Sunday November 5th. From the Virginia summer into a North West winter scene.

Written by Jack van Ommen on November 5th, 2017

When I left Cape Charles, Va., with my daughter Jeannine, on Friday October 27th it was still in the seventies. Last Monday morning it had dropped to the forties when I got on the train in Newport News for the ride to Baltimore. This is a always a very pleasant and scenic ride a lot better that the 5 1/2 hour plane ride to Sea-Tac. Squeezed in the middle seat on a full Alaska flight, turbulence the whole way. The tow truck broke down and we sat at the departure gate for 20 minutes. Seat 31 E, two rows from the rear, by the time I got off the plane the first class passengers were home. I lost my last bus connection from Federal Way and had to call my daughter out of her sleep to pick me up.  Flying is on the very bottom of my preferred transportation modes, sailing beats it all. A camel ride is still on my “to experience” list. 

Quite a change here at the home of my daughter Rose Marie and her husband Donovan. They flew to Ixtapa on Friday and I am looking after three cats and sleeping in a warm comfortable bed. They will be back next Friday. I am waiting to hear from Vancouver to schedule my visits to Portland, Eugene, Bellingham and Vancouver. I will be house/cat sitting on Wollochet Bay from November 19th through the thirtieth. This Tuesday I have lunch with Liliane Gervais, a Weyerhauser colleague who I last saw in seventies. Liliane is from La Rochelle, France. She ran into Rose Marie, last Thursday, at their doctor’s office. Recognized Rose Marie by her last name and my daughter remembers her when she ran the Weyerhaeuser cafeteria in the nineties. 

Did you see the episode of “Home Alone” on the Discovery Channel, as I blogged in the previous post? I will post the link for the pot-cast when it comes on. I thought it was well done and very proud to have this brave woman as a friend. Ce Ce’s admonishment to and compassion for her attackers speaks of her values. Very much the opposite to our president’s reaction and many similar outcries to the deserter Bergdahl’s sentence. Last Sunday I visited my grandson in a Virginia prison, doing five years.  Something is very wrong with our penal system. Sentences that make an addict a hardened criminal and cost us a pile of money to satisfy our lust for revenge. 

Rose marie and Donovan chipped in om my early Christmas gift, a NIKON D-3200 DSLR camera, with an 18-55 and a 70-300 zoom-lense,  to replace my 2006 NIKON D-50, I ruined in the last shipwreck. It is a huuuuuuge (Trumphonian) step up from my $29.99 android phone and Akaso action camera. I still have to learn all its features.  This camera also has video and this will be an asset on the water. The Go-Pro/Akaso are only good for close ups. So, get ready to go to the “Fleetwood” movies…..

Here are a few samples:

cooking on a pro-chefs gas stove

cooking on a pro-chefs gas stove

In Federal Way

In Federal Way

Father Jean Pierre Kasongo at Ste. Theresa church Federal Way.

Father Jean Pierre Kasongo at Ste. Theresa church Federal Way.

Let it snow!

Let it snow!

 

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