Sunday, October 25, 2009

Reimar has recovered!


After a mere seven weeks, my friend Reimar's face is again equal on both sides. He really beat that Bell's Palsy in a hurry. I say his positive attitude had a lot to do with it. Yea, Reimar! And yea, Skype, for keeping us in such close touch. I realy look forward to our Sunday visits. Isn't the internet great???

Saturday, October 10, 2009

more from Burn Gallery Exhibit/Loft Workshop Slideshow




Mike Courvoisier with Rebecca Norris Webb


DAH


Mike troubleshots a computer/slideshow snafu








Patricia & Anton. Photo by Mike Young.





Burn Gallery Exhibit & Loft Workshop Slideshow


A portion of the Burn Gallery Exhibit


Erica, Anton & Vivek


Alex Webb presents his and Rebecca Norris Webb's work.


DAH introduces the loft workshop students.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

my friend Reimar in Westphalia, Germany


When I was a child back in the 1940s, people used to say the time would come when we'd be able to see moving pictures of the person we were talking to on the phone. By the time I was a teen in the '50s, I didn't think that was too cool an idea. I mean, who would want to be seen with your hair up in rollers and your pimples uncovered by make-up? Well, now that day has come thanks to Skype, and at 67 I no longer care how I might look to my callers. Just being able to visit with my friends is good enough for me.

But what I could not have imagined was that Skype would be free -- at least to those of us with broadband internet access -- and that it would mean I could talk with persons from around the world. I guess back in the 1940s and 50s, I couldn't have imagined I'd even HAVE friends who lived in almost every time zone on the planet. Or that I would have met these folks not in person but on the computer. How times have changed!

So, for the past three weekends, Reimar Ott and I have been Skyping one another. We'd already been email buddies but this is SO different. It really is like sitting across the kitchen table and shooting the breeze. And for me, it's been a special joy to see Reimar's progress in recovering from the facial paralysis that came on suddenly on Wednesday, September 9. Each week the left side of his face is becoming more plastic again. This week he could even wrinkle his brow on both sides!

There may be down sides to this technological age, but this is definitey an UP side. Anything that brings people closer together is to be celebrated. Let's hear it for Skype!