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Wednesday, April 30, 2003
As you can see, this page has taken on a whole new look... And a whole new address... Pretty much a whole new everything, really. There's several reasons for this, pretty much all of which boil down to the fact that this sort of once-monthly update-on-my-life thing really is ideally suited to the blog format. Instead of an increasingly unwieldy single page with updates going back to 1997, you get the most recent posts, with the earlier ones archived for anyone who's desperately interested in combing through my boring past. (I'm leaving the original page with everything from Nov '97 to March '03 right where it was, though, so only the newer stuff will be found here.) Do let me know what you think.
As most of you probably know, my stepfather, Charlie, died last month, after being diagnosed with cancer only a couple of months earlier. I was with him at the end, and, while the last days were very rough, they were mercifully short. Up until the last three days or so he was in good spirits and not in much pain, and he went very peacefully. My mother seems to be holding up very well, although I know it's hard for her, as this is the first time she's ever lived by herself. I'm going to see her again in June, when several members of our family are getting together to go on a cruise to Alaska. I think that's going to be really good for her, and I'm rather looking forward to it, myself. I'm sure I'll have more to say about that in the future.
Things are going much the same as ever here in Socorro. The weather is really starting to get warm, which means I'm going to have to climb up on the roof and start struggling with my swamp cooler again very soon. Although when I'm going to find the time, I have no idea...
Betty 5:19 PM
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