J

J

Some of my thoughts and memories and things:

• Jackie and Jim- my parents.
• Jimmy and Joann- my brother and his wife.
• John and Jane- my uncle and aunt.
• Jack and Ida- my grandparents
• Jim Staudt- my brother-in-law
• Jimmy Staudt- my nephew
• Jaye- my good friend from Delaware.
• Jesus- not a fan.
• Jane- we have been friends since high school.
• June- my busiest and easiest month when I was working.  The first half of the month I spent every minute on graduation preparations.  Then, school would let out and I would have the building to myself. It was the quiet after the storm.
• July- my birthday month
• Japan- 1994- this is a beautiful and clean country but it is not as interesting as other places I have visited.
• Jamaica- 2014- an easy place to spend a few decadent days.
• Joy Luck Club- Amy Tan is one of my favorite authors.  I've read this book twice. I've seen the movie twice and I've listened to this audio book at least twice.
• JFK- my mother's famous initials: Jacqueline Florence Kelly
• Jack- my beloved grandfather- 6-5-1900 to 12-5-74.
• Jewelry- Wear diamond earrings, four rings, three bangle bracelets and a thin, gold necklace.
• Jenkintown High School- I worked there as a guidance counselor during the 84-85 school year.
• Joni Mitchell- my favorite musician
• JFK- I remember every minute of his assassination.  I was 8. And I have become obsessed with this event.
• Junk Food- I try to stay away from it but I am not as successful as I should be.
• Jill- my niece
• Jackson Hole, WY- 2005- I went dog sledding
• Jade Buddha- Thailand- 1992
• Jello- no thanks.
• Jelly- no thanks.
• Juice- I don't drink much of it anymore now that I try to stay away from sugar.
• Jelly Beans- same as above but I do love them.
• Japanese Encephalitis- I have been vaccinated for this disease.
• Juice- I wish there was less sugar in juice.
• Jamaica- 2014- I stayed at an all-inclusive resort here and that just isn't my style.
• Jimmy Carter- GA- 2017- He is so damn impressive to me.
• Jefferson Airplane- I thought this group was edgy.
• Joan Armatrading- I've been to her concerts
• Jon Stewart show- NYC- 2014
• John Lennon- December 8, 1980- I remember that night as if it happened yesterday.  I was at the Brick House Bar.
• June- school let out for the summer. Free at last, free at last.
• Jersey (UK)- I visited here in 2018
• Joy- I try to find joy in my life.  Some days are easier than others.

G

G
Some of my thoughts and memories and things:

