Tornado damage

Tornadoes hit around me in University City and Clayton on Friday, but I was hunkered down in my bathroom with doors closed between me and big things whomping against my windows:  SLAM-BANG-BAM!  My friend Nova took this photo of a damaged building with parts of the walls torn off.  That is less than four miles frrom where Nova and I live at the Crown Center.  (Click on the photo to enlarge it.)

My friend in Florida texted on Friday afternoon to see if I was okay.  She said that they lost two tree tops a few weeks ago, when a tornado went through a mile from her house.  On Saturday, a friend in Pennsylvania called to check on me, and my son in Tennessee texted to see if I was okay.  On Sunday, a friend in Canada emailed because she'd heard about the tornadoes.  A friend in middle-Tennessee sent an email saying, "Your area and places north and a bit east of me in KY seem to have had the worst of it."

For those of you relying on new posts showing up on this blog to tell you how I am doing, I hate to tell you that I frequently pre-post things for certain dates.  So it is quite possible that posts will continue to appear long after I die, whether of old age (I'm 85, after all) or tornadoes.

Memories are made of this

Please share a MEMORY you have of me (or us), and I'll share something I remember about you (or us together).

When I did this two years ago on Facebook,

1. Jan remembered our early blogging days,
2. Shon remembered book club discussions,
3. Candy remembered dim sum together (with Barbara, now departed),
4. Sarah remembered reconnecting at the bookstore in North Chattanooga,
5. Fartema remembered being adjunct professors and lunch at Blue Orleans,
6. Kathryn remembered us visiting in her kitchen,
7. Barbara mentioned our mutual friend Sylvia,
8. Sylvia remembered I took her to Candler in Atlanta,
9. Leslie remembered having "daisy" rolls for breakfast at my home,
10. Annette remembered "Bonnie, Donna, and Annette's Excellent Adventure in Atlanta," and
11. Donna said, "Too numerous to name."

Masks and windows

Masks by Sarah

Donna's new mask

Masks

Donna got a Golden Girls mask with "Thank you for being a friend" on it.  Too bad her friend Clawdia can't read it.  Speaking of masks, my friend Sarah has a video about masks she's been making and giving away.  I admire her and Laurie and Linda, who also made and gave away masks.  Looking at the masked people around you these days, have you ever asked yourself, "Who is that masked person?"

Windows

It was night time in Dubai, UAE, when I looked out Hijaz's window today, using WindowSwap.  Click to read where I "went" the first time I looked out of random windows around the world.


One mask at one window

On her Gotcha Day yesterday, Clawdia DID get to visit Donna through the window and Sharon in the hallway, as I had hoped.  Both friends were masked.  Clawdia walked down the hall three times, ate her favorite gourmet food, and also got treats TWICE.  So it was a very event-filled day for Ms. Clawdia.