At the bookstore I attended a talk by this author, Kao Kalia Yang. She wrote "Latehomecomer" which has just been published. It's an excellent book, and she is an amazing young woman - bright, poetic, thoughtful, caring, and accomplished. She was born in a refugee camp in Thailand and moved to St. Paul where she grew up. I highly recommend her wonderful book!
There was a parade, which I mostly ignored, but I like bagpipes, so I made sure to grab a photo of this group.... Minnesota Police Bagpipers. It was a parade of fire fighters, equipment, related services and friends. The state firefighters conference was in town. I sat in the bookstore and occasionally went out to see the parts I found interesting. (Mostly parades bore me, unless someone I know is in them.)
My official work for the school district came to an end last week, so I have a summer in which to relax and sew, read, visit friends, and do whatever I want! I probably will work part-time at another job, but it won't be very taxing. So I am eagerly looking forward to my free time and all that I can enjoy during my off hours.
One main reason I went out of town was to help my sister look at possible reunion sites. Next summer we will get together with 30-40 cousins! This will be our 2nd reunion as adults. We loved this particular place and are hoping we can get a reservation here and host all the cousins at this beautiful site. Wouldn't you love to vacation here, too?? Now that we found a site, I am beginning to get excited about the onslaught of a zillion cousins. (Our first reunion, in 2006, took place in Washington state and was FABULOUS.) So now you know why I am waiting for my cousins!
P.S. Check out Brenda Lou's blog, if you dare - she's asking for UFO counts!
1 comment:
Wow what a great place for a reunion! I want to be one of your cousins!
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