• Germany- 1979, 2004, 2012, 2013, 2016
• Garden- I love my garden.
• Gobi Desert, Mongolia- this is a magnificent place, even if I had to ride on camels to get around some places.
• Greece- the islands are beautiful, even in the dead of their winter.
• Guatamala- a country of beautiful, colorful weavings and fabrics.
• Gin- I had a run in with gin in 1973 on my first night of college.  Now, I still can't drink gin and most clear liquors.
• Glacier Brewery- MT
• Golden Brewery- CO- a sweet place to spend the afternoon.
• Gummy Bears- yup, I like them.
• Gordon Biersch Brewery- CA- I'm not going back here.
• Goose Island Brewery- PA- my 100th brewery.
• Great Danes Brewery- WI- this place was just OK.
• Grumpy Trolls Brewery- WI
• Grand Canyon- AZ- there is no word to describe this magnificent place- 2018.
• Gin Rummy- my grandparents came to our house almost every day and we played cards. We played a lot of gin rummy and now I don't remember the rules.
• Glen Canyon- AZ- I took a raft down the Colorado River and ended up at Horseshoe Bend.
• Gelati- I wish I didn't like this delicious treat.
• Golden Gate Bridge- CA- I like to look at it.  I would love to walk across it some day.
• Gum- I chew a lot of gum.  I have a very dry mouth so this is one way to soothe my discomfort.
• Grandparents- I only knew my mother's parents and I loved them. They visited us every damn day.
• Gofundme- I see more and more people using this site to pay for funeral costs of young people who have died suddenly from drug overdoses. parents never plan for this cost.
• Golfing- it is such a boring game.  My dad made my siblings and me take lessons when I was 12. But he quickly discovered that none of us were interested in this sport.
• Gus- my nephew.
• Gin- I had a run in with gin in 1973.  I drank way too much one night.  Now, 45 years later, I still can't drink much hard liquor.
• Germans- my German friends come both USA every October for two weeks.  I refer to  them as "The Germans".
• Germantown, PA- I used to live near here.
• Gnash- one weird god but one I like to photograph.
• Girl- I go crazy when someone refers to me as a girl.  I am an adult want want to be treated as such.  I am a woman.  I am not a girl.
• Georgia- I drove to Georgia to meet Jimmy Carter.  That was one long weekend of driving that was worth my time.
• Ganges River- India- I spent my 60th birthday here.
• Giving birth- no thanks.  That's not for me.
• Gulf of Mexico- I hang here when I visit my friends' winter homes in Florida.
• Gulf of Panama- I sailed through the Panama Canal from the Gulf of Panama.
• God Bless You- What a stupid thing to say when someone sneezes.
• George H. Bush- an idiot.
• George W. Bush- an even bigger idiot.
• Great Barrier Reef- I want to go back to this wonderful place.
• Greenbrier Road- Carpenter's Point, MD- my home for 12 years.
• Grier Street- Williamsport, PA- my home for three years.
• General Hospital- a stupid soap opera that I watched for too many years.  What a waste of time.
• George Peabody Library- Baltimore, MD
• Great Gatsby- I thought this was a fantastic book when I read it in 1972.  Now, I find it to be boring.
• Ginger- a very appealing taste to me.
• Great Aunt- I became a great aunt in October 2009.
• Grand Canyon- June 2018- it was magnificent.
• Gardening- I love my garden but I don't always like to garden. I hate pulling weeds.
• God Bless You- My Personal Stance- I don't say this anymore after anyone sneezes. It's stupid.  Do you really thing God is sitting around on high alert every time someone sneezes and he stops everything to bless that person. 
• Gatlinburg, TN- 2018- I spent five days here with friends.

California

California

I think I have been to California about a dozen times to visit with friends. It's always fun to visit but I don't have any interest in living here because it just isn't green enough for my liking. I like the four seasons.

San Jose

• Mud Baths
• Sierra Nevada Brewing Company
• Sunset skylines
• breweries
• hanging in the hot tub, under the stars, overlooking the city

Carmel

• a weekend conference at a luxury hotel
• a drive up the beautiful Pacific highway
• wandering about this beautiful small town

San Diego

• crossing the Mexican border for lobster
• Jim and Suellen
• Alumni Meetings with The Institute of Shipboard Education
• The zoo
• The butterfly exhibit

San Fransisco

• Grateful Dead concerts on New Year's Eve
• big, beefy burritos
• Van Morrison concert
• Bonnie Raitt concert
• Sam, my college friend
• Crooked Street
• nudist centers
• Polk Street
• Giant Redwoods
• The sea lions
• BLISS, a sculpture
• Chinatown, Christmas Eve
• 2000 New Year's Eve Celebration

Famine Food Truck

Famine Food Truck

Washington, DC

May 2017

by Oxfam America

I am standing by this food truck.  The staff members are distrubinng literature to every one who passes by them.  They are raising awareness about the problems of hunger in this world.  One woman walks up to the window and wants to know what food they are serving.  The staff member begins to convey the message that there is no food on this truck, a symbolic gesture of the fact that too many people in this world are constantly hungry. The woman walks away, annoyed that her time has been wasted.

