Out of the nest and on her way

My daughter, Melanie, left this morning. She's driving across the country to get back to Indiana where she'll begin grad school next month. Mom was very stoic and barely even got teary. It all feels so right - the time we've had together, the Digital Libraries Fellowship she received, the loving send off from the people at Faith Episcopal. They wined and dined us all week. We took some time to enjoy some of the LA things we'd missed. We visited Little Saigon and did the LA tourist thing at the La Brea Tar Pits - an amazing place! Did you know that camels at one time roamed free in Southern California?