Minnesota, here we come

This is our last day in the land of green grass and sun. George has hit a few golf balls and we are busy finishing up our laundry and getting packed. Six weeks is a long time to be away from home. I am sad to leave our family here and excited to see our family and friends there. That's the way it goes. There is usually someone who lives far away and you don't see often enough.

We are so blessed with the technology that we have. We can e-mail each other to the ends of the earth... We can phone each other every day. I have just finished reading the biography of John Adams and trying to get my mind around the seemingly endless lapses of time between the happening of something and the realization of it by people on the other side of the globe. We know of things instantly, then it took three or four months or longer. Hard to imagine. Husbands and wives would be separated for three or four years with very difficult communication possibilities. On the other side of the coin, however, they wrote letters which are still in existence. John and Abigail exchanged a record number of letters over the years with a wonderful window into what was happening at the time. Fascinating for us to know now.

Our e-mails are ephemeral and there will be little or no record of our feelings. I wonder about blogs.. they will also disappear without a trace, I imagine. So immediacy as a good thing can be balanced by lack of permanance as a negative quality.

We have enjoyed our stay with our four year old and his mother. She is a great mom. He is cute and very bright!. We will miss them.

See ya in Minnesota on Saturday!