Barb and Hattie took a little nature walk this weekend.
Hattie at Painted Rock
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Category Archives: Family & Friends
Glacier National Park
Barb and sister Jan wrapped up their Yellowstone adventure with a run up to Glacier National Park. Her phone is filled with images like these. Postcard views everywhere you look.
Rocky coast of Maine
Barb in the Rockies
Barb and Jan are on a ten-day tour of Yellowstone (and nearby places that haven’t burned yet)
The Mays Boys
Nice visit with my brother, Blane and his wife Tonya this weekend.
Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park
Barb and some of her garden club buddies visited Elephant Rocks State Park and Johnson’s Shut-Ins State Park (photos) last week. A good time was had.
The Mays Brothers
Be hard to find a photo of my brother Blane and I that more perfectly captures how much we enjoy each other’s company.
Teaching Chinese
One morning I noticed a gentleman sitting on the other side of the coffee shop flipping through a big stack of 3×5 cards. It was obvious he was using them as flash cards so I took a peek and saw what I assumed were Chinese characters (pictographs?) I introduced myself and asked about the cards.
The man’s name is Landis Duffett and he teaches languages at one of the local high schools. Beginning this fall he will teach a couple of sections of Chinese and he’s using the cards to get ready.
A couple of days ago we chatted for a bit about how he got interested in teaching Chinese; how the language differs from others (Spanish, French, Germans, etc); and the growing influence of China in all areas. The video runs just over six minutes.
Barb
Radio 2018
Best job (most fun) I ever had was working at my hometown radio station. I think half of the dozen years I worked there were on the morning shift. But it’s been years since I listened to “terrestrial” radio and wondered what it’s like in 2018. So I asked my friend John Marsh if I could sit in a corner of the KWOS studio and watch him (and Dick Aldrich) do the Morning NewsWatch. Very different from 1973. Tightly formatted. All digital and computer controlled.
