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December 3, 2009 · 12:51 pm

Daughter News – Engaged, Learning Arabic…

My clever and generally wonderful daughter Jessica just announced her engagement to be married to long-time boyfriend Matt Holmes (also a Junior, Matt studies at the College of William and Mary). Jessica is learning Arabic because she will be a student at CMU-Q (Carnegie Mellon University Quatar, in Doha) next semester. She will be home in about two weeks but then she is off on a family ski trip with the Holmes family. Jessica will be back from skiing just before Christmas and leaving for Doha during the 2nd week of the new year. Somewhere in there we need to hold her engagement party and celebrate her 21st birthday. Matt’s Mom and I are trying to work out party dates and arrangements now…

This will be a busy holiday season for our families!

8 December – Jessica’s story ended up on the blog for the company which sold the engagement rings: Turtle Love Committee.

Jessica Dickinson Goodman in her Presidential Inauguration ball gown<br /> photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Matt Holmes, Jessica Dickinson Goodman, Paul Dickinson Goodman at the Lair of the Golden Bear<br /> photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Jessica Dickinson Goodman at the Lair of the Golden Bear<br /> photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Jessica Dickinson Goodman and Matt Holmes at the Lair of the Golden Bear<br /> photo: copyright 2007 Katy Dickinson

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October 6, 2009 · 2:26 pm

Carnegie Mellon Today

Our family was delighted to see the “Photo Op” article on p.7 of the newly-published October 2009 issue of Carnegie Mellon Today magazine. The article is about my daughter Jessica who took a photo of General Colin Powell at the Presidential Inauguration. The Special Libraries Association used her photo as their magazine cover image.

Jessica is a Junior in the Humanities Scholars Program at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is planning on spending her next semester at the CMU-Q campus, in Doha, Qatar. Jessica’s major is Ethics, History and Public Policy with a minor in Vocal Performance but she spends a much of her spare time messing around with computers.

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September 4, 2009 · 3:21 pm

Lair of the Golden Bear, “Twilight at Pinecrest”

We got back last week from our annual camping trip. Every year since 1993,
my family has vacationed at the

Lair of the Golden Bear, the family camp managed by the
U.C. Berkeley Alumni Association.
The Lair is in the Sierras near
Pinecrest.
There are 3 camps within the Lair: Gold, Blue, and Oski.

As usual, John, Jessica, Matt, Paul and I picked up
my mother
Eleanor in San Francisco and visited Poot’s House of Cactus in Ripon on the drive
to Pinecrest.

In over 50 years of Lair camping, each week has developed its own style and
traditions. Our family is always well represented in the 10th week Camp Blue Review –
the Lair’s Wednesday night talent show. This year, Jessica sang “Losing My Mind”
by Stephen Sondheim (she studies Music at Carnegie Mellon), Matt did gymnastics (he is on the Gymnastics team at
William & Mary), and the whole family acted in a Cal vs. Stanford vampire skit written by

my brother Pete, called “Twilight at Pinecrest”.
We celebrated Paul’s birthday with his traditional Lair Cake.

After our week at the Lair, we drove our truck and Yuppie Wagon trailer over
Sonora pass (9,624 feet above sea level) through the stark and lovely
Emigrant Wilderness
to Nevada’s capital Carson City, where we
visited the Nevada State Railroad Museum.
We then drove to Vacaville to see the newly-in-use
Nut Tree train (on a very tiny
track, alas!) and the

Consolidated Rock & Mineral shop. We stopped off in San Francisco to
drop off my mother and pick up our

two new birds and then drove home to San Jose.

Entering San Francisco

Entering San Francisco
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Matt, Jessica, Paul, Yuppie Wagon

Matt, Jessica, Paul and the Yuppie Wagon
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Picking up Grandma

Picking up Grandma in San Francisco, Eleanor Dickinson
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Visiting Poot’s House of Cactus

Visiting Poot's House of Cactus, Ripon California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

yucca

hippo cactus

hippo cactus, Poot's House of Cactus, Ripon California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

cactus flower

cactus flower, Poot's House of Cactus, Ripon California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Camp Blue Road

Camp Blue Road, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

wine & cheese

Pete Dickinson, Eleanor Dickinson, wine & cheese after unpacking, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Pete Dickinson, Eleanor Dickinson, wine & cheese after unpacking, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

John in hammock

John in hammock, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

jay bird visiting

jay bird visiting, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

squirrel in bucket

squirrel in bucket, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

our tent

Jessica

Jessica and Matt

Jessica and Matt, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Wheel and Deal in the lodge

playing Wheel and Deal in the lodge, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

visiting butterfly

visiting butterfly, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

my nephew Daniel

my nephew Daniel, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Blue Review skit audition

Blue Review skit audition, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

my niece Lynda

my niece Lynda, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Lynda’s girl pack