Antelope Canyon- AZ

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U

U

Some of my thoughts and memories and things:

• Ulan Baatar- the capital of Mongolia and one ugly city- July 2006
• Utah- one beautiful state- 2006
• Umbrellas- great idea but I hate to use them.
• Uncles- John, Lawrence, Tom and Dick
• Uber- yea, I'm coming on board with this service.
• Under the Boardwalk- one of my favorite songs from the 1960s.  I think the Drifters sang this song.
• U-turns- I have to admit that I do make a lot of illegal U-Turns.  
• Uncle John- my father's oldest brother.  He died at 57 from a brain aneurysm
• Uncle Lawrence- he died at 32 from Hodgeskin's Disease.  He died before I was born and my father mourned for him forever.
• Uncle Tom- he was closes in age to my father and they were buddies. He lived to be 91
• Uncle Dick- my mother's only sibling and the last of the Review.  Our family name dies with him
• USA- my country.
• UK- I like to visit this little island.
• Ulcers- my doctor once told me that my test results showed the begging of an ulcer.  I told her that was ridiculous as I want worried about anything.  She said diets could cause ulcers and then she asked me what I had for breakfast: coffee, tomato juice and leftover pizza.  
• URW: text talk for "you are weird" and I have been told that thousands of times.
• U2- I like a lot of their music but not all of it.
• Underdogs- some of my favorite students.
• Unapologetic- I don't apologize for my views.
• Unchained Melodies- one of my favorite songs. Tons of people have covered this song and I never get tired of it.
• Uncle Tom's Cabin- I never read it.  I cant rad books that are written in the local dialect.
• Unicorns- I don't believe in them.
• Urinary Tract Infections- this hasn't been a problem for me.
• Urinate- I urinate, I don't pee.
• Uniforms- I had to wear the uglies uniforms for my first 12 years of education.  Now, I still don't know how to dress with any style.
• Usahuaia, Argentia- 2007- I left port here and traveled to Antarctic.
• Unions- I never joined one.
• Umpires- I hate when parents yell at umpires during a kid's baseball game.  I want to tell them to "STFU, this guy is a volunteer".
• Upside down pineapple cake- I am not a big fan and it must be 40 years since I had a piece and I'm OK with that.
• Unsweetened Ice Tea- that is how I like.  I like the raw taste of the tea.  Adding sugar just ruins the taste for me.
• Unpasteurized milk- I cant taste the difference so I am just going to stick to pasteurized milk.
• Unsalted nuts- I hate salted nuts.
• Uniontown, PA- my parents very good friends used to live here and I've visited them a few times.
• Uptown Theatre- PA- I volunteer as an usher here.
• Unionville, PA- my sister and her family used to live here.
• University Park, PA- home of Penn State University, my Alma Mater.
• Ulysses S. Grant- I really don't know much about this guy.  I know he was a president but that is about it.
• Until we met again- there are lots of people I let slip out of my life and I would like to meet them again.
• Until Death Do We Part- that's a damn big commitment and one that I never made.
• Uganda- I want to go here to see the silver back gorillas.

D

D
Some of my thoughts and memories and things:

Dachau Concentration Camp- Germany- I have been here twice and it is dreadful to see so much inhumanity.
Denmark- This is an expensive country to visit so once was enough.
Delaware- a state that started a nation and now offers tax free shopping.
Drum Circle-  I joined a drum circle class and I was awful.  I can't keep the beat.
Dierdre- my niece, May 18, 1985
Danny- my nephew.  He is a math teacher.
Dew Point Brewery- DE
Diamondback Brewery- MD

