Gommie Will Leave the Building

Today is Gommie's departure day. In about2 1/2 hours, we'll take her to the train. We're all going, as Sis has asked to see the trains and Gommie said yes. I usually like to send Mama with her instead of waiting for goodbye at the station. But we'll try it this way.

And then we're going to do something distracting for a bit.

More later, on such diverse topics as:

• Bud's experience wearing a Yankees hat in MA (which I forgot to post)
• Revisiting the scene of Bud's accident
• Going to see the train museum
• Meeting my first hedgehog
• 7-11s as a male domain
• My changing taste in ice cream
• Unloading Mama's suitcases, with costumes, food, and Japanese toys
• Praying, eating, or driving--more details of Mama's trip to Thailand
• How I want to make a pillowcase like Granny Q's
• Bud and the urinal
• Children's books that can't be read aloud well
• "Book performance"
• The Three Pillars of Zen
• Gommie's name posters
• Being "-less"
• NYTimes articles on "being a baby bulimic," the meaning of life (R Cohen), assisted suicide, cancer screening