In continuation of the project started the other day, brother Dennis sends along more “finds”. As I just got off the phone with Ivi and we had discussed this matter, I am publishing two more examples that she wanted to see. These are of yours truly, at a slightly younger age, including one with Dennis himself and my mother’s aunt’s small dog. Somewhere in the wastelands of Iowa, sometime in the 1940s.
Norway turns out to be the “world’s happiest country“.
And on an almost unrelated note, that makes me think of Ivi and Happy Camp. Remember?
In August 2010, some may remember that we were in Iowa for my mother Thelma’s funeral. At the conclusion of that visit, running out of time, my two siblings and I ended up with a number of very large cartons of photographs and other possessions that we divided up and shipped to our respective residences for further sorting and consideration. The Dreaded Boxes. We mutually promised to reunite annually in rotation to go over these things. None of us, apparently, has found the time to address this matter, or even get together, until recently when my brother starting inspecting the material in his assigned boxes. He sends a few examples along, none of which I had ever seen before.
Regular readers and family know that my niece Gabrielle has lived for years in the Cape Code region and has been close to the fishing industry there. And other relatives hail from nearby Boston.
Last night we saw an encore piece on the PBS Newshour about the problem of sustainable fishing in that part of the world and efforts to promote harvesting of plentiful species such as “dogfish”.
One of the purveyors cited in the piece as promoting sustainable species was an organization called Sea to Table. So I immediately looked up the website and dashed off email to inquire about dogfish. When I awoke this morning, I found that I had a cheerful and detailed response from Eliza of Sea to Table, telling me that dogfish is among the seafood that they intend to make available for home delivery, along with the half-dozen or so core species now on the mail-order menu.
No sooner than I closed that message and turned to reviewing the morning news, I came across this fascinating MoJo piece on “The CodFather”.
But, wait: there’s more! Next I see another MoJo piece on Iowa fish farming, of all things. Iowa, the birthplace of not only Gabrielle, but her father, and, of course, myself.
A little Hello-Velouria action from this Women’s Day week:
Just circumventing the usual channels to say hi to Chika and Ivi …
A new posting for Ivi: Charlie sports his new Ruffwear Adventure Harness.
Featured in the Grande Ronde “Retirement Chronicles” for March 2017:
Valentine’s Day. Kim scores an Insta-Pot.
Video chat via Google Hangouts today!
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That’s the title of the book by Thomas Kunkel.
Eager, almost desperate, to find a respite from current news and commentary, I am now reading this 2015 book — gifted to me for Christmas — aloud as our post-lunch relaxation and entertainment.
“Man in Profile” is a biography of Joseph Mitchell, whose “Up In The Old Hotel“, I also read aloud about a year ago. If you have ever read Mitchell, you would surely find this read a worthwhile supplement, adding much backstory and detail that only enriches the former. And it amazingly seems to be written in a similar or at least sympathetic style. Read ’em all.
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