Democratic National Convention

Dock Street Brewery- PA- the place is a bit edgy but they make some good beers.
Dodgeball- I had to play this degrading game in high school and I hated it.  I always tired to get out first so I could sit out the rest fo the game.  I didn't want to hit anyone with the ball.
Dogfish Brewery- DE- I love to visit this place.
DuClaw brewery- MD
Dunkin Brewery- FL
Dogs- I don't really like to hang with them.
Democratic National Convention- July 2016- Philly- I was there.
Democrat- my party of choice.
Dorothy Parker- an author who used to hold me attention but not too much today.
D and C Canal- Maryland, USA- I've kayaked here but I am not sure that s really allowed.
Danube River- Europe- I've taken my share of afternoon cruises down this river.
Do Unto Others As You Would Like Them To Do Unto You- a good idea that I should practice more often.
Delaware River- PA- I kayak in this river.  We put in near Delaware Water Gap.
Devlins- neighborhood friends from East Sharpneck Street in Philadelphia.
DIPA- Double Indian Pale Ale- my favorite beer choice
Delaware Bay- I go bird watching here.
Defiant- I've been called this on several occasions. As a matter of fact, I think I suffer from ODD.
Derelict- I've been called this as well.
Dumb as a doorknob- And I've been called this also.
Downtown- that's what I used to call center city Phoadlephia when I was a girl. "I'm going downtown fro the day."
Drinking: coffee, tea, water, juice, beer, kumbachu,  coconut water, very little wine, liquor and hot chocolate.
Devil Wears Prada- I love, love, loved this movie. Meryl Streep was outstanding in this mean role.
Digging in the dirt- a very satisfying way to spend the afternoon.
Donovan- a 1960's singer who sang very stand songs but I liked him.  "First there was a mountain, then there was no mountain".--What???
Drake's Passage- I crossed it in 2007 and we had calm seas which was most unusual.
David Sedaris- a talented and funny writer. I've read most of what he has written.  But I prefer to listen to his audio books because his tones are so loud and clear.
Dallas, Texas- haven't been there and I dont see it in my future.  I have been to Housten and Austin.
Durham, England- been there.
Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania- been there- 2016
Darwin, Australia- been there- 2015
Dehli, India- been there- 2004
Denver, Colorado- been there several times
Dubin, Ireland- been there- 2000
Diapers- I dont change any kid's diapers and I mean it.
David Letterman- I went to see him at the Ed Sullivan Theatre in the fall of 1993.
Dogfish 60 Minute IPA- one of my favorite beers.
Death with Dignity- an organization that I support.  I think people should be allowed to call it quits when they are finished with life.
Dementia- I think it is beginning to creep up on me.  I am forgetting my words.

Garden 2018

Garden 2018

My Apartment Building

West Chester, PA

I miss my garden.  I love living in my new apartment but I really miss my lush garden at my old house.  So I will settle for this small corner on my balcony.

Heroes

Heroes

We all need heroes.  I admire courageous people, people who stand up for what they believe, no matter what the cost.

Here are mine:

• RBG- she has just come under my radar.  She's become an icon and I recently watched her documentary movie and was sorry that it took me so damn long to admire her.
• Malala- At 15, she stood up to the Taliban and risked her life because she felt strongly about her education.  And I wasted most of my formal education.
• Pope Francis- he is a man of peace and love.
• MLK- I think our world would be so different if he had been allowed to lead his dream.
• Robert Kennedy- I love the speech he gave the night MLK was murdered.
• Mother Theresa- she lived in ugliness and only saw beauty
• Joe Paterno- his career ended with great sadness and anger but I still admire him.
• Obama- the white racists in our country were ugly to him but he never stooped to name calling as Trump does.
• Lech Waleasl- I give him credit for ending the Cold War.  He stood up to his government and successfully chipped away at communism.
• Mikhail Gorbachev- Russian leader- he fought to bring elections to Russian and sacrificed his opportunity to hold on to his position.
• Atticus Finch- OK, I know he is a fictional character but there are people who have risked all in an effort to stand up fro the underdog.
• Richard and Mildred Loving- the interracial couple from the VA who went to the Supreme Court to fight for their right to live as a legally married couple.
• Congressman John Lewis- he got hit in the head by a bat and went back to march again the next day for civil rights.  That is courage.
• Jean Kearns- my freshman Sociology teacher. She encouraged me to believe in myself.
• Ida- my grandmother- she saw the goodness in everyone.

2013

2013
Carpenter’s Point, MD

My age: 57- 58

from my garden

Home:  I am now living, full time, in a rural community, tucked away from the mainstream and about 30 miles north of Baltimore.  This was a very long, isolated winter. But I do get to spend more time on my garden in the spring and summer. And I now have the opportunity to kayak every day as my house is 20 yards away from the North East River.

