Here is a picture my friend Sharon sent me earlier this week.
Is she smiling because she likes to borrow her neighbor’s riding lawnmower and spend an afternoon cutting grass?
Nope.
Is she smiling because she is happy to be outside in the heat and humidity because her husband hurt his back playing golf?
Uh, no.
Is she happy she finally gets a chance to show off her new pink socks?
Maybe.
She is actually waving goodbye. In three days she and a girlfriend are escaping to cool and rainy–Sharon’s favorite kind of weather–Scotland for a tour of Edinburgh, Skye, castles, distilleries and Glasgow.
Or so she thought.
Because this morning she sent me an email, and it wasn’t from an old ruin of a castle where a ruggedly handsome (naturally) laird poured whiskey down her throat and held her hostage in order to avenge the death of his beloved, mad, older brother, who was secretly plotting to poison the King.
(I could go on and on, of course, but I’m going to spare you the details of what-could-have-been if I was writing it. There is no laird, no whiskey breath and no village healer).
There isn’t even a happy ending, here in 2011.
Turns out that Sharon’s big plane clipped the tail of a smaller plane, right there in the airport.
You can read all about it here: “http://overheadbin.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/07/14/7085722-delta-767-clips-regional-jet-at-logan-airport-1-hurt#comments—”
I’m sorry, Sharon. I hope you can try again soon.
is there any more pie? 
Ahahahahaha!
Thanks for making me laugh so I hard I had to hobble crossed-legged to the bathroom.
I think it’s only fair I get to see a picture of you in your exercise spandex—a side view.
Excuse me, Sharon, but didn’t I share my orange-hard-hat-baggy-sweater-frizzy-hair-glamour pic from some ancient site in the Orkneys with you, Pat and Nancy??? I think more than one person wet her pants that day. And Nancy fell on the floor.
I love the pink socks! I need to dress up more when I am mowing my lawn.
I saw the wing clip accident on the news. I hope they have re-booked her flight and she is finally on her way!
No such luck. She missed her tour and all the other tours are booked for this summer. I hope the airlines come up with some help!
Yes, I do recall that picture. However, you shared that with 3 people. My picture has been shared with the world. People in China will see my pink socks!
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