Category: Family
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Virginia sent cookies and tea to Aunt Doris in Columbus, Ohio. This is the email we received today (minor editing): We just finished lunch and dessert. The Kenyon tea is delicious and the mango flavor is good. I sampled 4 of the collection. Cinnamon were tops so far, close second were spice w/raisin frosting, unusual…
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We had our annual dinner along the Jersey Shore to celebrate Kevin’s mom’s birthday. As usual, the weather was perfect—all sunshine and a crisp breeze. Here are some photos:
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I hate August most when it’s pleasant. That sounds weird, but when it’s hot and humid as hell, it feels like summer will go on forever. The days shorten, Labor Day threatens, but summer prevails. But when August breaks cool and comfortable, I feel the fall crowding in—not in the atmosphere, but in my head,…
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We were in New Jersey this weekend to celebrate Jamie Roberts’ graduation from the University of Delaware. Jamie finished up his studies over the winter, and has been working for months now (for Pepsi, in northern Jersey). He’s a good kid, with an impish grin and a stated desire to corrupt my two sons.…
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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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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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