Picaresque

Picaresque is the adjective to describe writings about a common or low character who survives the pitfalls of life through luck or good fortune. My travels, interests, my animals, my photographs, my wonderful friends and family are featured.

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Location: Arapahoe, Wyoming, United States

(Note: Blogs read from bottom to top; scroll down for beginnings, scroll up for most current.) After 30 years in public administration and four degrees, as well as numerous workshops with luminaries in Education and Public Policy, life in a slower lane became a goal. Most recently I have done policy writing and consulting for the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone Tribes. Mostly, I am just coasting slowly and gently downhill these days-seeking joy where I can find it before the glorious ride ends.

Sunday, November 09, 2008

Sunday Shrimp-fest

Not a Sunday stew. Janet's folks, Susie andMax, were going to throw her a birthday dinner on her birthday but I gummed it up by going to Oregon. So we had it today at their great home in Sinks Canyon. Max has built them three homes all of them spaced up the hill from their present address. I envied the storage, the craftsmanship and very nice spaces to live in. It was very nice to hear Susie say "We have done well for ourselves," which is a nice observation to have in the upper "senior" years. They have had good lives with some travel on behalf of the Lion's club, two great kids and hard work that paid off for them. Janet's daughter-in-law was there- she is an occupational therapist in Green River, up for some training in positioning severely handicapped children. She is a warm girl. Got caught up on Guy's recent doings: he has brought the cows home for the winter and they summered extremely well.

Susie with a little assistance from Janet put on a shrimp feast- all you can peel and eat, baked potato with chives, cabbage melange, gelatin mold with raspberries, rolls, and Oreo pudding cake. We started with a nice wine. It was very pleasant and great fun to learn about their life and times. Old Timers. Kind people.

Buster is not well-we will see the vet in the morning.