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[Jane]

Nice Picture....Historically of interest now.

Yes.

[Jane]

It was a pleasant quite flight until the buffoon next to me fell asleep - he's sitting there like so much fish, snoring loudly because his head is tilted back and his mouth is open so wide I could put my Diet Coke glass in it.

Sorry I'm laughing at the description.  I truly hate the sound of snoring and do have sympathy for you.

[Jane]

Father's Day afternoon greetings!  I am home from a lovely Heritage Sunday service at Middletown's First United Methodist Church.  Our niece, Rev. Amy, did a wonderful job with her part of the sermon.  Best part=holding great-niece Rachel from late in the sermon and through the last hymn.  Lunch in Fellowship Hall was fun - got to visit with lots of long-time friends.

I think you had all the right reasons to miss the celebration of the 90 year old.

[Jane]

DR's Jane and Jennifer,

What type of books do you like best?

I read a huge variety of books.  Dickens & Austin are probably my favorite authors.  I've been reading a lot of mysteries lately, mostly because they are the ones easily available through my eBook library. 

Kate, are you a big reader & if so do you use Goodreads?  If you want to be friends on Goodreads you can see what books I like best.

[Jane]

Here's my family in Washington, DC, in 1957.  We were all dressed up and serious because we were about to visit the White House when the Eisenhowers lived there.

Nice family photo.
LOL regarding your seriousness.

[Jane]

DR Cillaliz - that's encouraging news on the raccoon front.  I could (maybe) move back from the Hampton Inn now...

[Jane]

I love that family photo, DR Ginny!


It is a bittersweet day for me; I lost my father in 2004.

I know the feeling. 

[Ginny]

Father's Day afternoon greetings!  I am home from a lovely Heritage Sunday service at Middletown's First United Methodist Church.  Our niece, Rev. Amy, did a wonderful job with her part of the sermon.  Best part=holding great-niece Rachel from late in the sermon and through the last hymn.  Lunch in Fellowship Hall was fun - got to visit with lots of long-time friends.

I think you had all the right reasons to miss the celebration of the 90 year old.

So do I, DR Jane.  Richard said the party was very nice.

[bk]

I'll make a real announcement tomorrow in the notes, but our first new Unseemly Interview in almost eight years, or maybe even more, is now live - it's with the Kritzerland designer, web guy, playwright, actor Doug Haverty.  It's quite long, but very interesting.  Just click on haines his way at the top of the page or go to the site's home page, and then click on Interview Section and he's at the top.

[Jane]

DR's Jane and Jennifer,

What type of books do you like best?

I like chicklit (like Sophie Kinsella or Emily Giffin), adult mysteries (like Lisa Gardner), dystopia (like Veronica Roth, Kiera Cass, Lauren Oliver, Marissa Meyer), young adult contemporary (like Katie McGarry), paranormal (like Kelley Armstrong, Richelle Mead, Maggie Stiefvater).

DR Jane does not really read any of the same books that I do, except that she also likes Lisa Gardner.

And you liked the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo books

I also read a lot of young adult & youth books though we seem to read different authors-lol

I like paranormal, as in Dean Koontz.

I like dystopia but admit I tend to watch it more than read it.  I've noticed most of your dystopia books are part of a series and, outside of mysteries, trying to avoid series or Chronicles.

I like SciFi and Fantasy and am waiting for the release of the 3rd book in the Kingkiller Chronicles which I can trust Goodreads to alert me when it is released next year.

[Jane]

Where we mostly vary are the classics and my more recent favorites such as The Book Thief, The Kite Runner, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand; The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society to name a few.

Oh, I'm also a big fan of books set during WWII.

[Jane]

I love that family photo, DR Ginny!


It is a bittersweet day for me; I lost my father in 2004.

Thanks, DR Singdaw.  I understand your feelings because Richard and I lost our fathers in the same week in 1984. 

I'm sure your hearts were heavy during that time.  It is difficult enough having time between the losses.

[Jane]

Well, I'm off to my parents' house to celebrate not only Father's Day, but my mom's birthday AND her friend Sonia's birthday (which is actually tomorrow, but mom invited her over today).  It'll be a day of celebrating! 

Have a good day, all!!

HAPPY CELEBRATING!!!

[Jane]

DR Cillaliz,that was a brave expedition. I'm happy to hear the news is better than you feared.

DR Ginny, Sometimes not knowing what became of a person is easier on the mind than knowing, and I spent too much time mourning John Parker today along with my own father.

