We've moved...

(written by Lynn and his sister Elizabeth who was in town and acting as secretary)...

Lynn and Deborah are waking up downtown in their new apartment, with views of the Pearl District and Mount Hood from their balcony. No more steps for Lynn, just an elevator that leads to a rooftop outdoor lounge with a fireplace and hot tub.

NYC brother Jay spent a week packing, moving and hanging pictures. Sister Elizabeth from Seattle came through to help with unpacking. Lynn invited both to experience laughter yoga - good time had by all!

Lots of folks are coming to visit. Lynn's next trip out of town is to Glacier National Park, which he and Deborah will reach by 14-hour train ride at the end of July. Berkeley cousins Mel and Betsy  and Manhattan sister Marta and brother-in-law Gordon will join them at the park. They will fly home with Marta and Gordon stopping over in Portland.

Chemo will continue to be part of the regime every three weeks. In between there's time to explore the new neighborhood- The Pearl District. Teenage Seattle nephew Aden is happy to find the new apartment is walking distance from Little Big Burger and Ben & Jerry's. We are near restaurants, galleries, and Powell's Bookstore, recently endorsed Stephen-Colbert as an alternative to Amazon.

Lynn is optimistic about his doctors and he wakes up happy every day. Keep sending good thoughts his way.

New address:
925 NW Hoyt St Apt 532
Portland, OR 92709
Home Phone: (503) 265-8099

Laughing yoga

Lynn just finished a round of radiation and will have chemo tomorrow...The radiation is meant to shrink tumors that are causing the pain in his leg and the weakness in his arm. The chemo is meant to battle those cancer cells so they start a retreat. This round of treatment is way more exhausting and we've been grateful for friends and family who have been coming by to help, to distract, to provide rides to doctors appointments, to share good meals. Lynn's arm is not regaining its strength very fast - he's now way more sympathetic with how son Jono fared during the time he was enduring recovery from a broken collarbone this winter. Hard to do the basic things like handwriting, polite dining etiquette, etc. But this doesn't stop Lynn from enjoying the world around him!

Lynn's friend Greg has taken him out on a pedicab ride around SE Portland.

Our neighbors got us to finally attend the Laughter Yoga class we've been hearing every Sunday since we lived in SE Portland. Turns out Laughter Yoga is a big deal and there are many places here in good old PDX where you can spend an hour laughing. Doing it spitting distance from our house - in a beautiful garden  with about 17 people is not a bad way to spend an hour Sunday afternoon.


Our class lived up to the hype - great fun, lots of giggles, silly excercises and good energy.

We had some great company this week - Lynn's sister Elizabeth and her son Aden and wife Melinda took Lynn and his brother Fred to their house near the beach in Lincoln City for a weekend adventure.  Fred even got to the Laughing Yoga class!

We've got friends and family on the way to help us pack and move from our fun but now challenging 3-story townhouse in SE Portland to an equally Portlandia location - an apartment in the Pearl District downtown - known for more trendy,upscale stores, the Pacific Northwest College of Art, EcoTrust NW, some of our favorite restaurants, blocks from the shuttle bus to Mount Hood Meadows ski area, and a view of Mount Hood from our 5th floor balcony. (And luckily a Ben and Jerry's just a block away so our nephew Aden will be happy).  New address as of June 15th will be  925 NW Hoyt Street Apt 532  Portland 97209.