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	Thursday, June 17, 2004

Yet another passing A longtime family friend passed away yesterday. Esther Nugent (nee Lounsbury) died after a long bout with Alzheimer's. Esther was one of those pillar of the community sorts. Her first husband was a mayor of Anchorage - the '64 quake occured during his term. She was extremely active in the arts community and in civic affairs. But, all of that non-withstanding, she was simply one my favorite people of all time. A wonderful person. She and her husband Bill used to have me over once a month for the world's best macaroni and cheese and a round of pinochle. Clemmie and I would go for long walks and stop by their house for goodies. The on-set of Esther's Alzheimer's was very sudden and she withdrew rather quickly. I never saw her again after the diagnosis. Which is heartbreaking. 8:21:57 PM    comment []

Presidential Clem I was thumbing through Time Magazine's Reagan Commemorative Issue when I ran across a photo of President Reagan and Margaret Thatcher walking President Reagan's dog, Lucky on the White House Lawn. Well, actually the dog is walking the President. And the dog is quite clearly a young Bouvier. Definitely skijoring material with all that pulling going on. But somehow, I'm not seeing President Reagan on cross country skis. Anyhoo, Clemmie is very excited. She has now decided that she is very Presidential. Peter tells her that she's very Republican. Clemmie prefers Presidential. Here's the picture: 7:58:50 PM    comment []

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