Friday, July 14, 2017

Trevor got us safely to Mammoth yesterday, and we unpacked and relaxed in beautiful Mammoth mountain scenery.  The snow is almost gone and the summer tourists are  filling the lobby coming and going. There is a car rally of some sort, with McLarens lined up in front of the hotel.  They are even faster than Teslas!

I talked with Mack in the afternoon yesterday. He had to work late on Wednesday, but as he was just about to call he got an urgent message from his house mate that his car had been totaled!  Fortunately his friend was all right, but Mack was busy for the rest of the evening getting him home and comforted.  

Mack will join us for dinner at La Costa Glen when we go back there August 15.  We are staying two nights.  I have to be interviewed by the nurse, and hand in my doctor's affirmation that I am in good shape.  If all that goes well, then it is just a matter of how soon they find the right vacant place.



Japan Story 3

The Yokohama Country and Athletic Club was the center for much of our social life.  They put on a "fancy dress" party for the children every Christmas. I first entered in the dress parade was when I was five.  I was Little Bo Peep, complete with bonnet and crook.   We  marched around a dazzling Christmas tree, and prizes were awarded for the best costumes.  When someone shouted, "Santa is coming" and we all rushed to the window to see him rolling over the grassy hill towards us.  He had a sack, but no sleigh or reindeer.  There was no snow that year in Yokohama.

The next year, my mother, who loved to sew, surprised me with a beautiful fairy costume.  It had a pink tulle tutu, and came with pink ballet slippers and a star tipped silver wand.  Artfully attached were two wired gauze wings which fluttered when I moved. It was my favorite possession, and I wore it at every possible opportunity. 

Alas,by the time the next Christmas party rolled around the pink outfit was too small, and I had worn it to shreds.So my mother made me another, white instead of pink, white tutu, white ballet slippers, silver wand and wings.   This time I won a prize!  I have that prize to this day.  It is a little chest of drawers.  It was not a child's toy.  I liked it better for that reason. It sits on my dresser, and has been in almost constant use for 79 years.