Thursday, October 13, 2005
Deb's
We are visiting Debbie Stuart here in Coeur d'Alene, who lived w/us for 2 yrs when we first moved to Oahu from Kauai. It was one of those arrangements that turn out to be a "win-win"...I needed someone to pick up the kids after school and she needed a place to live while finishing up her nursing program at UH Manoa. Of course our association turned out to be much more significant than that. She is now a CNM (certified nurse midwife) and nurse doing a crazy rotation between Seattle and Spokane but her home is in Idaho. As we drive up Mill Avenue my eyes gravitate to a cute little house on a large lot surrounded by maple and horse chestnut trees. The ground is covered with mounds of golden leaves which somehow makes more sense and sensation to me than a neatly-raked yard...and she appreciates me saying so. We go to the Wine Cellar for dinner and live blues, and catch up over cajun catfish, butternut ravioli, pork tenderloin (shared family-style) and of course, le vin.
