24 June 2014: Tuesday ... Core Challenge w/Maria (Pamela still in Ohio, I think?) ... Mom's exquisite letter to NV ... great yoga (a hand squeeze from Christina) ... Anne Dunlap in the corridor ...

Jul 11 6-9 pm	Chadds Ford, PA Brandywine River Museum of Art
Jul 27 7 - 10 pm	Newark, DE Homegrown Cafe
Sep 14 2-5 pm	Pennington, NJ Hopewell Valley Vineyards
Sep 28 7 - 10 pm	Newark, DE Homegrown Cafe
Oct 19 2 pm	Chadds Ford, PA Brandywine River Museum of Art

The performing schedule, above, of Catherine Marie Charlton, a member of UUSMC and a very creative composer, pianist and improviser, who has a real Web presence with her work, especially at the Brandywine River Museum and her work with the Wyeth estate. She is truly gifted. We need to get her to perform on a Sunday, wonder why Kristen has not encouraged her to perform for the congregation?

Dancer didn't notice her possible prey down the gravel path.  

Susan Siepmann Greco commenting on my serendipitous (aka, random event) discovery of three deer during my walk this evening around Carousel Park, where I parked, for the first time, in the lot where the faux western town is located and where the stables for the New Castle County mounted patrol are. 

• It's always nice when these things just randomly happen!

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  Rudy Nyhoff Eureka Susan!  It is extraordinarily nice, in fact, it is the essence of happiness and serendipity. Each day is a collection of random events.

20 May 2014: Tuesday ... meeting Anne Dunlap thanks to Gwen ... Katia and biking/brunch ... Bob and Alice ... bike rack & helmet

Gwen Hays, yoga and fitness instructor at the Western Y, introduced me to an extraordinary young woman this late morning, Anne Dunlap, who taught me about perseverance in the face of adversity and disability. She was injured severely in a car accident at age 18 in 1998 (she is a graduate of St. Mark's HS and Del Tech, where she earned her 2-year degree in four years -- she had planned to attend Virginia Tech until the accident with her boyfriend on Kirkwood Highway when their stalled car was struck by a DART bus). She asked that I write her an e-mail and I thought why not take a selfie of us on the tread mill. It does not do her justice as she she is an exquisitely beautiful young lady who could model with her looks. What a delight to get to meet her today thanks to Gwen's initiative. 

Hurried texts with Katia and her proximity to Bob and Alice prompted her request that I pick her up to visit my mom. She also mentioned riding bikes. her own. She wants to start getting some exercise. As a result, my mind went whirring and I called and then e-mailed Bob with the request to bring a visitor to brunch on Saturday. He responded right away and said bring her on, so I'll pick up Katia with my new bike rack (which I just ordered from Amazon) and my new bike helmet (also ordered from Amazon with 2-day shipping, so I should get it by Thursday).