

David is no longer 3 years old, and Carrie isn’t 9. When Chris ran the company into the ground, the same buddy who hired me at Whittle hired me at HGTV and I was copyeditor for the graphic design and corporate communications departments for years. I became a copyeditor and worked on so many magazines, books, and the precursor to WebMD and then Chris Whittle’s Edison Project. Ashdown said nice things about me to a recruiter from Whittle Comm who called him one day (and I had answered his phone for him!). After UTK (the best teachers ever thank you!) when Dr. My kids are all grown up in Knoxville, as I am. I don’t think I know what your daughter and her husband are doing in the Chicago area or for how long, but I’ll bet you and the fam will like the Midwest. This is awesome news to hear about you, Tam and those little ones being closer to one another. I always say I’d rather die of exhaustion than of boredom. Then it’s back to writing for me and fiber arts for Tam We spent our first night in the new house on Jan. I’m also resolved to post weekly to this blog. (They date back to the 1800s.) I need to select and scan them to share with relatives. I should also organize and annotate the boxes of family photos I inherited from my mother. While packing and unpacking I noticed many things I could work on including an unfinished novel, a couple of magazine articles, and a new edition of For the Zen of It (my collection of haiku).

I resolve to blog more often and to resume work on the project I mothballed for the move. As I arrange my new office, I’ll take time organize things and set priorities for the new year. 30, so we’ll greet the new year unpacking and organizing. In fact, many gifts were mash-up creatures including a “Shorse” (a shark head on a horse body) and a “Doguine” (a dog head on a penguin body). They enjoyed every gift, even the socks and underwear that often bore pictures of fanciful creatures. What a treat to watch them tearing open their Christmas gifts with glee. After the moving van was loaded, we drove four days though freezing weather and brisk winds and arrived at our daughter’s house in time to spend Christmas with our grandchildren for the first time. Tam and I worked furiously for the last six weeks packing and getting ready to move to the Chicago suburbs where we could be close to our daughter and her family. A photo of our new house (from the realtor listing).