School- I took classes at Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (AKA Geriatric University). Mostly I took courses in writing, photography, travel and economics. I also took a course at my local community college on photography and zentangle (doodling).

Music- I don't know any music anymore.  I used to listen to music for hours at a time.  But once I moved away from albums and CDs, I stopped playing music.  I listen to it in the car.  Mostly I listen to WXNP, an independent  Philly station that plays singer/songwriters who are well known and unknown.

Movies- I love to go to the movies.

Norway Art Museum

• All is Lost- I am tired of movies that star Robert Redford.
• American Hustler- a fun movie to watch.
• August Osage County- it was OK.
• The Butler- I enjoyed it.
• Captain Phillips- thrilling and scary.
• The Great Gatsby- I thought this movie did a great job of showing Gatsby's extravagance.
• In a World
• Inside Llewyn Davis
• Nebraska- a good story line.
• Philomena- this movie made me so angry, once again, with the Catholic Church.
• Saving Mr. Banks- an entertaining movie

The White Cliffs of Dover

Books

• I am listening to David Sedaris on audiobooks.  He is a    clever writer.  I particularly like his story on being an elf At Macy's during the Christmas season.  It is so damn funny.  I try to listen to this story every year now.
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•  A Walk in The Woods-  I have listened to this book so many times that I can just put in any CD and just pick up the story.    And I still laugh right out loud when I listen to it.

Philadelphia

Travels 

• ·      I spent the summer in Jacmel, Haiti where I supervised the Haiti Family Initiative Program.  We offered a medical clinic, a women’s empowerment class, sports programs, art classes and school-readiness programs.
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• ·      I visited my high school friend, Marie Barcia in England.  We went to see the play, The Book of Mormons.
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•       I traveled to NJ, DE, CO, NY

Norway

•      I took a trip with the Semester at Sea program. What a great program! I could take a trip like this every year. We traveled by ship for 3 weeks and visited:
•               England 
•               Germany 
•               Norway
•               Sweden 
•               Denmark 
•               Latvia
•               Russia

News events

• The Affordable Care Act is a controversial piece of legislation that was a great benefit to me.  My health insurance cost dropped $300/month.
• Nelson Medela died and the whole world mourned for him.
• Two jerks dropped bombs during the Boston Marathon. And the  Boston cops put on a man hint for them that was admirable and determined.  The cops found those fuckers in two days.
• Ed Snowden leaked classified information about NSA spying on all of us.
• The Federal Government shut down for 16 long days.
• Pope Francis becomes the pope and wins over every one's hearts.
• Gay Marriage is passed by the Supreme Court.
• Three women are released from captivity in a house in Cleveland.  The kidnapper was arrested and eventually hung himself in his jail cell before the trial.
• Detroit filed for bankruptcy. That city has lots of troubles.



Haiti

• The country is up in arms over the killing of Travon Martin by George Zimmerman who is acquitted of murder charges.

Family and friends

• I had my 40^th high school reunion. I made an effort to find every one of my classmates and I was fairly successful.
• I spent my first winter at Carpenter's Point, MD which is a very rural area.  The winter was quiet, cold, snowy, bitter and longggggg!!!
• My friends from San Diego visited for a week.
• My friend, Sue, is diagnosed with cancer of the saliva glands.  I never heard of that cancer.

The Letter "V"

V

Some of my thoughts and memories and things:

