The Social Media

Gary left early this morning and by noon was visiting his aunt at the hospital. Shirley fought the EMTS and the deputy because she said she did not want to go to the hospital, but once there, has been enjoying herself.  She lives alone in an old farmhouse far away from any other humans. Now she is in a busy hospital and is talking a blue streak to the nurses and doctors. She still has a battery of tests to find out what happened but for the time being she is in a good place. 

Gary's sister and aunt arrived this afternoon and intend to do a big cleaning job on that old house, something Shirley kept them from doing.  Gary warned them that they could clean but not to move any of her treasures. As one packrat to another, he is protecting her interests.

Nikki Kallio sent us this photo of the day Wade and I opened the box that held our first books. Have you ever seen two happier people?  

Nikki is working on her novel, too, and is recording her thoughts at More Purple Houses  http://morepurplehouses.blogspot.com along with this photo.

Susan Manzke's husband Bob took this photo at Don's Quality Market:

and put it on Facebook for all to see.

Wade covered that event in his blog It's a Long Way to the Top  http://wadepeterson.wordpress.com/

This afternoon, Wade revealed his latest story at Black Coffee Fiction http://blackcoffeefiction.blogspot.com

And finally, I began to use Twitter, something new for me.  You can follow me there at Colleen Sutherland@MathomGardens

Gary and I just finished a Skype conversation and agreed that he will take his laptop to the hospital tomorrow so I can talk to Shirley.

What we would do without the Internet?