Vickie Fleming Ashby

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Vickie Fleming Ashby replied to John Richeson's discussion Closing The Way Corps Site

"Thank you, John, for your devotion to the family and the love that we all shared together, back in the day. Your heart for people made the site into a wonderful reunion. I hope someone steps up to take it over, but even if not, you've changed us for…"

Vickie Fleming Ashby left a comment for Lynda Kazee Cook

"Hey, Roomie! Remember Olson Hall? (Was that the name of the building?) Quite a long list of memories has been made since that first year we were in residence, but I will never forget Lynda Kazee. It was precious to know you. Have fun finding…"

Vickie Fleming Ashby left a comment for Hayward H. Chappell Jr.

"Hello, Hayward! How are you this fine Late Summer? I must say that the photos of your beautiful family are endearing, and that I hope you are having a wonderful year. Love, Vickie"

Vickie Fleming Ashby commented on Peter R. Doliber's blog post Update from 2008

"John, thanks! It will all work out. I am about to go out into my just-rained-on (finally!) back yard and have a preliminary reunion toast in your honor. And Peter's. As for being a complex being, wow - if you weren't, after some of the - let's say…"

Vickie Fleming Ashby commented on Peter R. Doliber's blog post Update from 2008

"Peter, you're a sweetie. I remember you gently explaining to me, years ago, why you charged people at HQ for the wedding cakes you made for them. You felt badly about not donating everything, including your time. Your heart for the brides was…"

Vickie Fleming Ashby left a comment for Hayward H. Chappell Jr.

"Hayward:
Thank you very much for your kind words; I'm warmed by happy memories of you and our 9th Corps buddies. Where do you go to do your birding? Your pictures are wonderful - how long have you been sailing those boats? And who was graduating…"

Vickie Fleming Ashby commented on John Richeson's video

"Wow! Great song; thanks!"

Vickie Fleming Ashby commented on Lonnell Johnson's blog post My True Identity Kit

"Thank you. This was beautiful, and beautifully said."

Vickie Fleming Ashby left a comment for David Bailey

"Thanks for the shout out, David! It's almost Autumn; do you have all of your firewood stacked for winter? Just sayin'. Love, Vickie"

Vickie Fleming Ashby left a comment for Mary Windham Monk

"Love you, sweetie. Busy as a bee. Missed our time together this year."

Vickie Fleming Ashby replied to Steve Morrison's discussion Does anybody know where ________________ is?

"Crae is on Facebook."

Vickie Fleming Ashby commented on John Richeson's video

"Makes me think - Steve Tully was just grinning for the camera; it was a momentary thing, and he went on with his day, and probably forgot about it. He had no idea that he would so soon be gone, and that this one moment in his life would the moment…"

Vickie Fleming Ashby commented on John Richeson's video

"Thank you, John. We're lucky to be able to see their sweet faces again."

Vickie Fleming Ashby replied to Jack and Tina (Abrell) Wilson's discussion LEAD

"Wow. Great photos, happy kids. That is my very favorite chimney of all time. I can smell the campfires from here. Thanks."

Vickie Fleming Ashby left a comment for Ted Ferrell

"Happy Birthday, Ted! Many happy returns of the day! Love, Vickie"

Vickie Fleming Ashby left a comment for Peter R. Doliber

"Happy, happy birthday, Peter!
My love to Jean. I have also grown (word used deliberately) more liberal as the days and years have passed. Birthdays are interesting; I sincerely hope that yours is fantastic. Are you still baking cakes, at least for…"

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Gender

Female

Location

Norman, Oklahoma

Way Corp group(s) I was in

9th Corps

Where I live

Oklahoma

Married or Single

Single

Maiden Name

Fleming

About Me

Update:divorced, 63, retired, 4 huge rescue dogs, planning a garden, enjoying a peaceful life. (My husband’s midlife crisis and his 2/3-my-age home wrecker were a bit of a roadblock.) I’ll update the rest of the personal information eventually! I went to Burning Man alone, knowing absolutely nobody, at age 60, because I needed a jumpstart. I’ll go every year that I can, to enjoy fellowship with sweet people who want to leave the world better than they found it. Older Information: I'm 56 and am enjoying the ride! I'm a wife, mother, and university professor in Oklahoma. I'm fortunate enough to be married (for 17 years) to the absolute love of my life, and am sorry that more of you haven't met him (he was never in the ministry). Michael is a Chemistry professor / fisherman / artist / rock climber, and an extremely nice person. We both feel very fortunate to be involved with shaping young minds and careers. We try to stay healthy, but it gets pretty busy around here. Those of you who are triathletes and runners have my undying admiration. We have four children, the oldest two of whom are my stepchildren. They range from 14 to 27. We have two finished with college, one in high school, and one in middle school. I haven't been involved with TWI for over twenty years, and the first order of business was to finish college. I worked full-time in an office during the day, typing ad specialty orders, while going to school full-time at night. Those were busy days. I taught college composition for a year as a grad student, then three years of middle school English (because of those three years, nothing scares me any more), two years of high school English, and then adjuncted at The University of Oklahoma, teaching First-Year Composition, while my babies were small. When the kids were big enough, I began full-time teaching, and held a term faculty position at The University of Oklahoma for five years. I am now in my last-ever job, as tenure-track faculty at Oklahoma State University's Oklahoma City branch campus, which basically functions as an inner-city technical school and community college. I'm the lead instructor for Developmental Writing and Developmental Reading, and am delighted to join the dedicated educators at OSU-OKC; we are devoted to the mission of lifting people up.

