Someone made suggestions for our vacation plans for this year. So many choices!
I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can’t go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone else.
I’ve also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there.
I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work.
I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too much on physical activity anymore.
I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often.
I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm.
Sometimes I’m in Capable, and I go there more often as I’m getting older.
One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenaline flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get.
I may have been in Continent, but I don’t remember what country I was in. It’s an age thing. They tell me it is very wet and damp there.
Contributed by Barbara Wallach
Rubber Ducky Derby Day: And Kendal Was There!
Jean Eccleston (far left) and Hildegarde Gray (center, with Fred right behind) at the Kendal Sponsor Booth with official Rubber Ducky Day Cheer Leaders
A grueling day for the duckies! The Sponsor Heat is really for a warm-up. With each successive heat, the winners are recorded until the Final Heat — when the six winners battle it out for the ultimate glory! (Autograph-seekers are discouraged after each heat, since the athletes must rest prepare for the next heat.)
The athletes dive quickly (and gracefully) into the stream . . .
They quickly take their positions. Some go for the front, others — understanding that they can save their energy for the final surge — chose the back.
And they’re off!
The crowd cheers on its favorites as the duckies surge past! Tension rises as the duckies reach into their very souls for the stamina needed to stay in the race, much less to win it.
And we have a winner! Race officials help the exhausted ducks off of the track (along with those who, literally, got lost in the weeds on the way to the finish line) so they can rest up for the next heat.