#kathy johnson

[ancientphantom]

Just two new ones this month! We're all tired in January. I get it.

Angel of the Opera House by Kathy Johnson is a short sequel to the original story involving a second chance at love for the Phantom; it appears to be influenced at least some by Kay's novel, since it give his last name as "Nadir," but that could also just be fandom cross-pollination. We'll see!

Symphony of the Night by Germaine Mooney is the lastest in a series of short story anthologies, all focused on the characters of the original novel with a distinctly romantic bent.

And that was all she wrote this time! We'll see if Valentine's Day brings more new stuff out of the woodwork.

[gym-oldies]

[freifraufischer]

Kathy Johnson (USA) on the joys of watching old gymnastics meets on vhs transferred to youtube.  I bet the judges loved her flat stomach.

[twoflipstwotwists]

hearing Kathy & Bart after the rest is so soothing lol

[traceeverystars]

Tim Daggett and Kathy Johnson sipping tea during a Japanese tea ceremony, from the telecast of the 1982 USA vs Japan meet.

Bonus Kathy only version:

[illyria-and-her-pet]

Kathy Johnson answering my #1 question as a gym fan on when springs were added to the floor 😭❤️🙏🏼

Now that I finally have an answer I’m shook that springs were already added in 1979! That means they were there when Gnauck did tuck full in and triple twist at 1979 Worlds. But it’s still super impressive since the springs back then were just foam blocks.

But this also means there were definitely no springs in 1978 (Kathy’s original tweet is about her own floor at 1978 Worlds with no springs) which means Mukhina (rip ❤️) did a tuck full in and double tuck on floor when there were no springs. 😱

[fypchan]

Patrick and Kathy at the 2016 World Championships

[freifraufischer]

She is nineteen years old.  You don't see many nineteen year olds competing in women's gymnastics.  Many of them are in and out of the sport by 17, 18 years old. / When I was competing at that age I thought as a joke I might walk out on the floor with a cane...

Bart Conner and Kathy Johnson discussing Oksana Chusovitina’s advanced age at the 1994 Goodwill Games.