Comments on: McMurdo – http://annamckee.com/blog/mcmurdo/ Visual artist living in Seattle, Washington Thu, 13 May 2010 19:05:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Mom and Dad http://annamckee.com/blog/mcmurdo/comment-page-1/#comment-134 Mom and Dad Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:40:02 +0000 http://annamckee.com/?p=439#comment-134 Fascinating! We are so proud of you and happy for you and look forward to your sketches. Talked to Paul just now; he's lonsome and will enjoy New Zealand with you love, mom and dad Fascinating! We are so proud of you and happy for you and look forward to your sketches.

Talked to Paul just now; he’s lonsome and will enjoy New Zealand with you

love, mom and dad

]]> By: Anna McKee http://annamckee.com/blog/mcmurdo/comment-page-1/#comment-107 Anna McKee Sat, 12 Dec 2009 22:10:56 +0000 http://annamckee.com/?p=439#comment-107 Yes, it is so strange to be in this place that has been looming in my imagination for decades. So far my experience has been: disorienting, due to the nature of the place that is McMurdo; amazing, due to the land, the people and the penguins (I saw 5 adelies wandering who knows where, how can they be cuter??); uneventful, due to the luck with the weather so far; and surprisingly normal; due to the familiarity of my surroundings, cubicle office, flush toilets, North Face tents, etc. Yes the grounding things are key - drawing and walking. I do some everyday and am almost obsessively careful with my health (enough sleep, low coffee, no alcohol) because I know once on the plateau, I will need all of my physical and mental strength. Your words are so wonderful (I struggle to create a coherent sentence. . .) and right on - keep them coming - love to all my family there! Yes, it is so strange to be in this place that has been looming in my imagination for decades. So far my experience has been: disorienting, due to the nature of the place that is McMurdo; amazing, due to the land, the people and the penguins (I saw 5 adelies wandering who knows where, how can they be cuter??); uneventful, due to the luck with the weather so far; and surprisingly normal; due to the familiarity of my surroundings, cubicle office, flush toilets, North Face tents, etc.
Yes the grounding things are key – drawing and walking. I do some everyday and am almost obsessively careful with my health (enough sleep, low coffee, no alcohol) because I know once on the plateau, I will need all of my physical and mental strength.
Your words are so wonderful (I struggle to create a coherent sentence. . .) and right on – keep them coming – love to all my family there!

]]> By: Rabbit http://annamckee.com/blog/mcmurdo/comment-page-1/#comment-105 Rabbit Sat, 12 Dec 2009 21:49:58 +0000 http://annamckee.com/?p=439#comment-105 I am sitting herein Santa Cruz the rain has been just dumping but last night was clear and warmish even and now I'm staring at a photo I can't even IMAGINE being in! I like the part about why the Hut Point is creepy, and the picture of you in a windowless room sleeping while the sun gets lower and lower and lower... Don't forget to do the things that are grounding, since so much of it promises to be the opposite! Big love from R Music for this post: Dandy Warhols, Minnesoter I am sitting herein Santa Cruz the rain has been just dumping but last night was clear and warmish even and now I’m staring at a photo I can’t even IMAGINE being in! I like the part about why the Hut Point is creepy, and the picture of you in a windowless room sleeping while the sun gets lower and lower and lower…
Don’t forget to do the things that are grounding, since so much of it promises to be the opposite!
Big love from
R
Music for this post: Dandy Warhols, Minnesoter

]]> By: Linda http://annamckee.com/blog/mcmurdo/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Linda Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:28:09 +0000 http://annamckee.com/?p=439#comment-101 I am so in awe of you and this undertaking. I look forward to your blogs and hope this trip turns out to be everthing you hoped it would be. Good luck at Happy Camper Camp. XXOX I am so in awe of you and this undertaking. I look forward to your blogs and hope this trip turns out to be everthing you hoped it would be. Good luck at Happy Camper Camp. XXOX

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