Back in contact, Nancy in Longmont

Hi blog readers.   Corita, Raquel and Joel returned to Honduras on August 1 and Nancy went to Ames, Iowa for a week.  I will continue on in first person.  I visited  my good friend Mary Sawyer in Ames, who has been storing boxes of our stuff for nine years now!  I spent the week mostly sorting through this memorabilia, including boxes of old photos.   I through away a lot and pruned down to the amount I thought I could get in suitcases and take with me.  Quite a job.   Mary was a good support person.

Next I returned to Colorado and spent several days with Wally and Mary Finley in Boulder.  We had time for wonderful conversations, a bit of shopping, and some special celebrations as I was with them over my birthday.  They took me out to eat at an Ethiopian restaurant (the food was fantastic!) and then a stroll through Boulder's downtown pedestrian mall--alive with street artists, music, and energy.   I especially was fascinated with some live statues--people who had spray painted themselves and stood motionless for long periods with the visual effect of a statue, until they made a surprise move!   We experienced two different street artists with this act, and it was truly hard to tell if there was a person standing there or not!  Also, we enjoyed a wonderful digerido player (with a fantastic homemade digerido) and an upside down guitar player.  Wandered through a terrific local  independent bookstore  (especially a joy after witnessing the going-out-of -business sale of Borders in Ames, which store had previously driven out of business the best Ames local bookstore).     The next morning, Mary and Wally took me in their little camper up into beautiful Eldorado canyon to cook our breakfast by the river, with towering canyon cliffs as our backdrop.   There were several groups climbing on the rocks, including some elementary-school age children. 

Now, I am back in Longmont at the house where I grew up.  Last evening, I was really homesick for Joel and Raquel.   It seemed so empty there without them.   But I got a good night's sleep and this morning had energy for a little yard work and a walk to the library where I finally (!!!) figured out how to make a blog entry, or so it seems. 

I am back to the previous phone number, as the lost phone was here at the library.  So my phone number is 210-701-7342. 

All for now.   We hope I am able to enter this successfully into the blog!   Nancy