Travel for Memory

daily pie's coming to you from Bloomington, Indiana, for the next two weeks. GO BIG RED.

I came to visit my family, but also a couple of friends who just lost their fathers (one expected, one not). One father's memorial / life celebration was Wednesday, and made me think of this: when my brother and sister-in-law had their son a year ago, they gave him an old-fashioned name, one that made me think "old man." But it also made me smile, because the only other person I'd known with that name was my friend's father, and he was the nicest person I've ever met.

He was also, it turns out, the man who brought television broadcasting to Indiana University. Who'd've thought?

I had a beautiful 6-mile run through my alma mater's campus this morning - cloudy, cool, and autumn-foliated. :)

I've also gotten to spend some good time with my niece so far. Some shots of her Halloween costume (a panda) and our afternoon at the playground...