house on the Saturday before Christmas. On Sunday we caravaned three cars and a trailer up the mountains to Breckenridge, where we quickly settled in this beautiful rented home… [...]
Sherry | December 21, 2007
While the washing machine and the microwave do my work for me, I’ll sit here with my laptoy and show you what I found today. Actually, I found this last week as I walked past the gift shop at Friendsview Retirement Community. I admired it through the gate the shopkeepers pull at closing time and [...]
Sherry | December 19, 2007
Everyone should be lucky enough to have a friend like Susan. Yesterday she stopped by the office to gift me in the spirit of the holiday. She passed this bag to me while I passed one to her. This we call a gift exchange. She wanted to wait while I opened hers so she could [...]
Sherry | December 16, 2007
Today was a day of music. In this morning’s worship service the folk ensemble led us in several traditional carols and a fun rendition of “The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy.” Later in the afternoon I went over to hear a Tom Fettke cantata, “Love, Joy, Peace,” performed by some folks who live at [...]
Sherry | December 14, 2007
Mauri still likes to experiment with his SLR digital Pentax, taking it to the nearby wildlife sanctuary on gray days like today to shoot what he sees through his telephoto lens. He needs to replenish the collection of heron shots he lost when his computer crashed a couple of months ago, so images like this [...]
Sherry | December 10, 2007
Time for a new batch. One—If you like sculpture—and even if you don’t—you will find this interesting. Two—Tis the season to donate. Steve sent me this worthy cause. It’s no small amount, but what you give/get is pretty cool. Three—I was saving this one for Luke, but he stopped by my office last week and [...]
Sherry | December 6, 2007
Some pretty funny pictures circulate the Internet. I chuckle at a lot of them, like this, (thanks, Denise), but it’s clearly the work of a creative Photoshopper. Then I see pictures like this (swiped from Craig’s blog) that have to be for real. You call the bakery to order a cake for your coworker’s farewell [...]
Sherry | December 4, 2007
Every year since 1970 I’ve written and mailed a Christmas letter and picture(s) to family and friends as a way of staying connected. Turns out that’s how Mauri and I knew so much about each other while we enjoyed friendship through the annual letters the Carlson family sent to the Macy family and the annual [...]