I sold John Stockton

I sold John Stockton to a guy at the Farmer's Market. We haven't closed the transaction yet but I promised to save it for him. We'll finish the deal on Wednesday. Thanks to Heidi for helping me with bear sales! And thanks to Travis Tanner of Tanner Frames for framing John Stockton. And thanks to Trent Nelson, the photographer.

John Stockton Poster

I posted an ad on Craig's List about an email auction of the John Stockton Poster, and I'll be updating current bids here. There are no bids as of yet. All proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society!

Silver Lake

I went up to Silver Lake with my Turkish friends and others for a nice walk and late lunch. I brought raspberries--they were a big hit! I was so excited when I saw that Hulya had made my favorite Turkish dessert, sekerpare. Actually there are 3 Hulyas. Imagine that! The one walking with her husband is Ayse, and the other women are Handan (sp) and Alexandra (from Russia). I haven't learned all their husbands' names yet. I hope to get to know them all a little more because they are so fun and delightful! They are havinga baby shower for Hulya 2 Thursday night so I'll have to see about that (it's Anthony's birthday and I would love to go to the Timpanogos Storytelling Festival to honor him.)
My dreams of having a Turkish life were re-ignited yesterday when I got an email from Erkan...

Random Photos From the Week

I visited Edie's family on Monday because they were leaving for Denver that day. Ollie turned 5 this week. Elena laughed so hard at the picture of herself with the sticky face. The other cute little girl is one of my student's daughters. Not hard to tell which student because they resemble each other so much. The same silly putty I fashioned the rose from also got caught in Mario's fur. He had to have a little haircut. My students put on a performance of Sherlock Holmes. Some of them also graduated from the ESL program. Those students applauded me in class today and one of them said that I would forever live in his mind. Things are good. Goodnight!