Thursday, July 07, 2005
Bios: Jim Baldwin, Linda Lunde Norlen
Happy Thursday: We're still welcoming registrations. Heard yesterday that Russell Rojan is planning to come. Someone said he goes by the name "Krusty" these days. Oughta be a good story to go along with that. Anyway, we want to see YOU, so sign up and let us know you're coming.
Special Note: Class bios date back to June 25, so be sure to check the June archives if you're reading for the first time.
Today's bios:
James L. Baldwin: Since the last reunion, I continued to work for the State of Alaska in Juneau. I retired from this post June 1 and will likely start a private law practice in the fall.
I continue to fish for salmon in the summers and ski during the winter.
My oldest child Clani is a junior at the University of Puget Sound. My youngest Cody is entering high school. My wife Mary Ann works at the state library. She is an aspiring artist---oil and watercolor.
We like to travel. In the last 10 years, we have visited Australia, France, and Eastern Canada. This winter we will visit our daughter in Malaysia.
Linda Lunde Norlen: I don't feel old, but a 40-year class reunion sounds like I should be ancient. Where has the time gone?
Since the last reunion, my divorce from Jim Norlen became final in January, 1996, just shy of 30 years by three months. What a change in my life, and it was quite an adjustment. I survived!
I quit my job in Seattle at the National Health Lab as a medical biller and moved to Spokane to be near my youngest son Troy and his family. It was the best move I ever made. I love it in Spokane.
And, I've actually accomplished what I didn't think possible. I'm a proud homeowner! My home gives me a sense of security---my own place. I'm not out on the streets, and I have a beautiful yard to work in.
I developed rheumatoid arthritis with the stress of the divorce, and it didn't go away when the stress did. As a result, I'm on disability. I had my right knee replaced in 02/99, and I had a heart attack in 04/02 resulting in a stent implant in my right coronary artery because of a 99 percent blockage. I suffer chronic pain, but I keep active.
I love working in my yard, doing scrap booking and stamping, and being with my two sones and their families. I have nine grandchildren total, with the oldest granson graduating in 2004.
I have not remarried yet, but I would like to find a companion to do things with.
Special Note: Class bios date back to June 25, so be sure to check the June archives if you're reading for the first time.
Today's bios:
James L. Baldwin: Since the last reunion, I continued to work for the State of Alaska in Juneau. I retired from this post June 1 and will likely start a private law practice in the fall.
I continue to fish for salmon in the summers and ski during the winter.
My oldest child Clani is a junior at the University of Puget Sound. My youngest Cody is entering high school. My wife Mary Ann works at the state library. She is an aspiring artist---oil and watercolor.
We like to travel. In the last 10 years, we have visited Australia, France, and Eastern Canada. This winter we will visit our daughter in Malaysia.
Linda Lunde Norlen: I don't feel old, but a 40-year class reunion sounds like I should be ancient. Where has the time gone?
Since the last reunion, my divorce from Jim Norlen became final in January, 1996, just shy of 30 years by three months. What a change in my life, and it was quite an adjustment. I survived!
I quit my job in Seattle at the National Health Lab as a medical biller and moved to Spokane to be near my youngest son Troy and his family. It was the best move I ever made. I love it in Spokane.
And, I've actually accomplished what I didn't think possible. I'm a proud homeowner! My home gives me a sense of security---my own place. I'm not out on the streets, and I have a beautiful yard to work in.
I developed rheumatoid arthritis with the stress of the divorce, and it didn't go away when the stress did. As a result, I'm on disability. I had my right knee replaced in 02/99, and I had a heart attack in 04/02 resulting in a stent implant in my right coronary artery because of a 99 percent blockage. I suffer chronic pain, but I keep active.
I love working in my yard, doing scrap booking and stamping, and being with my two sones and their families. I have nine grandchildren total, with the oldest granson graduating in 2004.
I have not remarried yet, but I would like to find a companion to do things with.
