last day in Seattle

A good, laid-back day - got to see all kinds of Seattle I've never seen when I lived out here: Ballard Sunday Market (blackberries the size of baby human heads, an amazing Mid-Century furniture shop, the "perfect toffee" - kind of like the Lawrence Sunday Market but four times as big and in a great shopping district), then afternoon at the Seattle Center Robothon (three classes of robot battles, fish'n'chips in the food court, mocking a grouchy bus driver who honked when we tried to park), then pizza and chatting. And amazingly enough, my entire visit here has been sunny and kind of warm

It has been so good to see you, weaselmom, Weaseldad, kijjohnson, woadwarrior, and jeanineers. Next time I visit Seattle, I'll be able to see more people.

Tomorrow: Back to Lawrence. I hope y'all're well.

Best,
Chris

last day in Seattle

A good, laid-back day - got to see all kinds of Seattle I've never seen when I lived out here: Ballard Sunday Market (blackberries the size of baby human heads, an amazing Mid-Century furniture shop, the "perfect toffee" - kind of like the Lawrence Sunday Market but four times as big and in a great shopping district), then afternoon at the Seattle Center Robothon (three classes of robot battles, fish'n'chips in the food court, mocking a grouchy bus driver who honked when we tried to park), then pizza and chatting. And amazingly enough, my entire visit here has been sunny and kind of warm

It has been so good to see you, weaselmom, Weaseldad, kijjohnson, woadwarrior, and jeanineers. Next time I visit Seattle, I'll be able to see more people.

Tomorrow: Back to Lawrence. I hope y'all're well.

Best,
Chris

home again, home again

Class is doing an email exercise, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to let y'all know I made it home safe. Dead-tired; I should sleep like, well, the dead tonight.

The visit was good and also difficult. Re-connecting with old friends was much-needed but, especially with Kij, emotionally hard (but worth the investment). People and our connections with them are what really matters, and after difficult times this re-connection matters even more.

An amazing thing about LiveJournal, by the way: I haven't seen some of these folks for months and years, yet because of regular conversations here, we could pick right up where we left off... even ahead of where we were.

Love to everyone, y'all,
Chris

home again, home again

Class is doing an email exercise, so I thought I'd take this opportunity to let y'all know I made it home safe. Dead-tired; I should sleep like, well, the dead tonight.

The visit was good and also difficult. Re-connecting with old friends was much-needed but, especially with Kij, emotionally hard (but worth the investment). People and our connections with them are what really matters, and after difficult times this re-connection matters even more.

An amazing thing about LiveJournal, by the way: I haven't seen some of these folks for months and years, yet because of regular conversations here, we could pick right up where we left off... even ahead of where we were.

Love to everyone, y'all,
Chris