2025 Christmas Letter
Dear Family and Friends and assorted hangers on…
Well, things are back to what passes for normal around
here. Jack is at work, although
retirement is on the horizon – Dec 2026(-ish], Marion sewed, volunteered, and went
to Europe in the summer. The grandkids
come over periodically and create messes & chaos. And even clean some of it up!
Jack had a kidney stone that took him out for 6
weeks. Two of those weeks were our
fault: Jack gave the doctor his cell
phone for contact information, and next he turned it off because he wasn’t at
work. Then the doctor was on vacation
for a week. We didn’t read the
instructions about going back to ER for a fever, and surgery was postponed for
a week while the infection cleared up.
We’d like to report that Jack is no longer stoned [kidney, that is] and
following diet instructions (mostly).
Marion went to Albania to investigate setting up an
English camp that missionary friends want to start. The best way to fly to Albania is through
Vienna, which has some really neat stuff.
I will have to come back, though, because the Lipizzaner Stallions don’t
perform in the heat of the summer. I had
four days after Albania before camp, so I went to Stuttgart to see Tami, her husband
and 2 kids: 6 months and 3 years. I
think the kids are going to be little geniuses, and that is not just the
host-grandmother talking! Then on to English
camp in Czech. This was the 8th
and 9th camp I’ve been to.
Renewing old friendships, making new friends; I hope to go back
again. If you want to hear about the
travel part, it is here: Marion's
Miscellaneous Musings: Travelers Regrets. Which just proves that an adventure is
someone, somewhere, having a bad time of it.
The quilt that Marion actually completed this year is
called “Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine” and its (hopefully amusing story is
here: Marion's
Miscellaneous Musings: Big Bright Green Pleasure Machine. If you are reading a hard copy, try visiting
www.theothermarion.blogspot.com.
Jack is continuing his glass fusing hobby; this year he
learned how to repair the kiln, just in time to make a few Christmas presents.
He watched some YouTube videos on kiln repair, decided it was simple enough and
spent about $85 on a repair kit [vs. much more than that for shipping alone
back to the factory for repair].
May God bless your year!
Jack and Marion
posted by Marion @ 10:54 PM
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