In my own little corner...

Stunned

Dear Mom...

You remember Karen, my friend from college? The one who lived just down the road from us, but I never met her until we were both 300 miles away from home?  I just found out that she died, back in 1996.  That's all I know, right now.

I immediately hit the internet, and Googled for her name. There was only one hit, and while it was about her, it didn't tell me anything.   Since those folks knew her, though, I shot them an email asking if they could share any details. We'll see if they respond.

Back in Chicago

Yesterday was wonderful.  I hooked up with my friends and had breakfast at a nice little mom&pop place - one of the things I loved most about my college town was the number of mom&pop storers/restaurants/etc. that they had. The usual chains are there,  of course, but lots of little places, too.

Then R and her family came over and joined us for dinner, and R brought butter squash soup (she's supposed to give me the recipe, if she can remember what all she put in it - she loves to just throw in a dash of this and a pinch of that).  The kids started telling jokes, and a riotous time was had by all. :)