Jeffrey P Shell: JoyJoy. Too much joy.Snow and Summary- October 30, 2002 Big lovely flakes are falling outside, and it's really beautiful from up here. It's been an odd week, and we're only two days into it. It would have been my Grandpa's birthday on Monday, and I went out to see my Grandma and ended up spending the night at her house. I slept in a room that my Grandpa finished when my dad had to move back home after my mother died. The cycle was strange. I was also given a wooden plaque of sorts that was made out of my Dad's first wedding invitation. It...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106123/categories/joy/2002/10/30.html#a227 Transitions in waiting.- October 23, 2002 I'm trying to transition back into posting. But - what to say I've been working hard during the day (and taking the pleasure of avoiding work when NOT at the office), where I'm away from Radio. I think it's time to move Radio Userland onto my iPod (and go - again! - through the pains of moving Radio) to keep it mobile (the path should stay the same, regardless of whether the iPod is attached to my workstation, my iBook (which is still going unused these days due to a SMC Wireless Barricade...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106123/categories/joy/2002/10/22.html#a221 Passing- October 15, 2002 My Grandfather, Milo L. Shell, a pacific theater World War II veteran (seen here at my cousin's wedding in August) is dying. He's basically in a morphine coma as his body shuts down from cancers - much more than we knew about. We almost lost him a couple of years ago to pancreatic problems, which was one of the things that prompted me to move back home - I knew it was going to be a time to be closer to family. We're a small one - the grandkids are me, my two younger brothers, and my cousin..http://radio.weblogs.com/0106123/categories/joy/2002/10/14.html#a218 Happy Days Ahead- October 2, 2002 My heart keeps switching in between two songs - "Oh Happy Day", and Jim O'Rourke's "Happy Holidays" (with the opening lines of "I'm going to a place where the women have nothing on but the radio turned up to 10"). Hopefully this is a good sign of Endless Winter. I turned on the radiators for the first time last night in this apartment. Now to get used to sleeping to the occasional thonks and clinks and clacks and hisses. Oh happy day! Winter is Coming! (yes, I used the blink tag there...http://radio.weblogs.com/0106123/categories/joy/2002/10/02.html#a211 |