ELSEWHERE 2026

 First morning in Seattle 

Mt Rainier, yesterday 

Loft Lighting

Loft Lighting, originally uploaded by Laura Grace.




We invited some friends & neighbors (old & new) and some of Michael's colleagues from the Math Dept. at Georgia Tech and had a very informal party, which ended up being great fun, especially after the puppy arrived...  We asked everyone to bring a little tealight candle... as it turns out, we have enough left over for the next year, because our Decatur-across-the-street neighbors were cleaning out their attic, and brought over a grocery sack FULL of tea lights and a bunch of those cool little glass holders...

What I was thinking about...

kitchen's almost done!, originally uploaded by Laura Grace.

I was remembering my very first place of my own, in 1975. It was the upper floor of a house in a fairly sketchy neighborhood of Hazel Park, we lived about 3 blocks from 8 Mile Road. Yes, The 8 Mile Road as in the movie (which I haven't seen, but maybe you have).

I remembered being there alone for the first time, before getting married for the first time, and cleaning out the clunky old fridge; I was really excited about having our own place.

After I was done, I walked down to The Blue Dot Cafe, and ordered some fried chicken... I asked what were "hush puppies" and the dear lady said "Oh honey, you've never had hush puppies? You have to try them!" and I did and I liked 'em a lot, and now I live in hush puppy land. By the way, the area was known as HazelTucky because so many people had migrated north to work in the auto factories, and the Blue Dot lady did NOT sound like a Michigander...

And now, Michael & I are living in the loft which is owned by our daughter and her husband-to-be... and I was alone cleaning a kitchen and being excited about new times, and thinking about old ones.

early morning light

early morning light, originally uploaded by Laura Grace.

so wonderful to see the sun again! And... this morning it was so quiet that I heard a church bell ringing the hour... I love that sound.

Gone The Sun... (from 2008)

gone the sun...
Originally uploaded by Laura Grace

Taken from the top of a 3-story tower at The Mountain, a Unitarian Universalist retreat center near the Georgia/North Carolina border. This is a truly relaxing place, with fantastic views across the Blue Valley.

http://www.mountaincenters.org/