In my “about me” page, I refer to the “mysterious Virginia branch of the family.” They are a mystery no more—I am now in touch with one of my cousins, who has filled me in on my many other cousins, a few dozen of whom live a mere 3 hours up I-85 in Richmond.
I have [...]

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…and Barry is in his room editing audio, while I’m in my room editing video.
What a coupla media geeks.
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I heard a rumor that someone from Ireland, with a friend here in town, bought pizza for the Durham Obama supporters on election day. And why not? Along with Chicago, Hawaii, Kenya and Indonesia, Ireland is claiming Obama as one of their native sons:
There’s No One as Irish as Barack Obama by Hardy Drew and [...]

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Yesterday was my mother’s 88th birthday. We took advantage of a lovely day to take a drive up to Person County, where we had a picnic and tasted some wine at the Rock of Ages winery. They have a couple of drinkable wines (and a few way-too-sweet wines), but mostly it’s a good excuse for [...]

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It was one year ago today that I became Mrs. Dependable.
Best damn thing I’ve ever done.
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A sample post, just to show my mom how this blogging thing works.
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We’ve been back for a week now, and I’ve finally gotten a chance to sit down, go through the many photos I took, and recap the rest of our trip.
First off, here’s a couple more views of our home base on Potrero Hill. This is the flat we stayed in…we had the upstairs:

And here’s Farley’s, [...]

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It’s been pretty much non-stop action this week. When last you saw your intrepid travelers, I believe we had been here a mere day or two and still had two weeks yawning before us. Now we’re into the endgame, trying to figure out what we can fit in during the last couple of days, with [...]

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In the middle of the night tomorrow, we’ll be rising to go to the airport. As long as Hannah’s visit doesn’t cause too many flight delays, we’ll be in San Francisco by noon.
I’m trying really hard not to think of it as going home.
I was only a visitor in San Francisco once, in 1968, when [...]

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Barry has just driven off with his daughter to take her up to D.C., where she will spend 3 days in training before leaving for 27 months in Central America with the Peace Corps.
Be safe. Be strong. Be well. Have fun. Learn lots.
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