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Anna finally gave notice at her job in Willia...
January 30, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 Anna finally gave notice at her job in Williamstown and she'll begin in San Francisco on Monday, Feb 27th- I know- so soon! We're trying to cram in all our east coast visiting in the next month. I'll still be holding down the fort here, but I'm seriously thinking about moving into a smaller apartment until Mid-July/August. We'll see. Big excited hugs to all!
Here is a picture from the learning circle I'm co-facilitating- exhausting, but hopefully very productive for the participants.
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I just called mom, who updated me on grandpa
January 28, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
I just called mom, who updated me on grandpa. He is indeed eating more and regaining some strength, but the tumor on his lung is cancerous, and the oncologist in Florida has not expressed a positive prognosis. The hope in the hearts of Meg and mom is to get him up to Philadelphia when he is strong enough to travel. She and Bob (bless him) will be staying a little longer than expected in Florida, and Betsy will arrive on Friday and stay with grandpa for a week. Mom sends all of her love, and I sent all of ours.
Missing you all-
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Ah, Adam and I chatting away like school girls
January 27, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Ah, Adam and I chatting away like school girls. It isn't just the two of us- after a day of feeling very down that Anna and I would have to live apart for five months, I've been excited and jittery about the move for a couple of days. Perhaps it's that I spent what felt like a half an hour scraping ice off the car this morning. Additionally, I think I like sweaters as things that make you cozy, not things that keep you from dying of hypothermia in your own home.
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If I hear anything more from mom about grandp...
January 25, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
If I hear anything more from mom about grandpa's health, I will make sure to let you know. For now, he's in the hospital and will be going into rehabilitation for a few weeks. He's hurt his back a bit, which is why we're now aware of the large thing on his lung. Bob and mom say that he's eating well and in good spirits.
Anna is still away in Salt Lake City, but will return on Sunday, when I pick up my co-facilitator for a learning circle workshop. It's what I did in Tennessee in November! Learning circles are well described here: http://www.e4ce.org/LearningCircles/Introduction.htm.
I am looking for jobs in San Francisco, possibly too hastily, as I still have six months here. After working for the big gorilla in town for two years, I'm eyeing more community-initiated development stuff. I also had this awesome meeting with two guys from the local Carpenter's Union this morning, and am feeling pretty good about organizing.
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Anna got the thing, and we're both very very ...
January 21, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Anna got the thing, and we're both very very happy. So I will absolutely see more of you all! Hurrah! And no one will get confused about whether I live in Mississippi or Michigan after July.
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Anna is headed out of town today and will be ...
January 19, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Anna is headed out of town today and will be in Salt Lake City all week. She's had to repeatedly tell the engineering firm that she works for that she doesn't ski, and still she might have to ski. It's a hard life, I know.
I'm finishing up a grant at work. I'm actually not bad at applying for grants, which I never thought would be the case. Being a grown-up/competent is way better than anyone ever told me.
I finished the Subtle Knife and am scrambling, with limited success, to find the third and last in the His Dark Materials trilogy. I'm shaking from withdrawal at this very moment. But that could be the frigid weather.
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Oh, and my phone died, so if I don't return a...
January 17, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Oh, and my phone died, so if I don't return any of your calls, it's not because I don't love you. Another situationally appropriate gem from 5ives.com:
Five ways I tend to feel after speaking with Sprint’s Customer Service:
1. Like I was just traded to another inmate for 2 packs of menthol cigarettes
2. Like I’ve been slapped repeatedly with a half-frozen sturgeon
3. Like I’ve accidentally just agreed to finish the homework of every kid in my middle school
4. Like somewhere in a big Sprint building, there’s a fat man with a monocle and a top hat smoking a cigar while dancing a jig and holding a fat bag of five-dollar bills with my bewildered face on it
5. Very, very unclean
Oh, and I'm reading Phillip Pullman's The Subtle Knife, which I'll send off to the west coast once I'm done with it. Not to give anything away, but I'm getting the feeling that the protagonists are actually trying to kill god. Whoa.
Anna and I are thinking very seriously about the thing I mentioned over the winter holiday. So we may see more of all of you! Soon!
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Anna and I have just returned from a lovely 2...
January 17, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Anna and I have just returned from a lovely 2nd Annual Community MLK Day dinner. Our friend Mark and I had a fascinating discussion about ASL Deaf Culture vs. cochlear implants- his sister has a cochlear implant, and if you recall, the title of my IHS senior paper was something like "cochlear implants or throwing your Deaf baby out a window: You think you know which one is worse? Think Again." Or something like that. Anyway, a fitting chat for the occasion. Hope you all heard my equally enlightening radio show program this morning: "Freedom Songs or Pirates throwing you out a window: You think you know which one is worse?" Just kidding. I love freedom songs. But there was some Sweet Honey in the Rock and a song about grog.
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Something special from 5ives
January 13, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
Something special from 5ives.com:
Five things I’d ask every Supreme Court nominee if I sat on the Senate Judiciary Committee
1. If you knew to an absolute moral certainty that you could capture and consume a live infant without being caught, how many do you suppose you could eat in a weekend?
2. Have you ever been spanked erotically by someone who was not your current legal spouse? Just yes or no, please.
3. Nominee, do you regard these slacks as accentuating my basket in an un-senatorial fashion?
4. Describe in single words, only the good things that come into your mind about…your mother.
5. Kindly rise, and sing the 1979 hit, The Piña Colada Song, also known as Escape.
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I signed up for a non credit chess course, an...
January 11, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 I signed up for a non credit chess course, and spent two hours last night learning about and playing my first real game of chess. Well, it was more like a guided lesson by the most amazing teacher ever, fittingly named Adam. Adam showed me the absolute beauty of the board, building sweeping combinations and creating pressure points to disrupt the opponent's march toward your king. It was breathtakingly intricate and lovely. While I did not engage in combat, I sense that the trickery and meanness of competatition will be worth the inherent glory and perfection of the game.
Next time I come home, we are all playing chess.
And I finished Phillip Pullman's The Golden Compass, which you really should pick up.
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A few weeks ago, Anna found that a cat and th...
January 08, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 A few weeks ago, Anna found that a cat and three kittens were in residence in the broken-down garage in our backyard. Anna's been trying to get a good view of them for a while now, and we thought we should send it on to you. It might be noted that kittens possess all of the scientific qualities that generate the "aww" response in humans. See http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/03/science/03cute.html. "Cute cues are those that indicate extreme youth, vulnerability, harmlessness and need, scientists say." And you wondered what it was about your kids.
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I hope you are all enjoying your weather as ...
January 05, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 I hope you are all enjoying your weather as much as I am enjoying mine. I love and miss you all very very much.
Anna and I are having our usual Saturday night madness. That is, she's downstairs attempting to make sushi for the first time. Later, we'll jet for a David Bowie/Elvis/Stephen Hawking birthday party. I don't think we have to dress as our favorite, but it's still tempting. So many choices... We've just met a very nice librarian who is hosting the party.
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The screen is illuminated by the last inch of...
January 01, 2006 by Sadie in Sadie & Greg
 The screen is illuminated by the last inch of candle on the menorah. We are nearly ready for out New Year's dinner and evening of blues in Adams, a tiny town just south of North Adams (surprisingly). Our friend AnnaMo got us a beautiful children's book for Chanukah called "Africa is not a Country," which is highly recommended. Anna loves the "Ma Pickled Everything Last Summer" print, and it will make a great addition to the kitchen that I am infinitely blessed to finally be sitting in. Last night's layover in Chantilly, VA has made me feel grateful for my favorite mug, my favorite chair, and my own temperamental plumbing. Happy New Year!
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