Author Archives: George

We arrived in Iowa City and joined Vicky Brown and Eleanor Newton (who flew in yesterday) who were waiting for us at Maile Sagen’s house. When Jan became active in the ombudsman world some years ago she developed a group … Continue reading →

  During our drive from Nashville to St. Louis last week we had crossed the Tennessee and Ohio rivers, they were both high but not threatening to flood.  On the way from St. Louis to Iowa City we crossed the … Continue reading →

Wednesday morning Jan and I headed off to the St. Louis Zoo.  Many of our friends over the years have told us we were nuts,  but we’ve always visited zoos wherever we’ve traveled, even before we had kids.  We also … Continue reading →

The next morning (but not too early!) George drove us all downtown to the new Citygarden, a landscaped and sculpture-filled mall aligned with the Arch at the edge of the Mississippi.             I had visited … Continue reading →

We found our way to St. Louis, and our trusty Android phone’s GPS guided us to George & Barb Johnson’s home on Amherst Ave.  George and I were friends and roommates as graduate students at Stanford, and yes, our common … Continue reading →

At the end of our visit to the Biltmore Estate we’re back on the road to Nashville.   Lots of music, on street corners, in the parks and coming out of every bar and restaurant.  Biscuits & gravy with grits … Continue reading →

Thursday morning, May 12 We leave Pinnacle and are back on the road to Asheville, NC, to get reacquainted with another old friend, Betsy Clark, whom I knew from the summer I spent in Woods Hole after graduating from Columbia … Continue reading →

Friday, May 6 Our next destination is Winston-Salem, NC, the trip gave us our first (only?) FIVE STATE day.  We left PA and crossed MD, WV and VA before entering North Carolina.  Arrived in time to join George’s UCI colleague … Continue reading →

Wednesday, May 4 Left Hudson for Chambersburg PA to visit Lonce and Julia Sandy-Bailey.  We knew Lonce when he was an undergrad at UCI, and we all attended his wedding to Julia in Roanoke fifteen years ago.  They’ve since finished … Continue reading →

I’m running a bit late in getting this blog up and running… Monday, May 2nd…we’ve been packing books, papers, clothes etc. for a couple of weeks, we had an unlimited supply of Fresh Direct boxes which the building’s porters put … Continue reading →