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... I retired. She was later invited to take a position as a Program Officer with the National Science Foundation where she continues to this day. In addition to our professional collaborations, we have enjoyed a friendship that has grown through the years. It’s been wonderful for me to have this time with her again. And she has been a gracious host to Tom and me these past two days!

... we were, we explained the storey, By the time she arrived we had been checked in and away we went. Understandable the security in this building, The Washington Post is quite often the host to celebrities and politicians to be interviewed. Karisue proudly showed us around her workplace and introduced us to her workmates, Her immediate boss (Alan) took time out to sit down with us and have a great chat and suggested a couple of sights we should visit, after ...

... but teenagers have the unerring habit of walking 4 or 5 people across, completely blocking the path you need to go on, and suddenly stopping in very inconvenient places. Once you get behind a group of jr. high students, you pretty much have to resign yourself to being stuck there for the duration. Oh gosh, I just read that last bit I wrote - I sound like a ******ety old lady, don't I? Ah well. Anyway, the Holocaust Museum ...

... in the 60s in Cape Town, to the 90s at Victoria Falls, with our time at the game reserve falling somewhere in between but likely very cold in the early mornings and evenings, when we would be out on our game drives.  Thus I would need to pack everything from shorts and a swimsuit to a warm jacket, scarf and hat.  Because of the fact that I hate to check anything and the given the weight limits for intra-Africa travel, fitting all of this in a carry on was a daunting task!

... We spent a lot of time on a bus, so many street scenes are through a window and may have been taken while we were in motion. I especially want to thank Renae for getting the picture of the cow in the store in Varanasi and sharing it - I was sick not to have a camera for that incredible experience, and I'm still laughing about the absurdity of it all. Jenn, Geoff and Marc are phenomenal photographers. In addition, I ...

... you. I had already read Jhumpa Lahiri's "The Interpreter of Maladies" and "The Namesake." I was reading Fareed Zakaria's "The Future of Freedom" when I got word of my acceptance in February; definitely pertinent. "In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India," by Edward Luce. Just published, wonderfully informative and balanced; I keep going back to it as I read other things. "Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found," by Suketu ...

... were renting - this way you could hop on the boat the next day. Then we went swimming in the lodge (run by aramark also and also as new). At the pool we discovered there's a time difference between Arizona & Utah. Arizona doesn't do daylight savings time. The campground & lodge is in AZ and the marina which is 1 minute away is in Utah. Now we didn't know what time to get to the marina to maximize boat time! Thank goodness the lodge front ...

... new Winter series caught up to date before the year ends abruptly a couple of days from now, and one of my serious New Year's resolutions is to finish off the backlog of entries for last summer before this summer rolls around all too quickly. Thanks for listening, and oh yeah, here's the last John Sinclair Radio Show from Europe for this winter: John Sinclair Show 116 from The Dolphins, December 18, 2006 http://www.johnsinclairradio.com/audio/ jsrshow116.mp3

After a really nice trip, back to LA! I've booked an hostel near to hollywood boulevard! The driver of my shuttle was really nice because when he asked me where i want to go, i though i was from OZ! so cool ok he was from India so is accent wasn't the best one but I was so glad!!! After a good night I booked a tour to see the city : honestly nothing special...the city is really modern, big. The only really nice stuff is to see the stars on the street ...

Sep. 8
Today was pretty much just a driving day for us. We left the campground at about 10:00 or so and drove ALL day! We started in Indiana, drove through Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, back into West Virginia, and finally to Virginia. It was cool for me because the only one of those states I'd ever been to was Virginia, so all the rest of them were new states for me! (new state #6, 7, 8, and 9!!!)
We FINALLY arrived at Pat and Christina's house (Jenny's ...