@KatMcKinley I have kept both our Airstreams, anticipating that kind of future! Not there yet, but I believe I will be. Thank you for the encouragement.
@KatMcKinley Bob and I retired at the end of 2015. We traveled the whole time, even after he was diagnosed with the cancer that finally took him from me. But I have only barely put my toes back into travel. I did go to my hometown in Illinois for my 50th (COUGH COUGH) high school reunion!
Starting tonight at 1 AM, we’ll be sharing the real radio transmissions from the night the SS Edmund Fitzgerald was lost on Lake Superior, 50 years ago.
These posts will follow the timeline as it happened, from the first reports of rough seas to the ship’s final transmission.
We share them in remembrance of the 29 men who were lost, and in respect for all who work the Great Lakes.
Transmissions from: https://t.co/cE4Ednwct7
@KatMcKinley Depends on the day you ask! Sometimes I'm in great shape, sometimes I'm a puddle of tears. Bob dying was the worst thing that happened, and then I didn't have him to help me through Susan dying!! I do not wish widowhood on anybody, that's for sure.
I went in for an oil change and became responsible for seven across.
The woman beside me in the waiting room was doing a crossword.
“Scottish river. Three letters.”
“Tay.”
She wrote it in.
“Well, you’re useful.”
I’d been in the building four minutes. It was nice to be appreciated.
She slid the newspaper toward me.
We worked through a bird, a former president, and something neither of us believed was a real word.
A mechanic appeared.
“Your car’s ready, ma’am.”
She looked at the crossword.
“How much longer can I leave it there?”
He glanced at the clock.
“You waiting on somebody?”
“Five down.”
He came over.
“Let me see.”
When my own car was ready, the three of us were arguing about a flightless bird.
I paid, collected my keys, and stood beside her chair.
“Well,” I said, “I’d better get going.”
She tapped the empty seat.
“You haven’t finished your work.”
These Dodgers are wasting men on third. I'm watching the final inning because it's probably the end of the ride, and I'd like to stick around to the end. (It ain't over til it's over, ya know.)
@_wintergirl93@OrdnancePackard You're not useless to your mom and dad. This is a chapter, a season, an ordeal you will get through. You are the apple of their eyes. (I think about you every single day!)