TEA Program

I am ready to begin teaching the IT classes for the UAHuntsville TEA program. Meeting the participants at Friday night's barbeque supper was great. Everyone seems enthusiastic and ready to learn. I'm sure the designated teachers will learn as much or more than the visiting group.

I've developed my skills in creating spreadsheets and presentations, and look forward to sharing what I have learned.

I know it will be a lot different from teaching sixth grade science and math!

Fall, 2008

Life is good after retirement.

There are abundant opportunities to serve others.

And there are surprising opportunities to do things you have never done before.

Trip to Maine

My husband and I took a trip to Maine in September, 2008. This is the Farnsworth House in Rockland, Maine. The history of the Farnsworth family is very interesting. Lucy Farnsworth preserved her family home in mint condition for 97 years. And she held on tightly to the family fortune. At one point she sued the heirs of her brother's wife to recover the family jewels; and she won.

In her will she bequeathed $1.3 million to found the William A. Farnsworth Library and Art Museum in honor of her father. The Homestead is now part of the museum complex.

Ogunquit’s Marginal Way is a walk that winds along the rocky shore, is neatly paved, and the treacherous cliffs are, in places, safely fenced. There are 30 memorial benches on which to rest and a fake lighthouse at the halfway point. The path leads from the downtown shopping area to the once-quaint fishing village in Perkins Cove, now an outdoor mall of jewelry, clothing and candle boutiques. I'm told that a lot of white-haired ladies in boldly-printed sweatshirts do make the hike, so many, in fact, that in summer the scenic walk is wall-to-wall tourists with their arms full of purchases. But there weren't so many of them on our trip. The air along the Atlantic was crisp, and the view out to the sea was beautiful. The trail is just a mile and a quarter long, and well worth the walk.