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[George]

PAGE THREE ECLIPSE DANCE!!



I took this picture with my very own cell phone with my eclipse glasses over the lens!

[George]

I have spent almost an hour in automated phone system hell, cancelling Mom's supplemental health insurance and AARP membership.  Then I decided to call the business office at her retirement community, pressed 2 for the business office, and got connected to the voicemail of someone who left there earlier this summer.  I called back, pressed 1 for the operator, asked to speak to someone in the business office, and got the voicemail of someone who said she would be back in the office August 15.  Third time, the operator said, "She just hasn't changed her voicemail."  Ya think?

~~~Coping Vibes for Ginny!!~~~

[George]

I have an 85 year-old friend whose cancer has mestasized and could use some strong vibes.  Please think kindly of him.

~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Larry's Friend!!~~~

[elmore3003]

I have an 85 year-old friend whose cancer has mestasized and could use some strong vibes.  Please think kindly of him.

~~~Vibes of All Kinds for Larry's Friend!!~~~

Thanks, DR George!

[John G.]

A day of hardship. I have a composer friend, Jay, who is in the last stages of his fight against cancer. His hospice worker is apparently a trained singer who also plays harp, which is providing him some comfort. My friend, Carol, who knows Jay better than me, just returned from saying goodbye. It's hard.

[John G.]

Vibes for your friend, Elmore.

[John G.]

And vibes of strength and comfort for Ginny.

[FJL]

A day of hardship. I have a composer friend, Jay, who is in the last stages of his fight against cancer. His hospice worker is apparently a trained singer who also plays harp, which is providing him some comfort. My friend, Carol, who knows Jay better than me, just returned from saying goodbye. It's hard.

Vibes of comfort for Jay.

[FJL]

I have an 85 year-old friend whose cancer has mestasized and could use some strong vibes.  Please think kindly of him.

Vibes for Larry's friend.

[FJL]

Thanks so much, George!

[FJL]

I have spent almost an hour in automated phone system hell, cancelling Mom's supplemental health insurance and AARP membership.  Then I decided to call the business office at her retirement community, pressed 2 for the business office, and got connected to the voicemail of someone who left there earlier this summer.  I called back, pressed 1 for the operator, asked to speak to someone in the business office, and got the voicemail of someone who said she would be back in the office August 15.  Third time, the operator said, "She just hasn't changed her voicemail."  Ya think?   

That's almost like one of those issue-spotting test questions we'd get in school - how many things are wrong with dealing with these people?

Coping vibes to Ginny!

[elmore3003]

I have an 85 year-old friend whose cancer has mestasized and could use some strong vibes.  Please think kindly of him.

Vibes for Larry's friend.

Thanks, DRs JohnG and FJL!

[elmore3003]

And vibes for DR JohnG's composer friend!
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[Ginny]

I have an 85 year-old friend whose cancer has mestasized and could use some strong vibes.  Please think kindly of him.

Strong vibes for your friend, DR Elmore...

[Ginny]

I have spent almost an hour in automated phone system hell, cancelling Mom's supplemental health insurance and AARP membership.  Then I decided to call the business office at her retirement community, pressed 2 for the business office, and got connected to the voicemail of someone who left there earlier this summer.  I called back, pressed 1 for the operator, asked to speak to someone in the business office, and got the voicemail of someone who said she would be back in the office August 15.  Third time, the operator said, "She just hasn't changed her voicemail."  Ya think?

~~~Coping Vibes for Ginny!!~~~

Thanks, DR George.

[Ginny]

A day of hardship. I have a composer friend, Jay, who is in the last stages of his fight against cancer. His hospice worker is apparently a trained singer who also plays harp, which is providing him some comfort. My friend, Carol, who knows Jay better than me, just returned from saying goodbye. It's hard.

Comfort vibes for Jay, gratitude for Hospice, and strength for Jay's friends and family...

[Ginny]

I have spent almost an hour in automated phone system hell, cancelling Mom's supplemental health insurance and AARP membership.  Then I decided to call the business office at her retirement community, pressed 2 for the business office, and got connected to the voicemail of someone who left there earlier this summer.  I called back, pressed 1 for the operator, asked to speak to someone in the business office, and got the voicemail of someone who said she would be back in the office August 15.  Third time, the operator said, "She just hasn't changed her voicemail."  Ya think?   

That's almost like one of those issue-spotting test questions we'd get in school - how many things are wrong with dealing with these people?

Coping vibes to Ginny!

The goofiness I've encountered from this business office over the past 3 years instills no desire to become a resident there any time soon.  And I'm their target market!

[George]

A day of hardship. I have a composer friend, Jay, who is in the last stages of his fight against cancer. His hospice worker is apparently a trained singer who also plays harp, which is providing him some comfort. My friend, Carol, who knows Jay better than me, just returned from saying goodbye. It's hard.

