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We took Kelly last Friday to Pittsburgh, to check out the University of Pittsburgh on a Saturday morning visit. Kelly really liked it. Virginia and I were not impressed by the food, but we’re told we messed up, because there’s lots of good food there (didn’t make it to Primanti Bros., for example). Anyway, more…
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A co-worker said to me once that there are two types of time off: trips and vacations. Trips include an itinerary. They are about the journey. On a trip, you recharge in motion. Vacations are spent in one location, and are a chance to recharge without all the in-and-out of the car or the plane…
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We went out for dinner last week to celebrate Pete’s 20th birthday. He recently started an internship at the Valley Forge Casino & Resort, which he’s enjoying. So we’re off to a good start to the summer. Kelly is working at Tiny Tennis, where he tells us he is part of the management team. Ah,…
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Our niece Hannah Martin graduated from Wesley College this Spring (you can see photos here) and Chris and Judy threw a graduation party for her last weekend. Good to see family, and to see Hannah complete her collegiate journey, which started in Montclair, N.J. So now she has a degree, and a new job—she’s enrolled…
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We celebrated Rosalie’s 80th birthday on Saturday at Chris and Susan’s home in Burtonsville. It was a neat party, with lots of Rosalie’s friends over for a lunch party. During the meal, there were a series of questions for Roz to answer about her life. It was not brief. But it was a lot of…
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My dad passed away four years ago today, May 23, 2010. What I remember from that day, and the ones before and after, is being so very weary of my dad’s illness—his health had been spiraling in fits and starts for years, but it picked up a relentless, slipping velocity in the end. It’s a…
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Our niece Hannah graduated from Wesley College today, in Dover, Del. The rain held off, the graduation was a great celebration, and Hannah has interviewed for a job at Enterprise rental car company. A very good day!
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We took Kelly on a college visit this weekend to the University of Delaware, where I went from 1984-88. I was in Newark for work last fall so I had already experienced the half-familiarity of a place that I once knew really well but it has changed so much. Even so, I walked around much…
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This is the bracket from Kevin’s company’s ping-pong tournament. Hmmm … whose name is there as the winner. Oh, Kevin.
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There are at least two distressing things about this photo.
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I wrote for Men’s Health recently about my 100 days (and nights) wearing a Jawbone UP24 activity tracker. If you want to save 5-6 minutes, I’ll give away the surprise: I learned more about what happens when I was asleep than when I was awake, and what I learned is that even a little alcohol…
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The second time was a charm. Kelly’s junior prom at Methacton High went much better healthwise than the one two weeks earlier, when a migraine ended his night early. This time, he got home around 4, slept for 4 hours, then went and played in an ultimate frisbee tournament—which his team won. He got home…
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