May 23, 2012
The book that got our club started, Stegner’s “Crossing to Safety,” prompted one of our most important discussions. When Mom said that she was pretty sure that the husband of a character who was dying of cancer would be O.K. after her death, she wasn’t just talking about that character’s husband — she was, I suspected, talking about my dad as well.
The book club also offered us a chance to travel far beyond the walls of the outpatient care center, even as Mom was stuck there for hours at a time. When we got absorbed by novels like “Man Gone Down,” by Michael Thomas, or “The Price of Salt,” by Patricia Highsmith, or even stories by P. G. Wodehouse, we discovered that while we were reading, we weren’t a sick person and a well person, but a mother and son sharing a journey together.
I privately dubbed our club “The End of Your Life Book Club,” not to remind myself that Mom was dying, but so I would remember that we all are — that you never know what book or conversation will be your last.
Science Expo Day - June 2 at Seattle Center
This science celebration held at Seattle Center is a FREE event and features more than 150 family-friendly, hands-on experiments, exhibits, demonstrations, interactive activities, games and live performances. With over 130 exhibitors and two live science stages, there is something for the whole family to enjoy.
We invite you to download our Seattle Science Festival program (4 MB PDF) that incudes a detailed map of the Seattle Center grounds with the location of each exhibitor and performance stages as well as a schedule. Or you may download and install our free Science Festival app for your iPhone or Android device which incudes even more information.
Sleepwalk With Me
The name of the special is:
"What I Should Have Said Was Nothing"
That bit starts at 32:00.
Today's Photo:
"Safety Not Guaranteed" was so packed, they didn't admit ANY standby.
Lame.
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