Got your postcard! (fwd)

[Noelle <noelle>]

 > From: Lizzie <http://www.sbcglobal.net/~l>
 > Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2017 20:06:57 -0800
 > 
 > Dear Noelle,
 > 
 > Thank you so much for your postcard.  You are so great at keeping in touch, 
 > and I am very grateful.  How are you and Robert doing?  Any travel in your 
 > future, or are you both tied to work for the near (and perhaps distant) 
 > future?  How's everything on the home front?  Kind of big news about your 
 > dad moving to senior housing, is Gail going with him?  I imagine it's one of 
 > those communities that has graduated categories of living either solo or 
 > with assistance?  What made him decide to make the change?  Is he okay?
 > 
 > Work at the Getty continues, we have a region-wide initiative called Pacific 
 > Standard Time: LA/LA (Latino Art and Los Angeles).  It's the third iteration 
 > of PST and almost every museum and cultural organization is participating by 
 > having its own Latino Art-themed exhibition or performance.  Roger is 
 > finishing up his fourth season on Crazy Ex Girlfriend (CW Network) and will 
 > be moving to Albuquerque after Thanksgiving to work on Better Call Saul, he'
 > ll be there through May with trips back here on weekends.  We were in Taos 
 > for our niece's wedding, my first trip to .  It's quite beautiful.  We 
 > rented an "earthship" off Airbnb. 
 > 
 > We are in the middle of remodeling our downstairs, both bathrooms (including 
 > moving a bathroom in order to enlarge the master suite), new closets, 
 > additional wood flooring, new lighting and doors with windows to allow more 
 > light in the entryway.  It's exciting but I have to say Roger's move is good 
 > timing as we're a bit cramped with our bedroom furniture in the office, 
 > sharing half a closet and one bathroom on similar schedules.  I'll miss him 
 > but I may sleep better!  and the house will be cleaner!  Boy, I sound like 
 > my mother.
 > 
 > Everyone is doing well.  Mary is a full-time professor of film (documentary) 
 > at Mt. St. Mary's here in Los Angeles.  Maggie I believe is actually cutting 
 > back on her schedule at Santa Barbara High School.  She gave up yearbook 
 > after over twenty years and I think she's enjoying doing art at home.  Her 
 > husband built her a studio in the backyard.  John continues to work on 
 > various films.  Both of his dogs passed away (his dogs were a big part of 
 > their lives) but they've been traveling more as a result, and I think they 
 > enjoy that.  Jenny is still working at the City of Ventura and just 
 > completed a bit of remodeling on her own (wood flooring, new doors).  Andy 
 > is Andy, living with his heiress wife, working on his mancave.  Julie is now 
 > divorced from Lionel, a single mom in Phoenix, AZ where she took a job with 
 > a production company.  She doesn't like AZ and thinks Lionel may end up 
 > moving back to Florida in which case she may make the move back to CA.  It's 
 > too bad for the kids, I in fact see a lot of the old pattern of my parents 
 > and how they dealt (or didn't deal) with breaking up, etc.  It breaks my 
 > heart but what can I do!  Julie is nothing like my mom of course, the kids 
 > are attended to (and there are only two of them.)
 > 
 > Anyway, that's the rundown.  Let me know if and when you and Robert come 
 > this way.  We have no plans to go up north.  We will be in Encinitas for 
 > Thanksgiving (Roger's brother) and here for Christmas.  We may go to Europe 
 > in June, the idea is there but no real planning yet.  It's germinating.
 > 
 > Thank you again for reaching out.  It's so great to hear from you.
 > 
 > Love,
 > 
 > Lizzie