Pat's chair
Beth Friedman
to allow people to "purchase" chairs in the Auditorium for Minnesota
authors.
http://www.wilbers.com/MinnesotaAuthorsCampaign.htm
Marilee Layman organized the entire process via e-mail, and collected
sufficient domations for Patricia C. Wrede for "her friends on the
Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.sf.composition," IIRC.
Today, I gave Pat the certificate that told her about the chair.
I'd arranged to have lunch with Pat, Lois Bujold, and Pat's sister
Carol. I needed to have a reason for it, though in truth the reason
was that Carol had the digital camera (I haven't bought mine yet), and
Lois was window dressing. I was scheduled to go walking with Pat this
morning, so I knew I needed to come up with a reason that would
satisfy Pat, to keep her from speculating in the wrong (i.e., right)
direction.
I told her that a friend whose house I'd long been interested in was
thinking of putting it on the market, and he was giving me first dibs
at it, and I wanted feedback from Pat and Lois as people who'd had
home remodeling experience, and Carol as a home decorator.
It worked beautifully. Pat spent the entire walk giving me advice
that would have been exceedingly useful if I had indeed been
considering the merits of buying a new house. It was easy for me to
carry on, because all of it was true except for the part about the
house going on the market.
So we showed up for lunch, and Carol took out the camera and started
snapping photos, and we made comments about her new toy, though I
gather it wasn't. Once we sat down, I handed her the letter from the
Friends of the Library, and her face turned several interesting
expressions, mostly comprising surprise and glee. She said "Wow"
several times and with several different expressions over the course
of lunch. It was all quite satisfactory.
And she kindly refrained from killing me when I told her that I wasn't
thinking of buying a new house after all.
The pictures will be available on the Web as soon as Carol gets them
from her camera to my computer (via Lois's computer, since Carol
doesn't have broadband).
Pat will post separately, if she hasn't already, but I'd like to thank
Marilee for organizing the whole process, and to rasfc for letting me
have the fun of springing the surprise on Pat.
Beth Friedman
wrote:
>The pictures will be available on the Web as soon as Carol gets them
>from her camera to my computer (via Lois's computer, since Carol
>doesn't have broadband).
Pictures are now available here:
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=64drvfdo.2my0cvdo&Uy=-m86eyn
Nicola Browne
news:emtvb29fbphfvgcud...@4ax.com
Great piccies!
Nicky
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S. Palmer
> And she kindly refrained from killing me when I told her that I wasn't
> thinking of buying a new house after all.
As with most of Pat's advice, if it doesn't seem useful right away, at
some point in the future it will be indispensible. (-:
-Suzanne
Jacey Bedford
<b...@visi.com> writes
Great pix!
:-)
The look on Pat's face says it all!
Jacey
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D Marshall
says...
Great Pictures.
--
Diem Marshall
Julia Jones
<look...@nospam.invalid> writes
>In message <emtvb29fbphfvgcud...@4ax.com>, Beth Friedman
><b...@visi.com> writes
>>On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:26:58 -0500, Beth Friedman <b...@visi.com>
>>wrote:
>>
>>>The pictures will be available on the Web as soon as Carol gets them
>>>from her camera to my computer (via Lois's computer, since Carol
>>>doesn't have broadband).
>>
>>Pictures are now available here:
>>
>>http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=64drvfdo.2my0cvdo&
>>Uy=-m86eyn
>>
>
>Great pix!
>:-)
>The look on Pat's face says it all!
Doesn't it just. :-) Thanks, Beth.
--
Julia Jones
"We are English of Borg. Your language will be assimilated."
Sea Wasp
Oh, what a lovely sequence of shots. You got it perfect!
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Marilee J. Layman
wrote:
>Pat will post separately, if she hasn't already, but I'd like to thank
>Marilee for organizing the whole process
Y'all are welcome! I just emailed to have the C put next to Pat's
name again on the author list. It looks like nobody noticed it while
it was up!
--
Marilee J. Layman
http://mjlayman.livejournal.com/
Marilee J. Layman
wrote:
Carol definitely knows how to use her camera! Great pictures! I
think the last time I saw Pat, she had long hair.
Elizabeth
> Pictures are now available here:
>
> http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=64drvfdo.2my0cvdo&Uy=-m86eyn
Excellent.
--
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Brian M. Scott
<seawasp...@obvioussgeinc.com> wrote in
<news:44C005B6...@obvioussgeinc.com> in
rec.arts.sf.composition:
> Beth Friedman wrote:
>> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:26:58 -0500, Beth Friedman <b...@visi.com>
>> wrote:
>>> The pictures will be available on the Web as soon as
>>> Carol gets them from her camera to my computer (via
>>> Lois's computer, since Carol doesn't have broadband).
>> Pictures are now available here:
>> http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=64drvfdo.2my0cvdo&Uy=-m86eyn
> Oh, what a lovely sequence of shots. You got it perfect!
Absolutely!
Brian
Kat R
Fabulous! Thanks for spreading the cheer of seeing Pat's happy face.
--
Kat Richardson
Greywalker, coming from Roc, October 3, 2006
http://www.katrichardson.com/
Daniel R. Reitman
wrote:
>Pictures are now available here:
>http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=64drvfdo.2my0cvdo&Uy=-m86eyn
Temporarily not available. :-(
Dan, ad nauseam
Charlie Allery
>
> Pat will post separately, if she hasn't already, but I'd like to thank
> Marilee for organizing the whole process, and to rasfc for letting me
> have the fun of springing the surprise on Pat.
>
Ditto thanks to Marilee and thanks to Beth for 'springing' the surprise! And
to her co-conspiritors for providing suitable camouflage. And, of course,
congratulations to Pat. *g*
Looking forward to the photos.
Charlie
Alma Hromic Deckert
wrote:
And I know exactly which photo portrays the "scunnered" moment <G>
Well deserved, Pat.
A.
Catja
> Marilee Layman organized the entire process via e-mail, and collected
> sufficient domations for Patricia C. Wrede for "her friends on the
> Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.sf.composition," IIRC.
Great pictures. Great action.
Helen Hall
>:-)
>The look on Pat's face says it all!
>
Helen
--
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VeeJay
Beth Friedman wrote:
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:26:58 -0500, Beth Friedman <b...@visi.com>
> wrote:
>
> >The pictures will be available on the Web as soon as Carol gets them
> >from her camera to my computer (via Lois's computer, since Carol
> >doesn't have broadband).
>
> Pictures are now available here:
Wow! I really enjoyed getting a gander at these. Now I have a face to
go with the legend (id est Pat)
Van Swaney
Cally Soukup
> Great pictures. Great action.
Having finally found this thread (duhh, I should have looked at the
second page of headers sooner) I have to agree. Great pictures!
--
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your right to say it." -- Beatrice Hall
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Mauro
"Nicola Browne" <nicky.m...@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:0359920ebee2bd0ca8...@mygate.mailgate.org...
> "Beth Friedman" <b...@visi.com> wrote in message
> news:emtvb29fbphfvgcud...@4ax.com
>
> > On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:26:58 -0500, Beth Friedman <b...@visi.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >The pictures will be available on the Web as soon as Carol gets them
> > >from her camera to my computer (via Lois's computer, since Carol
> > >doesn't have broadband).
> >
> > Pictures are now available here:
> >
> >
http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=64drvfdo.2my0cvdo&Uy=-m86eyn
>
>
> Great piccies!
> Nicky
And suitably lovely captions, as well! :-) Congrats again to Pat.