OGC Picnic, 2006
Barb’s office picnic on June 20, 2006 at Centennial Park in Columbia.
Greece, March 2006
Our Spring Break trip to Greece with Laurie as our tour guide. Over the course of 2005, Laurie wrapped up her teaching job in Sao Paolo, Brazil and started on her Masters program in Castellon, Spain. With her in Europe, we conspired to meet for Spring Break, 2006, in Greece. Laurie was very familiar with …
YouTube Finds
I’ve been endlessly frustrated by the evolution of music media over the past several decades, from vinyl to CD to Napster to MP3 to iPods to Apple Music to Spotify to YouTube to who knows where next. For the time being, there’s a ton of wonderful music concerts, clips and documentaries on YouTube but I …
Family Matters
While this entire website is something of a meditation on family, this post is a place for me to explore the topic in more depth. It has taken me a long time to recognize what an important role family holds over a lifetime. I think my evolving recognition is pretty typical, though it’s one of …
2006 First Half
In 2006 we continued settling into our Pfefferkorn house, I was looking for new adventures after financial planning and Allie was in fifth grade at Glenelg Country School. Between Allie, Barb and I, we had some mutual fantasies about turning Allie into a TV star or model. Allie spent countless hours of her life watching …
Gramma Sue Stories
For 2019 Mother’s Day, Sue’s daughters gave her a subscription to StoryWorth, a service that gives prompts to help you write down significant life stories. Over the course of a year or so, Sue responded to the prompts and compiled a manuscript. In early 2021, the girls published copies of the book, Gramma Sue Stories, …
8 Miles from Mayday
So, dear reader, I have some things to unpack today. For the better part of a month I’ve been working on the Garbutt Family Documents post. It started with a cache of articles and documents that Sue sent me in January. I started putting them into the post and supplemented them with internet research, which …
Coronavirus Journey, Part 13
Part thirteen of my ongoing journal entries about life in the time of the 2020-2021 Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. Previous posts: Part One (Jan-Mar, 2020). Part Two (April 2020). Part Three (May 2020). Part Four (June 2020). Part Five (July 2020). Part Six (August 2020). Part Seven (September 2020). Part Eight (October 2020). Part Nine (November …
Movies I Saw in 2021
A running tab of movies and series I’ve seen in theaters or at home, and a quick comment about them. I’ve succumbed to the idea of assigning a personal score for each film. My scale: 4 Stars – One of the best, well recommended 3 Stars – Recommended, but some issues here and there 2 Stars – Problematic, hard to recommend …
Garbutt Family Documents
In January 2021, Sue sent along a cache of Garbutt family documents that Keri had been storing. They were from Mom and included some things from her brother Glenn and one or more of her sisters. They provide more detail about the Garbutt side of family, going back to George Garbutt who came to Georgia …