My Interests

Not in this order: scouting (I was a Brownie leader, and can lead The Moose Song like nobody else!), politics (still have my champaigne cork from both of Obama's election nights), our children (all four of them!), my church (back to being a Methodist, but still not a Trinitarian), good books, loaded questions from the back of the classroom (because I asked so many when I sat there), and dating my husband.

Employment or Career

I teach Developmental Writing at the Oklahoma City campus of Oklahoma State University, and also coordinate the Developmental Writing and Developmental Reading programs. Prior to this, I taught First Year Composition at The University of Oklahoma (in Norman, Oklahoma) for eleven years. Before that, I taught middle school and high school English in Edmond, Oklahoma for five years.

Music I Like

Shameless Promotion: I like Broadcasting On All Frequencies; this is a jazz fusion band, and the bassist is my own sweet nephew. These guys are the real deal. You can find them on Youtube. Others: Leonard Cohen, Dave Mathews, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Elvis Costello, Adele, and too many others to sit here and type up the list. Because I have a twelve-year-old, I hear a lot of Taylor Swift. When I'm calling the shots, it's ecclectic: Dixie Chicks, Mozart, Dave Matthews, of COURSE Bob Dylan, various hymns, Dylan, Santana, anything by Aretha, the blues, jazz, The Sons of the Pioneers, Dropkick Murphys, and whatever my kids are singing in school. Oh - my favorite songs, and this is really corny, but I just don't care - are still things like How Great Thou Art and The Star Spangled Banner. I know; it's hopeless, and I'm okay with that. I also like the NPR desk concerts from my husband's Ipod. I haven't yet mastered the art of achieving "mother ears" while wearing earbuds, so I'm not in the habitual Ipod generation just yet. "Home" by "The Magnetic Zeroes" is my current favorite Little Desk Concert.

Books I Like

I've not had much time to read for fun lately, except short stuff. There are literally thousands of books here in our home, and in my office at work, and they're from a diverse crowd of authors. I pick one up for a drive-by whenever I'm headed for a chair, late at night. Sometimes that's just for a few minutes, and sometimes I'll look up, and it's 1:am, and I'm on the last chapter. Fiction, biographies, how-to's. I like action adventure. I recently purged the house of all of my romance and romantic adventure novels, having decided that they were "shallow." They're fun, though. My kids are exactly like I was, always with a book.

Television I like

Don't own a television. I spend my evenings talking with my husband over a small glass of wine and a nice snack. There is also a fair amount of transporting children to scouts, cross country practice and meets, tae kwon do, church choir, and such. I used to have a little 5-inch emergency T.V. set under the kitchen sink, back when Rumsfeld said that we needed duct tape and plastic sheeting. I thought we'd gotten rid of it sometime last year, but found it in the bottom of a closet last month. It's analog, so it's probably just a paperweight now.

Movies I like

Avatar is the most striking visual experience to hit movie theaters in years; some of the mercenary characters are a bit "stock," but other than that, it's a fantastic movie. Other favorites are: Up, State of Play, Crash, The International. 3:10 to Yuma, The Sound of Music, Casablanca, and Laura (from 1944). I tend to favor action adventure (Con Air, Armaggedon, The Professional), and also like taking the kids to see movies made from books they've read (Chronicles of Narnia, Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter), when they're old enough. I like Bond, James Bond. Django Unchained, but I had to close my eyes at two spots (you know where they were). Flight.

Sports Teams I like

The Oklahoma Sooners. Any sport. I know, I know. I'm a 5th generation Texan. I cheer for Texas when they're not playing us. I've come to accept a certain amount of conflictedness during OU/Texas weekend every year. By the way, this year: we won! Now that I work for our main in-state rival, OSU, I have an additional team to support. My favorite Rugby team is the All Blacks, from Wellington, New Zealand. My favorite cross country track team is Norman High.

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Frank Abissi September 12, 2009 at 5:21am

Hi Vickie, I haven't talked with you in quite a while and just wanted to stop by and say blessings and where is your husband off to next? Hows school going, are you back teaching?
Mark Dean Gagnon September 5, 2009 at 3:19am

Hi Vicky,

God bless you!!!

It's great to see you too!

I'll have my profile up soon so you don't have to guess! That could be dangerous. lol

Let's connect soon.

Love ya,

Mark
John and Janet Ruiz August 9, 2009 at 9:46am

By they whoie - I bet you saw "I Am Legend", the new one that was out couple years ago with Will Smith...? I'd read the book back when I was a kid, and always thought the movie representations fell short - although Vincent Price was in a version that was pretty true to the original. So seeing the remake and the way they changed parts including the ending - it would have fallen short if the Will Smith version wasn't so strong. I enjoyed it a lot.
John and Janet Ruiz August 9, 2009 at 9:42am

First things first - music. Chere pointed out right nearby - Los Lonely Boys. Hearty second on that. If you like Santana DEFinitely check them out. They kick it! I don't listen to a lot of their music, but they got the sound, the heart, and they're still youngsters - so there's lots of all out energy to it.

