Brown Hair?

Chuck & I need to renew our passports, so I filled out my application. Where it said hair color I entered "brown" same as with all previous passport applications. Then Chuck said, "when should we go for the photo?" and I said not until I get my haircut.

The last photo was not my best, as I had chemo 6 months earlier. Wow! That was 10 years ago! Remember when the word "cancer" was mostly a death sentence? I LOVE the new technology! Go regularly for check-ups. I had no symptoms; it was just my normal review. It worked for me.

Anyway, I had my hair cut and was looking at my lap full of cuttings. Guess what? My hair is salt & pepper! When did THAT happen? It's OK. At my age I'm entitled. Laurie, my hair dresser, said it fits me & don't color it ... not that I planned on it anyway. And I just added my jacket photos. It sure shows my REAL hair color. I've got to amend my passport application!

We are staying home this winter; and winter is here. It is all the way up to 12° from 7° when I first looked at 8 this morning. And where is Chuck? Cleaning driveways! Brrrr! Pat HAD to tell us it will be 72° in Tucson.

Me? I have started several quilt projects and want to get them quilted (by hand) to display in the quilt show the first week-end in June. It will be a big show. I do have 2 pieces completed and not given away ... my travel jacket and a small wall hanging of dog sledding in Alaska, which is in Cindy's office at Lollypop Farm. With any luck, I may get the other, bigger Alaska memory quilt done, too.

Too Long Since Last Entry

I thought I'd write about the trip and feelings related to it ... and that would be it. Yesterday I went to quilt club and Beth said, "Claire, you haven't been keeping up with your blog!" So I guess people DO read them. Thank you!

In November I had the privilege of giving a talk about our Germany trip and my past to (one of 2) my book club and tried to do it in 45 minutes. That turned out to be almost 2 hours because they kept asking questions. They were attentive and didn't fall asleep. I made Rote Grutze with Vanilla Sauce and I had some marzipan to share. Maybe it was the food. On New Year's Eve I gave the talk again. I'm amazed that I still get emotional.

The memories keep coming because I keep getting packages. We went to Colleen's for Christmas and when we got home there was another package waiting for us from Ulla with yet another article in a local paper with a great picture of Bernd and me. (Read my entry from Oct. 19 to reference the news articles and Ulla) I took the article to quilt club and Ro Hattman translated the article for me! I could decipher some of the article, but not all, so was very happy that she could do the translation. It also says that after 69 years the 73 year old ....

And in Brake on Nov. 9, Thomas Bücher (Oct. 16 entry) wrote 3 articles relating to the 70th anniversary of Kristalnacht with some references to our family. He also did an article about Ulla's work. We are so glad she received the recognition she deserves.

My next venture is to put all these momentoes into some kind of archival safe order. It's winter and a great project for this time of year. I should do some housework, too. Nah! Too many books to read and quilts that "need" to be made.