Archive for March, 2007

My Brother, the Hero

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

Judy emailed the other day to say,
I’ve neglected to report on the amazing occurrence of several weeks ago when Gil found a co-worker collapsed on the ground outside the apple plant and managed to get him inside and provide “rescue breathing” that saved the man’s life.
This is the second time in my knowing Gil […]

Odyssey of the Mind

Monday, March 19th, 2007

Saturday was my team’s Odyssey of the Mind performance. They - John, plus four boys and two girls - put together a really nice performance of which I think they were all pretty proud. Later in the day, John leaned against me and said, “I’m happy” and then talked about OM.
The “problem” this year was […]

Mail Call

Thursday, March 15th, 2007

Sorting the mail at our house these days goes like this: Caroline, Caroline, junk, Caroline, catelog, Caroline, Caroline, bill, Caroline, junk, Caroline. Her stuff is all colleges trying to get her attention. I’d be impressed if I didn’t know that it is all because she took the PSAT and has nothing to do with her […]

Softball Season Again

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007

We’ve had three full non-softball months, but it is back. BI tryouts were held last week and Caroline made varsity. Because we had no idea what the team was like we’d had a vague worry about it all year. We should have relaxed after the first day of tryouts when the coach asked Caroline what […]

Bike Seat Advice

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

As I was riding my bike yesterday an older gentleman came up beside me and very nicely suggested that I lower my bike seat by about ½ an inch. Apparently at my current height I was rocking too much. Intrigued I stopped and adjusted it and found he was correct.
As I said he was an […]

Lunar Eclipse

Sunday, March 4th, 2007

We ventured out to see the lunar eclipse last night. We picked the overlook at the end of Waynewood Boulevard since it faces east over the river. At first we were disappointed because of the low bank of clouds which blocked the moon. But there was plenty of room to run around, jump a small […]

Busy Week

Saturday, March 3rd, 2007

We just finished the type of week that usually comes in early June. Then every activity is wrapping up for the year and there are many must attend evening events with our regular evening slate. The pileup this week was caused by snow cancellation which had postponed earlier, nicely spaced activities. This week went like […]