Great day today. Had a nice, relaxing brunch with Ruth this morning while Drew took Rachel to all her activities. Rachel was named the scrimmage captain for her tee ball team today because, her coach said, she worked really hard yesterday. Go, Rachel! Now on to Spring Training!
Took a nap when I got home and Ruth headed to Dan's and Beryle's. Then I baked cookies for a potluck we were invited to tonight in Arlington of some Knight-Wallace fellows who have settled in D.C. We brought Rachel with us, because we were told it was for families, but there turned out to be only one kid there -- and 18-month-old named Micah. Rachel was pretty good-natured, and after she ate some dinner the hostess, Carol (who has two grown boys) settled her in front of the TV in another room and Rachel ended up watching...snowboarding. Half-pipe, to be exact.
It was a marvelous evening. The food was fantastic and the wine -- a wonderful Malbec -- left me feeling buzzed and giggly. Such an interesting group; one fellow, in town to meet with his editor at National Geographic Magazine, is writing a book on a 14-year-old kid who produced cold fusion. Carol is about to take a job with Voice of America. Another fellow works for Education Week. It was great sitting around and reminiscing about Ann Arbor, the trips we took on the fellowship (most folks were from the fellowship class of 2009/10 and went to Russia, Brazil, etc.) and what we're all working on now. Just the kind of conversations about creative work that I've been missing during the last several years in Oregon.
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