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Standing on the very spot of my earliest memory in life, outside the Buffalo Nations Luxton Museum in Banff, Alberta, Canada. I remember it was a sunny day, I was standing on the banks of this river, I was barely taller than the grass, and there was a dragonfly ... the beginning of a very good life!
* found my mother's diary of this very trip, and now know this was Wednesday, June 8, 1960 ... so, it's not my first memory, but a very special one, one that lay forgotten until I happened to drive by the spot I thought I'd never been & was suddenly overwhelmed with deja vu. Memory is a fascinating thing, sometimes laying dormant and waiting for a smell, a sound, some trigger, to bring it all back, so fresh.
* found my mother's diary of this very trip, and now know this was Wednesday, June 8, 1960 ... so, it's not my first memory, but a very special one, one that lay forgotten until I happened to drive by the spot I thought I'd never been & was suddenly overwhelmed with deja vu. Memory is a fascinating thing, sometimes laying dormant and waiting for a smell, a sound, some trigger, to bring it all back, so fresh.
About Me
- Lynn
- In a nutshell: 58 years young, grey hair & green eyes, athletic, German-Scotish-Japanese, married almost 30 years to a wonderful guy, 3 INCREDIBLE kids, divorced, & living with the local nurseryman.
Good Eats
- Angel Fish, Alameda - sushi
- Avanti, Santa Cruz - Italian
- Dragon Rouge, Alameda - Vietnamese
- Kamakura, Alameda - Japanese
- Market Bar, SF Ferry Building - Continental
- Phnom Phen House, Oakland - Cambodian
- Shadowbrook, Capitola - fine dining
- T-Rex, Berkeley - pub lunch
- The Slanted Door, SF - Vietnamese [DELETE - LOUSY SERVICE!!!]
- Walnut Avenue Cafe, Santa Cruz - breakfast
Good Music
- Andrea Bocelli
- James Taylor
- Johnny Mathis
- Joni Mitchell
- Judy Collins
- Kenny Loggins
- Kenny Rankin
- The Shins
Good Places
- Avalon, Catalina Island
- Banff, Alberta, Canada
- Butchart Gardens, Victoria, BC
- Documentation Museum, Austria
- Ephasis, Turkey
- Filoli Estate, Woodside
- George Washington's home @Mt. Vernon
- Hearst Castle
- Omihachiman, Japan
- Palace of Versailles, France
- Pompeii, Italy
- Rincon de Guayabitos, Nayarit, Mexico
- Scotty's Castle, Death Valley
- Simpson's Gardentown Nursery, Jamul
- Stone Henge, England
- The Biltmore Estate, North Carolina
- The Mystery Spot, Santa Cruz
- The Sistine Chapel, Rome (I cried)
- Waimea Valley Botanical Park, Oahu
Good Books
- A Thousand Splendid Suns
- All Hercule Poirot Mysteries
- Blink
- Einstein
- Freakanomics
- Jimmy Carter: A Remarkable Mother
- Kitchen Table Wisdom
- Losing Mum & Pup
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
- The Lovely Bones
- The Tipping Point
- The Year of Magical Thinking
- Three Cups of Tea
- We Are Our Mothers' Daughters
- When You Are Engulfed in Flames
Good Movies
- A Fish Called Wanda
- Being There
- Cashback
- Castaway
- Cocoon
- Dave
- Dear Frankie
- Gran Torino
- Groundhog Day
- Heaven Can Wait
- It's a Wonderful Life
- Little Big Man
- Memento
- Misery
- Moonstruck
- Murder on the Orient Express
- Rear Window
- Splash
- Stranger Than Fiction
- The Eye of the Needle
- The Hunt for Red October
- The Kite Runner
- The Pianist
- The Piano
- The Shawshank Redemption
- The Wizard of Oz
- Vertigo
- Waking Ned Divine
- Witness
- Young Frankenstein
2 comments:
Dear Lynn, what a wonderful tribute to your mother. love, cathy & lee
I'm wondering why you would feel that way--
jw
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