• Vivian Young- my friend who reached 100 and then she died of cancer.
• Victory Brewery- PA- a brewery with lots of great beers.
• Victoria Falls- Zimbabwe- magnificent.
• Viet Nam- 2005
• Virginia- my brother and his family live here so I have been here for over 50 visits in the last 20 years.
• Van Morrison- one of my favorite musicians of all times.
• Venezuela- one of the few countries I have ever visited that I didn't like.
• Victory Hop Devil- one of my top ten favorite IPAs.
• Vanilla- my go-to ice cream favor.
• Vulgar- I've been called this.
• Vile- and this as well.
• Voluptuous- I've never been called this.
• Vegetables- I really need to eat more of them.
• Vegetarian- If someone cooked from, I could become a vegetarian.  But left to my own skills, I resort to pre-packagd food.
• Voting- it is my civic duty to vote and I do so at every election.
• Veal- I like it but I don't eat it very often.
• V8 Juice- refreshing and filling
• Vegetable Oil- I never use it.  I bought it once and mixed it with Espom salt to make an exfoliate but after one application, I threw the mixture out.
• Valentine's Day- a day of exclusion for those of us who are not partnered.
• Vichyssoise Soup-  a refreshing summer soup.
• Vinegar- I never use it.
• Vitamin C- I wonder if I get my daily recommended dosage.
• Vitamins- I don't take any.  I think this is all a gimmick to get consumers to buy and buy and buy.
• Victories- I think I have had more victories than defeats.  But I have had my share of defeats.
• Victoria's Secret- there isn't one article of appearell of theirs that I could wear and it would look beautiful on me.
• Vancouver, Canada- a beautiful city to visit.
• Vincent Van Gough- a prolific artist who was so damn troubled.
• Victoria Station- England, a very busy place.
• Victoria and Albert Museum- London- it's free and a pleasant way to spend a few hours.
• Vagabond Days- I didn't have a lot of vagabond days in my youth but I wish I had had more of them.  I wish I had taken more risks and gone to more places. In some respects, I played it too safe when I should have thrown more caution to the wind.
• VMK- a friend; a kook. Enough said.
• Venice- a beautifl city.

The Girl from Nicaragua

The Girl From Nicaragua

Nicaragua

Spring 2013

This photo always draws my attention.  I love the penetration of her eyes, the intensity of her stare at me.  However, I truly have no memory of taking this photo.  I only know she is from Nicaragua because this photo was lumped in with all my other photos from that day.

Time's Up

Time's Up

Small Things I am Doing To Liberate ME

• I'm not wearing dresses any more.  I never liked wearing dresses.  I don't like to wearing heels.  I hate wasting money on stockings.  I am indifferent to shaving my legs.  No more dresses.
• I'm not cutting the lawn on a regular basis. It's a waste of time.
• I'm not owning a house again.  I am tired of the responsibilities. I will only rent apartments form here on.
• I'm not eating cooked carrots and peas ever again.  I hate the taste and texture.
• I'm not wearing bras much anymore.  I am wearing tee shirts.  It's so much more freeing.
• I am only buying Hondas anymore.  I don-t think I will be buying many more cars.  But I got almost 250,000 on my Element and I am getting 36-42/miles per gallon on my Civic.  And both cars are so easy to maintain. So I am only doing Hondas from now on.
• I am not buying any more books.  I have enough books.  And when I finish reading a book, I get rid of it, even if I have to throw it out.
• I am not taking any more leadership positions: no more Board of Director positions, no more officer in a club.  I will be a worker bee but I am not stepping up to take the lead. It encumbers too much of my time and freedom.

April 28, 2015

A Facebook Posting
April 28, 2015

On this day, my niece and her husband were in Nepal, doing some volunteer work at an orphanage.  A major earthquake struck the area, killing many people and destroying whole communities.

On the other side fo the globe, my nephew, Ryan, was a place officer in Baltimore, MD.  A young, black man had just died in the hands of the police and the city erupted in to five days of anger and riots and chaos.

I posted this on facebook:

April 28, 2015 at 12:29am ·
I have a niece who is traveling in Nepal and a nephew who is a police officer in Baltimore. Life is a challenge at times.


I received 39 Comments which were all a big help:

Selia Wang: which nephew is the police officer?

Alycee Ruley: Prayers for you and your family.

Melissa Christie: I hope that they are safe!

Ginni Outlaw-Buongiovanni: Prayers and hugs Bridget.

Karen Carty: They will both be in my prayers.

Fonda Akins: Praying for their safety!

Sissy Sayer Staeger: Will pray for their safety.

