Finish typing my Grandfather's letters - DONE!

I have NOT worked on this, aside from having the letters in my possession.  Maybe I will spend a few vacation hours on Thursday doing this!

1/2/2012 - I spent some time typing up another letter...I think I might actually scan them instead.  There is a beauty of his typewriter typed letters that is lost in my typed transcription.  I was feeling nostalgic today and wanted to share with you a photo of my Grandfather's childhood home in Portland on Highland Street.

 This is where DKA wrote most of his letters to MNM during their courtship years.  The house suffered a serious fire, but was restored much like the previous structure.  And it was yellow when he was a kid, too.  So this is to help you picture where he sat and wrote to her.

This is the letter I was working on today... So many to go!

Here are some quotes from earlier letters:
12/10/46: It was rather odd that you and I should “fit” so well on the dance floor.  It seemed almost as though we were born to dance together.

1/6/1947:  You are fifteen hundred miles away.  That does not mean that our hearts cannot be one, that they cannot be in tune.  More than anything else I want to grow with you.  I want my thoughts to be your thoughts.  And I want it the other way around too.  
 
1/27/1947: The quietness which surrounds the two of us is broken only by the dripping of raindrops on the snow three stories below.  Yes, at this time of day you and I are one.  ...    And because I haven’t seen visions of the future I know that at last I have found the woman with whom I choose to raise children; with whom I choose to live an abundant life and with whom, if God sees fit, I will be blest with happiness through giving to her my love.

 He was truly a beautiful writer; full of admiration for her until his death in 1996. 


1/16/12 - Today I finished SCANNING each and every letter that we have (mostly in chronological order...).  I am not too sure what to do with them now... 

Make a digital movie of my Grandmother's life

I have photos scanned.  It's a start, I think.

This was a photo taken by the local newspaper of my Grandmother's childhood home decorated for Christmas.  Her family was a big deal in town... So I believe this was the late 1920s or early 1930s.

Go to the Desert of Maine

This is utterly incomplete right now.

Go to Peaks Island - DONE!

I actually went twice last summer; once for an overnight lobster bake, and the other for the day with bicycles!

Turn off FB for 30 days

This has not been accomplished.  I have been putting some thought into WHEN I should do this, and there isn't a time that seems particularly convenient, so I might just bite the bullet at some point. 

Be more fashionable - DONE!

I think I have been doing this...  I rarely wear my khakis to work.  I will post photos soon!





6/4 - I'm going to deem this goal accomplished too!  I've experimented more with my wardrobe - and that's a HUGE STEP! It's up for debate, but I'm the boss!

Pay more attention to my photography business - DONE!

I started making/selling repurposed jewelery, too.

But the photography thing is still going well :)  Portsports asked me to photograph some of their end-of-season games and costume night - it was swell!

3/11/12 - Since adding jewelry to my photography business... I actually MADE money this year!  I've had  Hocus Focus since 2004, and the business since 2007 (I think?), and this is the first year of making more than I spent, and I have all of you to thank for that!!  Thanks for helping to keep me motivated creatively!!