Priorities indeed - life is about choices. Fishing - always right. : )

I enjoyed the new Star Trek SO much. Interestingly - many of those who either didn't like the previous Star Trek movies or TV series and saw it have all said they did like it. It's really a "new" movie and a new start. And it makes some semblance of sense out of how all of it started. 5 Stars, Johnnies Review.
Chere Poole August 7, 2009 at 5:36am

OMgoodness, we have so much in common I just HAD to say hello! I have a 9-1/2 year old so I "feel ya" when it comes to Hannah Montana, although I think she's about to be replaced by Joe Jonas in my dtr's heart if the posters on her wall are any indication!

I was like you as a kid, always in a book. I even remember reading while walking to school...probably explains the skinned knees! Still am that way, and have been known to spend a weekend w/my nose buried in a good story while laundry goes unnoticed. I'm working towards my "last job" as a writer. Congrats on your job at OSU in OK City. I've never been to OK (just through it several times driving to ROA back in the day) but would love to visit sometime.

Love that you visit w/your hubby over a glass of wine and snack vs. TV, how great is that! If you like Santana you should give a listen to Henry Garza of Los Lonely Boys, I know you'd hear the similarities (good vocals and great natural harmonies among the 3 band members, too, as they're brothers).

It's always good to meet another Bond, James Bond fan.*sigh* Sean Connery will always be the master, although Pierce didn't do a bad job.
John and Janet Ruiz August 5, 2009 at 12:26pm

Where in the Bay Area is he? We're north, "north bay", up in Sonoma County. It's been pretty temperate so far this year, with a couple hot spells but no extended heat. Yet, it'll come later this summer, I suspect. We live about a 1/2 hour from the coast, give or take, so we get a fair amount of the fog that rolls in, cools everything off.

The biz is a labor of love, with a view towards "retirement". I've gotten busy the last few weeks with it, and it's mosstly evenings and weekends. I enjoy it.

3:10 was a pleasant surprise. Left us thinking. We enjoyed the Rings movies too. If you're ever in the mood for something slower, an odd but funny li'l flick, try "The Station Agent" - it's just under an hour and a half.

Although they've been around awhile, I still like Eastwood's "Pale Rider" and "Unforgiven", in the Western genre. And with Christian Bale moving into the Bruce Wayne/Batman character I think that series has life again.

For the big blow out action movies - did you see "Star Trek"? I really liked what they did with the newest movie.
John and Janet Ruiz August 3, 2009 at 7:02pm

Greets!

"3:10 to Yuma was great"...

That was a heck of a movie.
Gro Osvoll July 5, 2009 at 3:22am

Hi Vicki, Thank you for you kind remarks. Actually Arvid Ronning lives just half an hour away from me - but I have not spoken to him or seen him in years. He is doing good as far as I know - but keeps to him self =)
An upgrade of my pictures might be in order. We change....especially teenagers.

How are you? Reading your profile makes me happy - you seem to have found love and hamony in your life - very inspiring to me.
Have a great summer with your loved ones =)

Gro
Billy Williams June 27, 2009 at 8:25pm

Hi, there you are. You line Bond, huh? Do you like all of them, just the new ones, or more the old ones like me (Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Lois Maxwell)?

I heard being married to a Chemistry prof is great because he always has a solution.
Frank Abissi May 26, 2009 at 5:16pm

Hi Vicki: I have ben meaning to drop you a line for quite a while but I have been so busy and now life looks like it may slow down soon. My voice is now good 75% of the time which means that soon I will be pretty much whole. I just got a cast off my leg as I broke my tibia when I fell through the floor or the ceiling depending on your perspective. We had a flood at the gym and under one of the floors was a basement that nobody knew about. It had been sealed up over 100 years ago until I found it. The only bummer was there was nothing down there except two old work benches with nothing on them. I climbed after 7 days with the cast on and now without it I can climb so much easier.
I have been offered a job as a college professor teaching 3 classes the first is Climbology (The study of the effect of global warming on the worlds glaciers, I personally don't believe global warming is the problem i believe the heating up of the ring of fire and the changing confluence and the movement of the agonic are to blame) and then two other really fun courses - Outdoor Adventure Business, Climbing 101.
I'm not sure I yet if I am going to accept the offer because of how much talking i have to do and because i have a few walls i want to climb next fall so i am trying to make the decision, either way the offer will be available to me for the winter semester and even then they want me bad enough I think it could wait even longer.
I have been teaching Ecclesiastes at my Sunday School class. Boy thats a fun book to teach. It's like everyday you have a decision to make, God or the world. Read it some morning, it's so enjoyable. It's like I say a lot. I am one of the wealthiest people you will ever met. I just happen to be broke a lot of the time.
I love you and keep you in my prayers FA