~~~Vibes of Comfort for Jay!!~~~

[Jane]

I made my eclipse-viewing box this morning out of a Cherrie-O's box. Never one of my faves.

I hope I have a box of cereal  to make glasses with.

No glasses but a reflector.

We took longer than expected dropping off our car this morning and picking up a rental & didn't have time to finish my box.  We walked along the path as the eclipse began and looked through various home made versions other people had made, including the box.  I really wish I had purchased glasses, they were super cool.

[Jane]

At 98% we expected it to get darker here.

[Jane]

Well, I've had two very productive phone calls this morning and the Ohio trip is on.  My brother Randy is lending me some money to get through my waiting on an invoice to be paid, the major reason I am currently flat.  My other problem was that I simply cannot afford at this time the $600+ car rental, and both Randy and our DR Ginny have volunteered to be my chauffeurs for my visit.  This is a huge relief.  Gasoline I can afford.

So look out, Ohio!

This is great.  When I fly to L.A. with Keith we rent a car.  I no longer do so when I go alone.  Friends generously drive me and I take taxis for short distances.  In the future that will likely be Uber or Lyft.  Even with a taxi between the airport the cost is less than renting a car.  I stopped driving in the city because of my shoulder and admit it is much nicer.

[Jane]

Wonderful, DR Elmore.

YAY! and thanks! and a tip o' the hat to DB Randy and our own DR Ginny!

I was never lucky in romance but I have been blessed with tremendous friends here, there and everywhere.

[Jane]

Wonderful, DR Elmore.

YAY! and thanks! and a tip o' the hat to DB Randy and our own DR Ginny!

We are glad to help and very much looking forward to spending time with DR Elmore!

The car time visiting is, to me, an extra bonus.

[Jane]

I had just completed the phone call with DR Elmore when my phone rang again.  It was one of Mom's last living friends in Michigan, Betty, who was our next-door neighbor in Detroit from about 1960-68.  She's 96, which is closer to Mom's age than I'd thought, and we talked for almost an hour. 

This is very nice.

[Jane]

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I took this picture with my very own cell phone with my eclipse glasses over the lens!

 

[Ginny]

Wonderful, DR Elmore.

YAY! and thanks! and a tip o' the hat to DB Randy and our own DR Ginny!

We are glad to help and very much looking forward to spending time with DR Elmore!

The car time visiting is, to me, an extra bonus.

Yep!

[Jane]

DR George, Keith congratulates you on you ingenuity.

[George]

DR George, Keith congratulates you on you ingenuity.

Thanks!  I didn't come up with the idea, but I'm glad it worked.

[ChasSmith]

A day of hardship. I have a composer friend, Jay, who is in the last stages of his fight against cancer. His hospice worker is apparently a trained singer who also plays harp, which is providing him some comfort. My friend, Carol, who knows Jay better than me, just returned from saying goodbye. It's hard.

Oh man, that is rough.  Strongest coping vibes for all.

[bk]

Back from a good meeting with set designer.  He'd already come up with an idea, which after looking and thinking I liked with a couple of adjustments - the one decision to come and he'll do two designs so I can see what each idea would look like - well, same design different materials - one steel-looking, one wood-looking - he designed it with wood and that may, in fact, work best for this.  It's basically a unit set with two really fun moving staircases that can become many things.  The band will be on an upper platform where scenes can also take place - but it's a very open design, which he knows I want.  Also there will be projections.