Cooking with Julia, climbing with Norma
One of my favorite celebrities just died, Julia Childs. What a life she had. I read her autobiography several years ago and loved every word in it. At one time she worked as a spy during World War II. That is when she met her husband. She learned about gourmet food in France. Her shows on TV were just a kick. If she had an accident preparing something she could turn it into a humorous episode. She loved to cook with lots of butter and rich cream. She is supposed to have said that if people didn't eat more fats they would turn into one big flake of dandruff. Julia, you brought fun into our lives.
I read where four sisters are planning to climb Pikes Peak. They are going to climb along Cog Road. The distance is 13.36 miles and 14,410 feet altitude. I think they are in their 40s.
Now, when I did the same trip, I was a young 19-year-old girl back in 1923. A girl friend, my kid brother, and her kid boy cousin made up the group. We started in the evening about 7 p.m. planning to get to the top for the sunrise. It was a piece of cake for awhile. The date was Aug. 10 and as it got dark the stars put on a real cosmic show, comets flying across the sky in every direction. It was very impressive.
After we left the timberline it began to get dark and cold and we had a hard time walking because of the thin air. I don't know how we made those last few miles. We reached the top about 3 a.m., so glad to reach the building then that we fell on the floor near the big, hot pot-bellied stove. Clouds hid the sunrise! Such is life.
— NORMA HANNAFORD