Lynda's girl pack, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Paul, Jessica, Matt

Paul, Jessica, Matt, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Pete, Eleanor, Katy

Pete, Eleanor, Katy, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 John Plocher

Family with Oski the Bear

Family with Oski the Bear, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Jessica

Matt, Blue Review

Matt in Blue Review, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Jessica, Blue Review

Jessica in Blue Review, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 John Plocher

Jessica and Matt

Jessica and Matt, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Paul watching a movie

Paul watching a movie, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

sunset tree

sunset tree, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 John Plocher

the creek

water skeeter

water skeeter, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Pete, Eleanor, kids

Pete, Eleanor, Daniel, Lynda, Lair of the Golden Bear, Pinecrest California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

pinecones

Jesscia and Paul, Nut Tree Train 1994

Jessica and Paul, Nut Tree Railroad, 1994 Vacaville California
photo: copyright 1994 Katy Dickinson

Nut Tree Railroad 2009

Nut Tree Train, 2009 Vacaville California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Nut Tree Railroad flyer 2009

Nut Tree Train flyer, 2009 Vacaville California
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

San Francisco in the fog

San Francisco in the fog
photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

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August 14, 2009 · 11:06 pm

Summer Stuff

Summer events:

Jessica fixing her bike photo: copyright 2009 Katy Dickinson

Jessica is home

Resurrection lilies

Scarf Sunday

My daughter Jessica had a successful summer being the web intern for the World Organization for Human Rights USA in Washington, D.C. She also worked in a bike shop.

This is the season for roses, resurrection lilies, yarrow, cactus and other heat-loving plants to bloom in my garden.

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church sent a hundred campers off to Camp Oskie (which for that week becomes Camp St. Andrew’s) at the Lair of the Golden Bear, the University of California at Berkeley Alumni family camp in Pinecrest, California. On Scarf Sunday, everyone comes to church to show off their new St. Andrew’s Camp scarves, tell camp stories, and sing. This year’s theme was Safari so the altar was flanked by a life-sized cardboard tiger and lion. Leopard print was the fashion for the day.

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June 29, 2009 · 5:18 pm

50th Wedding Anniversary at Loon Lake

My husband, John Plocher, and Paul and I traveled to Loon Lake, Wisconsin, last week to celebrate John’s parents’ 50th wedding anniversary. We spent the week on a variety of boats and enjoying family in the 75-year-old cottage. There were 9 grandchildren (ages 17 to 3: Micah, Paul, Nathaniel, Gabriel, Leah, Malachai, Zacharias, Isaiah, and Mashayla) who chased caterpillars and crawdads, went fishing with Grandpa, played cards and boardgames and went swimming as often as possible. We missed my daughter Jessica who has an internship this summer in Washington, D.C. The grownups cooked and cleaned, fixed up the cottage, and drove the boats. John and I paddled the canoe from Loon Lake, through a beaver dam, across Washington Lake, to Shawano Lake and back.

This year on Osprey Island in the middle of Loon Lake were one nesting pair of Loons, two pair of Ospreys, and one pair of Bald Eagles plus a blue heron, mallard ducks, and uncountable songbirds. The loons sang to us all night.

Presenting the Silver Tray	.	Proud Mom, 3 Sons
50th Anniversary Cake	.	White water lily
Naomi and grandkids in the lake	.	Loon Lake Sunset
John playing	.	Micah with John’s hat
Paul tubing behind the speedboat	.	Grandkids in a row
Bald Eagle with 2 babies in nest	.	Loon Lake Cottage

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March 16, 2009 · 3:35 pm

Qatar and Coffee Pots

My daughter Jessica is back safe in Pittsburgh, PA, from her CMU Spring Break in Qatar (CMU-Q). It has been fascinating listening to her stories about the trip. You can see Jessica’s pictures at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jdickins_photos/ and her comments on her blog http://feelingelephants.wordpress.com/.

One of Jessica’s Doha, Qatar photos surprised me. It is of a monument honoring the Qatari traditional coffee pot. This coffee pot looks very similar to one I have in my home office, which my father brought home many years ago from one of his trips to the Middle East. He thinks he bought it on Oman.

Jessica in Doha, Qatar

CMU-Q Spring Break

Coffee Pot

Monument, Doha

My office coffee pot

in San Jose, CA

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March 8, 2009 · 3:56 pm

Daughter in Qatar

My daughter Jessica (a Sophomore studying Political Science, Computer Science, and Music at CMU – Carnegie Mellon University – in Pittsburgh, PA) is spending her Spring Break this week at the CMU campus in Doha, Qatar. Jessica calls the campus CMU-Q. For those who are geographically challenged, like me, Qatar is east of Saudi Arabia and south of Iran. You can follow her interesting cultural adventures on her blog http://feelingelephants.wordpress.com/

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