Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Mickinnick reflections---Marianne
My younger brother and sister came by yesterday afternoon and said they wanted to check out the Mickinnick Trail. So, we hopped in Laurie's pickup and headed up there. The late-afternoon temperatures were much more soothing than what we encountered on the afternoon of the reunion hike.
I couldn't help but think of how nice it was to walk with people my own age that day as my 40-something siblings took off up those hills, sometimes almost at the jog. Coming down, it was even more dramatic to observe the age gap between us. They were always at least 300 yards ahead of me as I carefully maneuvered the trail with my hiking poles.
Bet they both have some new, complaining muscles today. This is the same brother who wants me to accompany him to Tekoa Butte today so he can try to jump off with his hang glider. I'm gonna hide.
Anyway, the point of all this is that I still keep thinking about the reunion and how wonderful it was to see everyone, albeit very brief visits in many cases. Janet, I never did seem to sit down long enough to have a good talk with you. So, we've gotta exchange emails a bit more frequently to get caught up.
I'd like to keep the blog continually updated and interesting for everyone to keep checking in and using it as what some observers have termed blogs to be: a sort of town square where people show up and exchange views and news.
So, I invite classmates----whether you attended the reunion or not---to send your thoughts. If you have a topic you'd like folks to discuss, send it. If you still haven't sent in your bio, send it. If you have digital pictures of the reunion to post, send them.
I'm still trying to figure out the best way to post some Lorraine sent me. My little pea brain often has to work over time sometimes to figure out the correct steps for making anything "cyber-related" to work the way it's supposed to. So, bear with me, but if you send it, I shall post it----eventually. I still haven't figured out how to rid the page of those occasional html items that appear on some postings.
Hope all are having a good time wherever you are and that thoughts of the phenomenal weekend in Sandpoint are still popping up and making you smile.
I couldn't help but think of how nice it was to walk with people my own age that day as my 40-something siblings took off up those hills, sometimes almost at the jog. Coming down, it was even more dramatic to observe the age gap between us. They were always at least 300 yards ahead of me as I carefully maneuvered the trail with my hiking poles.
Bet they both have some new, complaining muscles today. This is the same brother who wants me to accompany him to Tekoa Butte today so he can try to jump off with his hang glider. I'm gonna hide.
Anyway, the point of all this is that I still keep thinking about the reunion and how wonderful it was to see everyone, albeit very brief visits in many cases. Janet, I never did seem to sit down long enough to have a good talk with you. So, we've gotta exchange emails a bit more frequently to get caught up.
I'd like to keep the blog continually updated and interesting for everyone to keep checking in and using it as what some observers have termed blogs to be: a sort of town square where people show up and exchange views and news.
So, I invite classmates----whether you attended the reunion or not---to send your thoughts. If you have a topic you'd like folks to discuss, send it. If you still haven't sent in your bio, send it. If you have digital pictures of the reunion to post, send them.
I'm still trying to figure out the best way to post some Lorraine sent me. My little pea brain often has to work over time sometimes to figure out the correct steps for making anything "cyber-related" to work the way it's supposed to. So, bear with me, but if you send it, I shall post it----eventually. I still haven't figured out how to rid the page of those occasional html items that appear on some postings.
Hope all are having a good time wherever you are and that thoughts of the phenomenal weekend in Sandpoint are still popping up and making you smile.
