After more than 12 months of observing demoliton, earthworks and construction, Copacabana celebrated the opening of our new surf life saving club building this weekend. It is a splendid community facility and includes some interesting public art work. The Laundry King and I also make it onto a brick or two.
Celebrations
25 Years Ago Today
Over at Peppermint Patcher’s household there is excitement and apprehension as her daughter soon embarks upon a Rotary youth exchange to France and her son is scheduled for some serious chest surgery. It’s an adrenalin-inducing combination that I am familiar with. It is twenty five years to the day since I departed on my own […]
Christmas Gifts
Love, joy and peace are the ultimate Christmas gifts. The first two are in abundance at my mother-in-law’s home here in Pittsburgh. However, with this loud exuberant Italian family, peace is a little harder to come by. I am always amazed that David and his sister make more noise than me and my five siblings […]
The Magic of Christmas
Last night David and I did the granparently thing and stood in line for almost two hours so that Ryan (two and a half years old) could put in a good word with Santa. He was so chuffed! (This photo is grainy because it was surreptiously snapped with a zoom from a long distance. Our […]
Serendipity & the Art of Friendship
I first came across Diane’s blog Going to Pieces and the Artful Quilters Web Ring in 2005 and immediately felt like I had discovered a kindred spirit in this fellow quilting lawyer. As we often travel to this part of California, I was confident that it would only be a matter of time before we […]
A noble spirit
Today’s post is dedicated to my host father Don Hughes who died this week. The love and warmth offered by Don and June was instrumental in my transition to life as an exchange student in a new country. We had such fun and adventures together including being in the band for the musical comedy Kiss […]