Shelley Evans: Thinking of you and your family, Bridget E Kelly!

Jamie Downs: I hope they are safe and you don't have to worry about them along with all the others in these two disaster zones. Prayers.

Lucinda Taber: Prayers for their safety in both locations

Denise Kelly Moore: Prayers to them and all

Marilyn Vaughn: I hope they are both safe.

Carole Downs: Hope they are both safe - sending prayers.

Rita Young Kanouse: Prayers

Katie Uhler: oy....

Marge Dorrin: Bless them

Debra Ward Metz: God bless them..

Pamela H. Hoy: Prayers to all…our world is truly a complicated place which grows smaller day by day.

Diane Wescott :I hope they are safe. Keep us posted.

Bridget E Kelly: A posting from Paula Cassey: For those of you who are following the status of our son Steve Cassey and his wife Heather Cassey in Nepal they have informed us that there are fewer aftershocks now and they actually managed to catch a few hours sleep last night. They will be leaving Nepal tomorrow and heading to Malaysia as most tourists have been advised to leave the country. Continuued prayers for the Nepali people and eternally grateful for the safety of our family during this crisis.

Paula Cassey: Prayers for your nephew as well Bridget!

Susan Descano: Oh my Bridget E Kelly. I wish them safe travels. Just so sad.

Patty Leever: Sending prayers for both of them.

Kim Romasko: My daughter Meagan works in the area where the riots are taking place and my niece's husband is a Baltimore police officer. Stressful to say the least!

Rosemary Touhill: Kelly strong! They are from good stock..May God watch over them and protect them..and also for you Kim Romasko..

Janet Coury Smith: Wow. That is such a burden. My prayers for your family

Michael Steen: "Challenge" hardly covers it. Hoping they're all right.

Jacki Budicker VanGorden: Prayers for those who are the givers in your family.

Gina Kazimir :Sending wishes for peace and safety.

Kathryn T Nicolella: I hope everyone is safe

Amalfi Ramirez Finnerty: Yes ... Blessings for them!

Gloria Handling: Sending prayers and hugs for their safety and your peace of mind!

Bridget E Kelly: An update from Steve's mother; "Thanks for all the prayers and support. Just heard from our son and they are tired but finally safe in Malaysia after an overnight flight out of Nepal. Glad that they have completed this part of their adventure".

Bridget E Kelly: And Ryan is also safe. So thanks everyone. Thank you, thank you, thank you;

Bridget E Kelly: And Heather just posted on her site: Steve and I are very grateful to report that we landed safely in malaysia this morning.  It has been a very emotional few days, as we watch our nepalese friends and neighbors cope with this tragic event. my heart aches for the wonderful people of Nepal, who have showed us so much warmth, kindness and generosity during our short time here. The next few months will certainly be a challenging road ahead, but I have no doubt of their amazing strength and resiliency as they rebuild.

If you have the resources, please, please consider contributing to red cross nepal earthquake relief fund to support this beautiful country and its truly amazing people. thank you.
we love you, nepal. we'll be back soon.
donate here: http://rdcrss.org/1Oxj2cQ

Nepal - Disaster Management & Emergency Relief - American Red Cross
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Janet Chamberlain Fisher: So glad to hear the good news. Thanks for the update!!

Caged In

Caged In

Palace On The Steps Hotel

Varanasi, India

July 2015

We, the people, ate inside this cage.  The monkeys lingered around, outside, hoping for any morsel of food we might throw at them.

February 21, 2016

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February 21, 2016
Ras Kutani Resort
Tanzania

Bridget E Kelly is with Sandy Locks and Jennifer Hogan at Ras Kutani.

February 21, 2016 at 2:41am · 

I checked into my hut along the beach and the manager told me, " we have lots of monkeys so be careful. If a pack of monkeys invades your hut, blow this whistle and all of the staff will come running to help you. " Truthfully, I don't think this plan is good enough. In Tanzania with Michelle Santoro  Jennifer Hogan and Sandy Locks

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