Thursday, July 14, 2005
Bios: Chris Thompson, Marianne Brown Love
We planned a meeting last night, but some of us had different ideas of when the meeting would begin. So, some left just as some arrived---without seeing each other. Because of our sparse numbers, we'll try it again next week. In the meantime, I'll be sending out last-minute information about the recreational venues, times, etc.
I decided that since Chris Thompson and I are related via cats, horses and people, we need to appear together on today's bios. So, here we go. It all started when my brother Mike married Chris' sister Mary. Then, came my horse Casey who originated in his most basic form from the Thompson ranch at Wrencoe.
After that, my daughter Annie, and Chris' son Jeremy both visited a common cousin in Samoa. Annie flew from New Zealand at the time, while Jeremy flew from Seattle. For two weeks, they enjoyed Samoan culture and watching their common cousin's young triplets (then 1 year old) romp around----and, I'm told, they watched "Finding Nimo" fifteen times. Now, Annie rents a room in the same apartment as Jeremy in Seattle.
And to add one more connection, a few months ago, Chris' sister-in-law Rose Marie entrusted me with her 11-year-old Persian kitty queen named Charlie. So, with all this networking, we kinda run in to each other occasionally.
Now for the bios:
I decided that since Chris Thompson and I are related via cats, horses and people, we need to appear together on today's bios. So, here we go. It all started when my brother Mike married Chris' sister Mary. Then, came my horse Casey who originated in his most basic form from the Thompson ranch at Wrencoe.
After that, my daughter Annie, and Chris' son Jeremy both visited a common cousin in Samoa. Annie flew from New Zealand at the time, while Jeremy flew from Seattle. For two weeks, they enjoyed Samoan culture and watching their common cousin's young triplets (then 1 year old) romp around----and, I'm told, they watched "Finding Nimo" fifteen times. Now, Annie rents a room in the same apartment as Jeremy in Seattle.
And to add one more connection, a few months ago, Chris' sister-in-law Rose Marie entrusted me with her 11-year-old Persian kitty queen named Charlie. So, with all this networking, we kinda run in to each other occasionally.
Now for the bios:
Chris Thompson: Retired to the Sandpoint area 8 years ago from a 29-year full-time stint in the ski industry (43 years in all). The last 10 seasons I managed a 4 ski area complex in the Seattle area. Although retired, I still ski occasionally - oh, about 115 days a season, including summer skiing. Still actively coaching and teaching alpine skiing and training other coaches and ski instructors locally and regionally. And, have had the opportunity to ski with Dann, Gary and Doug a few times here at Schweitzer.
Married in 1969. We celebrated our 35th anniversary this past summer. Have one son, Jeremy 27, living in and working as a chef in Seattle. My wife Judy, also retired, is actively involved in local, community projects; therefore, so am I.
We are fully enjoying the 4-season climate of North Idaho. With a home on the south shore of the river facing Sandpoint, we have a revolving door both summer and winter enjoying family and friends.
I ride my mountain and road bikes a combination of about 1,500 miles during the summer to stay in some kind of reasonable shape, play a fair amount of golf, ride dirt bikes, hunt, fish, hike, travel a little and in my spare time have an excavation business I operate with my brother and brother-in-law.
I ride my mountain and road bikes a combination of about 1,500 miles during the summer to stay in some kind of reasonable shape, play a fair amount of golf, ride dirt bikes, hunt, fish, hike, travel a little and in my spare time have an excavation business I operate with my brother and brother-in-law.
See you at the reunion.
Marianne Brown Love: My husband Bill, a Louisiana transplant, and I live almost a mile from where I grew up north of Sandpoint. . We raised our two children, Willie and Annie (sports editor in Newport and front desk supervisor for a Seattle Marriott, respectively), here on our 10-acre farm west of the airport. It's quickly being surrounded by metal buildings. In fact, a 56,000 square foot airplane manufacturing building for Quest Aviation is being completed right behind our magnificent red barn. We don't know how long we'll stay here, but we still love our home.
I taught at Sandpoint High School for 33 years, retiring in 2002. Since then, I've happily pursued my passion as a freelance writer here at my computer on Great Northern Road My work appears in the Spokesman-Review, Sandpoint Magazine, the River Journal and the Appaloosa Journal. You can read some of it by visiting www.mariannelove.com or my blog at www.slightdetour.blogspot.com. Little brother Jim, a Grants Pass, Ore., architect, does the cartoons.
I've published two books, Pocket Girdles, and Postcards from Potato Land. A third manuscript about my teaching career sits on a publisher's desk in Nevada. The editor asked for my patience in waiting to hear if it's accepted, so patient I try to be.
Life has been good to me here in beautiful Sandpoint, Idaho. Like everyone, I hate to see our little town grow so quickly as it has the past few years. On the other hand, that growth has enhanced my own personal growth through the opportunities of meeting new people with diverse backgrounds and great stories----always looking for material!
Also, looking forward to rekindling many old friendships through the reunion.
Marianne Brown Love: My husband Bill, a Louisiana transplant, and I live almost a mile from where I grew up north of Sandpoint. . We raised our two children, Willie and Annie (sports editor in Newport and front desk supervisor for a Seattle Marriott, respectively), here on our 10-acre farm west of the airport. It's quickly being surrounded by metal buildings. In fact, a 56,000 square foot airplane manufacturing building for Quest Aviation is being completed right behind our magnificent red barn. We don't know how long we'll stay here, but we still love our home.
I taught at Sandpoint High School for 33 years, retiring in 2002. Since then, I've happily pursued my passion as a freelance writer here at my computer on Great Northern Road My work appears in the Spokesman-Review, Sandpoint Magazine, the River Journal and the Appaloosa Journal. You can read some of it by visiting www.mariannelove.com or my blog at www.slightdetour.blogspot.com. Little brother Jim, a Grants Pass, Ore., architect, does the cartoons.
I've published two books, Pocket Girdles, and Postcards from Potato Land. A third manuscript about my teaching career sits on a publisher's desk in Nevada. The editor asked for my patience in waiting to hear if it's accepted, so patient I try to be.
Life has been good to me here in beautiful Sandpoint, Idaho. Like everyone, I hate to see our little town grow so quickly as it has the past few years. On the other hand, that growth has enhanced my own personal growth through the opportunities of meeting new people with diverse backgrounds and great stories----always looking for material!
Also, looking forward to rekindling many old friendships through the reunion.
