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Monte Rio, California

November 24, 2005

 



My step-grandmother, Edith, will celebrate her 100th birthday on January 1st.  She seemed to enjoy herself at Thanksgiving dinner, even though she had a hard time hearing everything that was said. But being a good sport, she nodded a lot and just smiled. 

She was particularly interested in my camera, acknowledging that she had no idea how it works (which frankly, neither do I) but knew that my grandfather -- who loved all sorts of new technology and was a photography hound -- would have been amazed by the camera had he lived to see the digital era. "He was way ahead of his time," she noted.  Indeed...