Thanks Elmore.  My friend Martha helps out with wildlife rescue sometimes.  I knew she would be more worried about the animals than me, and that she'd come over right away to be sure there aren't babies that might die.   I was right.  She went up the attic steps before I did.  We didn't go in far enough to really see what's up where I hear bumps, but clearly there had been no animals in there wandering around.  There were also no bats, yeah. 

She also thinks someone probably fed this raccoon out a window or was around it a lot

Good for Martha!!!   She could be right, idiots feed raccoon's thinking they are cute.

[Jane]

I have arrived (we got in thirty minutes ahead of schedule), I'm at the hotel and I'm in the room and connected.  Now I'll go try to figure out exactly where the HELL I am in relation to where I was last time - just up the street I think - and I"ll go get some toothpaste and chocolate licorice.

I've been watching to see you arrived.  It is fun that you can post from the sky.

[Jane]

A photo of Dad during my visit to Louisville last month.

Nice pic!

[Jane]

Today is my dad's 85th birthday.  I've talked to him three times in the past 2 days.  I got him what he really wanted....an Amazon gift certificate.  He doesn't really want much todo about his birthday. They are going to the summer theater tonight to see a farse.  He'll enjoy that

[Jane]

Dad and Gabe last fall

Awww.

[Jane]

DR Vixmom you are looking lovely.

[Jane]

thank you for the kind words about my avatar - I trimmed it from this picture of our sewing and sharing  group at church

Lovely in both pics, and a bonus to see The Vixter there.

[Jane]

Well, what the HELL is going on here - no chocolate licorice???  Shameful. 

Especially when you were looking forward to it.

[Jane]

I'll make a real announcement tomorrow in the notes, but our first new Unseemly Interview in almost eight years, or maybe even more, is now live - it's with the Kritzerland designer, web guy, playwright, actor Doug Haverty.  It's quite long, but very interesting.  Just click on haines his way at the top of the page or go to the site's home page, and then click on Interview Section and he's at the top.

Our company arrives tomorrow and I will probably have to wait until they leave to read it-darn.

[Jane]

ROLL VIBES FOR DR JRAND!

[TCB]

Back again after the Prague tourist trip. Had a great time with my sister, brother-in-law and niece. Weather was wonderful as was the hotel and food. Prague seems to have more splendid eating and drinking places than anywhere else I know. The only thing we couldn't do was a river cruise because the boats haven't been re-positioned following the recent flooding along the river bank; although the river level was back to normal.

Nice to see you back home, Doug!

[TCB]

GMO=genetically modified organism (GMO) or genetically engineered organism (GEO), an organism whose genetic material has been altered

Non-GMO is an organism that has not been genetically altered.

To add to that: Most of the corn produced nowadays is genetically modified, and it's said not to be too great for diabetics.

Presumably, they sweeten the corn?

[TCB]

Today I shall audition for THE DROWSY CHAPERONE.....I am auditioning to be The Man in the Chair....so we shall see.  I have been working with the accompanist.....I have been singing it in C and it is written in B Flat in the Vocal Selections Book so that was interesting the first few times through.....

Hmm, perhaps I should audition for that role.

[TCB]

When I lived in Ohio in the 1970s, I had a dear friend, John Parker, who played bass for a lot of the things I did. I was very close to him, his wife, and his daughter Laura, who was around 7 or so when I moved to Manhattan in 1979. John's younger brother Will was a baritone who sang at City Opera with my friend Faith Esham in Cendrillon and other opera companies, and he died of AIDS in 1993.

One of the last things Will did was to commission the "AIDS Quilt Songbook," which premiered at Alice Tully Hall, and that was the last time I saw John, who had moved from Ohio after his divorce, and was living in California (I think) with his second wife. We lost contact after that, and for years I tried to find an address for John. Laura lived in Manhattan for a while, but, curiously,she never tried to contact me. About a month ago, she sent me a Facebook friend request, and I accepted. Today, in her Father's Day post I learned that John, who had been living in Hawaii, had died from cancer in May 2013.

I am still reeling from the sad news.

Oh my gosh, elmore, my deepest sympathies.

[Jane]

DR TCB did you ever hear from your sister?

[Jane]

Bruce did you ever hear from your darling daughter?  Did you mention you would be in the air today?

[bk]

Well, someone go read the damn interview - you have no idea how complex it was to get all that back.