Old Retired Guy Blog
October 1, 2007
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Here and There, Now and ThenIt's interesting to be back in Madison. We left here in the summer of 1977 when Eric was 1 and Matthew was not yet in the planning stages. In the summer of 1982, after living in Racine and teaching chemistry at UW-Parkside for 5 years, we moved to Portland. The Rose City was our home for 25 years before we finally moved back. I was a bit apprehensive but, fortunately, the 2000-mile move and the search for a new house went much better than I imagined (feared?). What a tremendous relief! Now that most of the boxes are unpacked and we're more-or-less settled, however, I find that I'm struggling with a bad case of "Here and There Syndrome." This is often accompanied by a bout of "Now and Then-itis." I hope that friends and relatives will understand because it's very difficult not to compare Madison to Portland or Wisconsin to Oregon. Worse yet, it's almost impossible to avoid pointing out how the '60s and '70s compare to the 2000's.
So, please be forewarned. Despite my best efforts, future blog entries may suffer from "Here and There Syndrome" and/or "Now and Then-itis." If so, please forgive me and, if you can't handle it, check out youtube.com or some other much more with-it web site. |
