Comments for Leanne Waldal

Comment on Look at this! by Leanne Waldal

Leanne Waldal — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:43:05 +0000

Thanks so much for the stories about my grandma, Mark! She was such a brilliant kind woman. She often talked to me about how much she disliked teaching because it was a job she said she felt forced into as a woman when she couldn’t find work as the scientist she was trained to be (and she spent a lot of her working life making a fraction of her male colleagues who had less education/experience than her). Clearly she was a fantastic teacher in spite of herself. I’ll send you an email with more stories.

Comment on Look at this! by Mark W. Mapes

Mark W. Mapes — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 05:10:59 +0000

My name is Mark Mapes. I went to Thomas Downey High School from 1969-1973. I had the great fortune to have Mrs. Rasaka as my Freshman and Sophomore math teacher. I then was a Teacher’s Assistant for her in my Junior and Senior Years. She is one of two teachers I still talk about to my son and grandchildren. She was, in my opinion, one of the smartest teachers I ever had. Even through college. There was not any subject that she did not know something or everything about it. I played three sports in High School and two in college. I must confess she wasn’t much into sports. But she was always into her students and would ask me questions daily about sports. She wanted to know about rules, plays, terminology, etc. I have been trying to find out if she is still alive and where she was living. I know she truly enjoyed the state of Oregon. If you want you can email me as I would like to know more about your Grandmother. What she did after the 1980′s. I would keep going back to the High School in the 70′s and she was always interested in what I was doing with my education and life in general. If you wish you can contact me.

Comment on Great-Uncle Carl by moya

moya — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 00:48:17 +0000

Really beautiful pictures and nice memories, Leanne. Thanks for sharing about Uncle Carl.

Comment on Invasive Invigorating Wandering by Leanne Waldal

Leanne Waldal — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:43:59 +0000

Julie! So nice to find you here. I remember you. I have a picture of your dad diving into this pool — I’ll try to post it sometime soon!

Comment on Invasive Invigorating Wandering by Julie

Julie — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 05:13:54 +0000

What a strange thing running across this picture….I don’t even know what led me to this place but certainly glad to see it! Your grandma Harriett was a very special lady. I, too, once made a flight down to Modesto at a young age (my first flight) and have great memories of that backyard pool! I am Julie Rasaka Biller, (daughter of Carl Rasaka). My best to you and your daughter…

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Comment on Invasive Invigorating Wandering by mw

mw — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 21:02:23 +0000

What a beautiful tribute and gorgeous picture! Next year, for her 100th, I would like to surprise you with a frame of that picture! Ssh, it’ll be a secret!

Comment on Invasive Invigorating Wandering by alex mcferron

alex mcferron — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:28:37 +0000

Beautiful post. Thanks for taking the time to share.

Comment on Sibling Smartphones by alex mcferron

alex mcferron — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:23:52 +0000

love your story about the piano app! :)

Comment on Sibling Smartphones by alex mcferron

alex mcferron — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 02:23:16 +0000

great article! I get asked this question a lot so I’m happy to have this post! Thank you! I was interested in getting a windows 7 phone because I’m a C#.NET developer but I’m scared of loosing my awesome droid GPS that i use all the time. I have the first droid still. I love the Car Home app. It makes the phone usable for driving. it has just a few buttons and they’re big so you can see them (Navigate, Phone, contacts…) and I just don’t think my life would be the same without this app.