Many people have emailed me asking why I haven’t posted pictures of my beautiful granddaughters. I explained that I really didn’t know how, but now I think I do. This will just be a temporary post since I do not want the cuteness of my granddaughters to detract from the heavy, serious issues I intend to write about. So enjoy while you can!
I am nearing the end of my second day at the 2007 Summer Institute at the Logan satellite site. I have not had a day off in ages; I need to buy two new tires for my car. I had to rush my car to Tire City yesterday to find out what was causing the loud banging noise when my speed reached 60 mph. I had a meeting yesterday evening that stretched into the late evening. I have two cats at home who apparently spend the day cruising the Internet and trying to get into my food. I forgot to cut back my rose bushes last fall, and my roses are sparse and skinny. In spite of all that, I feel completely unstressed and happy. I have spent the last two days doing two of the things I enjoy most: writing and listening to people who are writing.
The people in SI are just as accepting, welcoming, and affirming as I remember them from my first SI more than ten years ago. I am happy to get home and prepare for tomorrow, and I will be excited to jump out of bed in the morning to drive the thirty minutes to do this again. Yes! Life is good.
