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Blog About Fall 2020

The week after the hurricane, we headed the other direction to Brownwood, Texas.

The house where we stayed had a lot of dress-up clothes for grandchildren, and Keira modeled no less than 7 outfits one night.

October 17, 2020

When we returned to College Station, we took Karis out to celebrate her becoming a member of the National Honor Society.

Since she attends an online school, there was no ceremony or acknowledgement. I thought back to my own induction, and told her to hold up a steak knife while she said the "pledge" (that we looked up online).

I would say this generally is not what you want to see your 16-year old daughter doing.

October 19, 2020

Two days later, my friend Shelley invited me to go antique/vintage shopping with her. I don't often get to do "girl trips," so it was so fun to spend the day with her.

One crazy thing about the day was so many reminders of Africa.

For example, this mannequin head is a similar replica of one in Kampala, Uganda, that we used to pass often and note how out-of-place it was there. I found a picture of another laughing one in Uganda that I posted way back in 2011

Also, these wood crafts, which were shipped in from Ghana, reminded me so much of all the times we went to craft markets anywhere in East Africa.

And this speaks for itself.  (the link is from Tanzania in 2010).

 

October 21, 2020

And this became our new normal in communicating with Kylie while she was at school.

What a blessing instant communication with video is!

October 20, 2020