Marjie on my mind
My sister Marjie is off on the adventure of a lifetime. In her absence I find that her travels have changed the way I see the world.
Hello Marjie!
Woke up early this morning, as I have been lately, so I flipped on the news to see what's happening in the world. I think I have a keener interest in what's going on out there than I ever have because YOU are out there somewhere.
I've heard about the 14-year old boy (probably got the age wrong, proving if the story isn't ABOUT you I won't retain it) who navigated the Atlantic, setting a record for youngest sail alone. I think. That was the first story that really caught me: it had a sailboat, the Atlantic, a vulnerable sailor...all things that would grab me these days but probably wouldn't have caused a flutter in my attention span before you took off to sail the seas.
I've heard about the California hottie who was attempting a lone sail around the world (Ken Barnes, maybe?) and got hung up off the coast of South America. hehe, I felt a lot smarter when I started this, now I'm doubting my recall.
I know where we're at in the Middle East, which is that nobody really knows where we're at with the Middle East. And I know Congress changed hands for the first time in, well...a lot of years. For the first time ever, the gavel was handed over to a woman in the United States senate. Whether or not we should be proud of her has yet to be determined. One of my favorite engineers is in here and I just told him I'm writing to you, bragging about watching the news and suddenly can't recall a single fact...yep, razor-sharp faculties at work here today.
There have never been so many private planes in the news and on tv, Marjie. I hear a story about or see one every day. ;-) Funny what you notice when your perspective changes. i don't recall paying much attention to small planes or their stories until after my sister few away on one a few weeks ago.
I've thoroughly enjoyed documentaries about the attempt to retrieve treasure from a sunken ship in the Balkan Sea (which, I have learned, is not as salty nor as clear as the seas you're travelling); and followed the story of marine biologists' quest to photograph for the first time the elusive giant squid. I have a passing knowledge of what's causing erosion at the Great Barrier Reef, have de-mystified the Bermuda Triangle and caught an episode of Two and a Half Men. Well, even I need a break from the sea every now and then...lol But I figure by the time I see you again I will be a couch marine biologist at the very least. Is there anything you need to know about the Bermuda Triangle?
None of this should be interpreted as worry. I'm not at all worried about you, just more interested in the world around me because you are out there in it.
Love, di
Woke up early this morning, as I have been lately, so I flipped on the news to see what's happening in the world. I think I have a keener interest in what's going on out there than I ever have because YOU are out there somewhere.
I've heard about the 14-year old boy (probably got the age wrong, proving if the story isn't ABOUT you I won't retain it) who navigated the Atlantic, setting a record for youngest sail alone. I think. That was the first story that really caught me: it had a sailboat, the Atlantic, a vulnerable sailor...all things that would grab me these days but probably wouldn't have caused a flutter in my attention span before you took off to sail the seas.
I've heard about the California hottie who was attempting a lone sail around the world (Ken Barnes, maybe?) and got hung up off the coast of South America. hehe, I felt a lot smarter when I started this, now I'm doubting my recall.
I know where we're at in the Middle East, which is that nobody really knows where we're at with the Middle East. And I know Congress changed hands for the first time in, well...a lot of years. For the first time ever, the gavel was handed over to a woman in the United States senate. Whether or not we should be proud of her has yet to be determined. One of my favorite engineers is in here and I just told him I'm writing to you, bragging about watching the news and suddenly can't recall a single fact...yep, razor-sharp faculties at work here today.
There have never been so many private planes in the news and on tv, Marjie. I hear a story about or see one every day. ;-) Funny what you notice when your perspective changes. i don't recall paying much attention to small planes or their stories until after my sister few away on one a few weeks ago.
I've thoroughly enjoyed documentaries about the attempt to retrieve treasure from a sunken ship in the Balkan Sea (which, I have learned, is not as salty nor as clear as the seas you're travelling); and followed the story of marine biologists' quest to photograph for the first time the elusive giant squid. I have a passing knowledge of what's causing erosion at the Great Barrier Reef, have de-mystified the Bermuda Triangle and caught an episode of Two and a Half Men. Well, even I need a break from the sea every now and then...lol But I figure by the time I see you again I will be a couch marine biologist at the very least. Is there anything you need to know about the Bermuda Triangle?
None of this should be interpreted as worry. I'm not at all worried about you, just more interested in the world around me because you are out there in it.
Love, di
posted by Diane @ 9:54 AM
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