Sherry | December 31, 2009
Here it is New Years Eve and I’m sitting in my “spot” three feet away from my dear man, with the TV broadcasting the Times Square extravaganza. I flew in from Denver earlier today following a three-day post-Christmas celebration with the Anderson family plus one Carlson—Taylor. Ben planned to come but had car trouble and [...]
Sherry | December 25, 2009
Our grandson Oscar brought his parents with him from Philadelphia to celebrate Christmas, and celebrate we did, with lots of family and food and laughter and singing and presents and cameras. I imagine your day included most of the same things. Of course, these are only three of many, many pictures snapped of this sweet [...]
Sherry | December 19, 2009
Here it is—our annual Christmas greeting, the shortest one in my 40-year history of producing annual Christmas greetings. One page! You might even want to take a look. Just click HERE.
Sherry | December 17, 2009
Earlier this week we replaced our weekly team meeting with a Christmas brunch. A white elephant exchange traditionally comes up in the planning and this year was no exception. Unfortunately, Mauri didn’t get to keep the cool Star Wars light saber. No one stole my singing Christmas puppy puppet, so I brought it home, although [...]
Sherry | December 13, 2009
We’ve been making the most of the season—Christmas tea with my friends; a concert of Christmas music at George Fox University; traditional brunch with the local Macy “kids” at what for many, many years was The Benson Hotel in Portland—but for weather reasons we ate at Jory, the restaurant associated with a brand new resort [...]
Sherry | December 9, 2009
This is making the rounds on e-mail, but I thought I’d post it anyway. First the pic, then the (anonymous) story. “The good news is that I truly outdid myself this year with my Christmas decorations. The bad news is that I had to take him down after two days. I had more people come screaming up to my [...]
Sherry | December 5, 2009
Ever since reading The Art of Racing in the Rain, I’ve wondered what Darcy is thinking. This book is written in the first person, with a dog as the “I” character, which is preposterous, of course, but interesting nonetheless. The dog doesn’t talk, or anything strange like that, but we know what he’s thinking all [...]
Sherry | December 4, 2009
Mauri is brimming with Christmas spirit. He’s decorated the windows with battery-operated candles, he’s started thinking about stocking stuffers, NFC Brass played its annual two-hour gig of Christmas music at Chapters, and maybe most indicative of all — his Christmas tree latte art!