|
| I heard some sad news today about a former student from Ironwood.
Ryan Mewborn died on Saturday, October 31, 2009.
He was:
One of Lizzy's classmates.
One of Barry's students.
One of my friends.
So sad. | | |
| We're headed to the Northwoods tomorrow. It's been a year and a half since we were last there. Christmastime, to be exact. A lot has happened since then. Martha has gotten married, Liz graduated from Washington University, and I've gotten my M. Ed. Barry Sr. and Barry Jr. have had many changes as well, just not as monumental as ours. Life is good.
However, I'm curious how this trip will be. Barry and I have only been to Ironwood by ourselves once, and that was at his father's memorial service. We need this break in a big way. I hope that this will be a relaxing time for the two of us, enjoying the things that we grew to love about the Northwoods while we were there. Things like hiking, pasties, bonfires at the lake, Don and G.G.'s, the falls, the Bell Chalet, the Porkies, Rigoni's Bakery, evening walks, the Black Cat....mostly eating and exercising. Oh, and lots of coffee!!!
I'm looking forward to it in a nostalgic way, as if going back will resolve something for me. As much as I loved our time there, I certainly have mixed emotions about some of the people we had to deal with. Bitter/sweet, that's what it was for me. I know that as with all the chapters in our lives, as time passes we tend to remember the good and not the bad. But sometimes, more often than not, people can make what God intended to be a good thing, a very miserable thing. And though it is God's plan, it can be a tough pill to swallow.
I doubt anyone will read this, and if you do, you probably live up there somewhere. No one down south blogs their thoughts like we do up north. It's too raw. It's sunny down here, and that's the way everyone wants to keep it.
Maybe I'll see you running around Mt. Zion. | | |
| Guess what? Someone else has been getting my xanga updates. I did what Josh said and all the updates were checked. The problem was my email said whiteoparh, not whiteoprah.
So, I will look forward to all of you posting insightful posts and enjoying them. I love all you xanga posters. Please post soon.
lucyP | | |
| O.K.
I said some pretty insightful things on Facebook. No one noticed because, as I stated on Facebook, no one is really listening to you, or should I say reading what you have to say.
For those of you who don't have Facebook, Hannah and Jim, I said that Facebook is like a cocktail party: you mingle with a lot of people you don't really know. Xanga, on the other hand, is like coffee on the front porch.
I didn't expound anymore than that, not because I didn't want to, but because you can't. Facebook will only let you say so much. (this most certainly was created by a man) What I wanted to say about xanga is that there is much more opportunity to express your thoughts and to hear what others think as well. I like that.
Facebook is strictly, "I'm doing this or that...I'm a fan of this or that...I love everyone...I took a test to see how many characters I can name from Lord of the Rings...I have 422,835,201 friends..." etc. etc. Get the picture? Most of you are on Facebook so you know exactly what I'm talking about.
So, here's what I think xanga needs to do. (maybe you CAN do this and I just don't know how) Facebook sends you emails every time someone posts on your wall. Xanga should send you some sort of update, too. Can you make that happen? If so, someone who is still in xangaland, tell me how to do it.
| | |
| I haven't been on in a long time. Just for the record, Martha is engaged to be married. We are so happy for her. So, we're are all busy with wedding plans. I'll try to post the details later.
Just wondering how everyone in xangworld is? Does anyone still get on xanga? I've been on Facebook lately, and it is rather impersonal. However, there are millions of people. I don't know if that's a good trade off.
| | |
|
