At long last it is Dogwood Week. Usually the third weekend in April is the highlight of dogwood bloom, but both in the city and the country, the lacy white and glowing pink dogwoods are sensibly late this year. This one is on the university campus, near Bugg Lake.
Monday night was the Student Life awards ceremony. Current staffers Paul, Angie and Sofie attended, and cheered when I was given an award for 16 years of advising the student newspaper. (Administrators hastily organized that when I told them I was retiring!)
One of the joys of a long teaching and advising career is running into former students and seeing their success. At the awards ceremony, two Current alums greeted me. Fred graduated in the early 1990s, and Michelle is a former editor, graduating in 1992.
On Tuesday, Norm got the all-clear from his eye surgeon. So Wednesday found us on the road to Cape Girardeau, where I needed to meet with women at Abbey Road Christian Church. I'm coordinating a conference there later this month, and we hope to include their lovely labyrinth in the program.
It was a beautiful day to be outside. We enjoyed the sun and had a nice lunch before heading home with a strong tailwind. I-55 south of St. Louis is a beautiful drive. Gas in Cape was only $3.45 compared to $3.59 in North St. Louis County. We filled Gracie up.
Thursday was exercise day. That evening we went to a trivia fund-raiser for a couple we have known since Maplewood Days. Their daughter suffered multiple seizures and needs a lot of care. Almost 200 people attended, in addition to volunteers. I donated this little quilt, which I titled "Star Spangled Sunbonnets" to the silent auction. The blocks were appliqued by members of my guild, and I hand quilted it. A member of our church bought it! I'm glad it will stay in the "family."
Friday, with Norm behind the wheel, we went to church to fold and prepare the news letters for mailing, and then we took them to the Bulk Mailing Center in the bowels of the downtown St. Louis post office! We must have done it correctly, because our newsletter arrived in our mail today. After all that work we had a late lunch at a south St. Louis landmark we had never patronized, Uncle Bill's Pancake House. Of course we had the special: 2 eggs, 2 pancakes, 2 slices bacon and 2 sausage. Plus the bottomless cup of coffee. The lovely server gave us the senior discount. We gave her a 20% tip. We bought gas for the Mazda at only $3.53 a gallon. Eeek. Then we came home and took a nap. After supper, we enjoyed receiving a long phone call from our boys in Florida, who announced they were sitting out on their lanai, enjoying the evening. Wish we could see them soon. All in all, it was quite a week.
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