September 1, 2008
Bernd Wolfe and Markus vom Status Quo. Herr Wolfe is the co-owner of Markus Bernd’s “man cave” Bernd and his girlfriend: Dinner: Even in Germany a […]
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August 31, 2008
Across from the front courtyard Two of the half dozen cows This is a very small part of the 200+ year old barn across from the […]
August 31, 2008
Some more pictures from Kira’s rendezvous with Markus vom Status Quo in Detmold, Deutschland. This is Bernd Nagel’s home, he is the owner and breeder of […]
July 15, 2008
The flights to and from were uneventful. No problems with the airlines shipping Kira. Well…. other then I flew Northwest and they charged $500 each way […]
March 3, 2008
Hi!
Sorry I didn't get this done last night. I think I
collapsed once we were finally home.
LA was great, as usual--and if anyone wants good
corned beef, I know where to send you.
Yesterday was fairly awful--not as totally awful as
the time they made us take Air France from Chicago to
Paris to London when we knew we had already missed the
London-Moscow connection, but depressing enough. Had
to get up at 4, to get the shuttle at 4:45. All the
other idiots taking the shuttle were late (guy had to
go into the hotel, call the room, eventually they came
down, etc.), so nervous traveller was getting
irritated. Check-in was ok, we got on the plane, then
had a delay because of ground conditions in Denver.
Landed in Denver in a sleet storm. Apparently the
luggage sat outside the whole time, since everything
in the checked bag was soaked when I got home. Long
delay waiting for plane to go to d-ville, then an hour
line-up for de-icing, finally arrived in d-ville in
the middle of a sleet/rain mix, temps falling steadily
as I left the airport. Went straight to the kennel to
pick up the monsters, and we all returned looking like
drowned rats. But at least the streets had not yet
turned to ice.
Today we have sun, wind chill of 12, etc. The boys
greeted the day by tipping over the water bucket in
the kitchen, so my floor is wet, they drowned the tote
bag of stuff I had ready to go to class tomorrow, etc.
But the real question to contemplate is future travel
with checked bags. The regular carry-on was just the
usual aggravation. But this time my bags were checked
every time, and TSA is going a little nutty. They
were so determined to disconnect the battery in my
cheap alarm clock that they broke the clock in the
process. It was not worth much, but when a person
needs an alarm clock . . . . On the way back they
took the top off a little container of hand cream and
put the parts back in separately, so that created an
interesting little mess.
Are we on a list because of the Russian visas? Or do
they do this to everybody?
Maybe we should all take the battery out before we
leave home? But what did I have in the hand cream?
One of those Cold War micro-dots? If so, I should
have had it on a contact lens.
OK, enough. time to put all the towels from the
kitchen floor in the laundry, go to pick up the mail,
etc.
Have a better day than we are!
February 27, 2008
Greetings from LA!
New plantings around the airport--birds-of-paradise
are blooming, also azaleas, primroses, etc. Lots of
new Sago Palms (or some kind of small palm--I wouldn't
know one from another). Sun and 70s. Can't adjust
yet--the ice palace was with us for so long that I
think this is a mirage.
Will check in if I can get a computer again.
Meanwhile, stay off the ice if you can!
January 23, 2008
Let me preface this with, we are “all” okay.< ?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O /> We went snowshoeing Sunday on the North Country Trail. Although it was only 4 degrees we were staying warm and enjoying ourselves, until we got to a section of the trail where we were at the < ?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = ST1 /> We’ve analyzed just about every moment and feel we really didn’t have any other options. There was no way I was going to lose our Hector. He would have drowned if we didn’t go out after him. Fortunately all is fine. But we certainly won’t be hiking near any rivers or lakes anymore in the winter. Hope your Valentine’s litter arrives with hearts of gold. Karen
December 24, 2007
Authentic craft line items are about gone
in today's Moskva. Just read an article based on
interviews with real crafts people, and they can't
find a good outlet. Apparently almost everything at
Izmailovo (the old flea-market now renamed the
"vernisazh"--good old French influence returns) these
days is a fake of one sort or another.
Just in case you want a Bentley, I will attach the
photo.
December 20, 2007
He has a point--but how else do we bring back all those heaps of books?
Op-Ed Contributor: Hell on Wheels
By SETH STEVENSON
Unless you are a deep-sea diver or, maybe, an iron-ore salesman, your luggage really shouldn’t necessitate load-bearing wheels.
Op-Ed Contributor: Hell on Wheels
By SETH STEVENSON
Unless you are a deep-sea diver or, maybe, an iron-ore salesman, your luggage really shouldn’t necessitate load-bearing wheels.