As I do just about every day at work, I drink a cup of tea, typically Stash’s Lemon Ginger. Today, I noticed the following upon completing the cup. Our resident biologist was unable to identify the specimen, and I am not yet assured that my life is not in dire peril.
Stocking Ivi’s kitchen from home and Trader Joe’s. Exploring around campus; Ivi shows us secret areas and paths. Hanging out and plotting the next move. Everywhere is green and lush and as private as you want.
Ivi finds a prospective eating venue in southeast Portland. This turns out to be an highly-rated though somewhat obscure Ethiopian restaurant occupying the second floor of a building that seems to be above a garage on a side street. Small, intimate, utensil-free, seems to be popular with people of all stripes. Ethiopian beer must be an acquired taste. After eating, we check out a lot full of food carts representing several nationalities and ethnicities. On the way back, Dad surveys the traffic from the back seat, spotting a 370Z as the highlight.
So we decide to connect with Ivi for Lewis & Clark’s Homecoming/Parents Weekend, leaving in early morning on October 4th for Portland (via Walla Walla). We find Ivi, check into a nearby motel, the ladies shop while Dad naps, then we plan our evening dinner. Ivi suggests ethnic food and begins an online search. Can you handle the drama and excitement?
And, by the way, this is the first time we have seen Ivi since her burn accident and ER visit less than a week ago. Happily, all is progressing well beneath that left hand bandage.
Ivi tells us that she has taken up gumbooting, an African dance tradition that springs from a method of communication that miners used when they were constrained from talking or using other communication methods while working deep underground. Here is an example:
Must report that the deer-repellant flags that Kim made from strips of aluminum foil-like survival blanket material and installed a couple of months ago at key deer-jump locations apparently work, as we have seen no evidence of deer incursions since.
While walking home from work today …
