Sunday, August 23, 2009
Friday, July 24, 2009
Saturday, May 2, 2009
Math Conference in Washington DC
This is my roommate from my masters' degree program, Edith James. We connected after 43 years! We had a lot to discuss, to say the least.
I took a day to tour the city, which had certainly changed since 1986, when I brought eighth graders here from Santa Rosa's 3R school. Here is the residence of President Obama and his family.
This is the assembly hall for the national conference. I think most of the big names in mathematics education were here. My own professor, Dr. Thomasenia Adams, had a featured role at NCSM and the presession.
There were 12,000 attendees.
Washington in the springtime is a beautiful place. It was nice to clear my mind, after all the recent reading and writing, hearing others talk helped me arrange my thoughts for the final sprint to finish the written exam.
The reflecting pond--to reflect on my career in mathematics, actually punctuated at beginning and end by a Washington trip. (a comma, not an end)
Monday, March 16, 2009
March Madness
Bourne and other photos from the recent trip to Texas. The green grass is from two years ago. The brown photo is from our winter visit last week. This, folks, is a drought.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
February happenings
Charmi and JJ showed us the watery side of Palm Coast this month.This hat is one of Charmi's latest designs.
John, always the elusive one. At least I got half of his face.
The occasion was Peggy's 75th birthday.Charmi tried to show me how to alter photographs. Here's my attempt to improve the photo of Scott learning about Facebook.
Friday, January 9, 2009
Here was another Christmas letter I began:
The gifts are wrapped, and soup is on the stove. All the guests are scurrying about shopping for the gifts they didn’t want to bring on the airplanes. Scott is out absorbing the Christmas atmosphere. He never gets into the mood until noon on December 24. He reminds me of Grandma—we kids spent so many hours in the car on our way to Grandma’s house because Mother had “to pick up a few things.” I’ve been thinking about Christmas Past as Christmas Present abruptly settled upon us. Since Saturday, LaFramentas have been flying across the continent for a Reunion here in Sonoma. River will be with his Auntie Charmi and Uncle John, his mom and dad, his grandma and grandpa in his daddy’s childhood home. Joining us are Paige (our exchange student from NYC), husband Eddie, and son Theo. Their Danish friends and Candice’s San Diego friends will share more of the vacation with us.
So Christmas Present looks a little different—two days to prepare means a “toddler tree”, fewer packages, and no cookies. Charmi will be making us vegan cupcakes later today, and we hope the little boys adapt to Pacific Standard Time quickly. They are such cute little guys; what a pleasure to share this holiday season with them! Grandma and Glenn are with Steve’s family in San Antonio and Carole plays hostess to her large family in Denver. I think of our Christmases in the past, in San Francisco, Novato, Chicago, Tucson, and then Sonoma and Gainesville, and last year, Toronto. So many dear ones at all those parties—scattered about the country now, and many of those in Mom’s generation “passed on.” This is the Christmas to follow the younger ones.
Now, from the vantage point of mid-January, I want to comment on how magical the holiday was. Ten families intermingled, seven from out of town. There was conversation, food, laughter, gifts, and wonderful wine. We spent a lot of time at the children's playground in Sonoma's Plaza--the two boys from NY and Toronto were delighted to be on swings again, and to feed the ducks in the pond. Train Town was a real draw, as well. Are all little boys hard-wired to love trains and engines? Adults visited the wineries and Jack London Historic State Park. The charm of the town where Scott and I decided to settle and raise a family was evident as a destination for a Christmas reunion. For you HGTV viewers or web browsers, check out the Sweepstakes House. It's across the street from our first home on 5th Street East. Happy New Year to you all!
The gifts are wrapped, and soup is on the stove. All the guests are scurrying about shopping for the gifts they didn’t want to bring on the airplanes. Scott is out absorbing the Christmas atmosphere. He never gets into the mood until noon on December 24. He reminds me of Grandma—we kids spent so many hours in the car on our way to Grandma’s house because Mother had “to pick up a few things.” I’ve been thinking about Christmas Past as Christmas Present abruptly settled upon us. Since Saturday, LaFramentas have been flying across the continent for a Reunion here in Sonoma. River will be with his Auntie Charmi and Uncle John, his mom and dad, his grandma and grandpa in his daddy’s childhood home. Joining us are Paige (our exchange student from NYC), husband Eddie, and son Theo. Their Danish friends and Candice’s San Diego friends will share more of the vacation with us.
So Christmas Present looks a little different—two days to prepare means a “toddler tree”, fewer packages, and no cookies. Charmi will be making us vegan cupcakes later today, and we hope the little boys adapt to Pacific Standard Time quickly. They are such cute little guys; what a pleasure to share this holiday season with them! Grandma and Glenn are with Steve’s family in San Antonio and Carole plays hostess to her large family in Denver. I think of our Christmases in the past, in San Francisco, Novato, Chicago, Tucson, and then Sonoma and Gainesville, and last year, Toronto. So many dear ones at all those parties—scattered about the country now, and many of those in Mom’s generation “passed on.” This is the Christmas to follow the younger ones.
Now, from the vantage point of mid-January, I want to comment on how magical the holiday was. Ten families intermingled, seven from out of town. There was conversation, food, laughter, gifts, and wonderful wine. We spent a lot of time at the children's playground in Sonoma's Plaza--the two boys from NY and Toronto were delighted to be on swings again, and to feed the ducks in the pond. Train Town was a real draw, as well. Are all little boys hard-wired to love trains and engines? Adults visited the wineries and Jack London Historic State Park. The charm of the town where Scott and I decided to settle and raise a family was evident as a destination for a Christmas reunion. For you HGTV viewers or web browsers, check out the Sweepstakes House. It's across the street from our first home on 5th Street East. Happy New Year to you all!
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