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Happy Birthday to our first grandchild Jessamyn Zoe. I hope you have a great day!
Ramona
Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 04:11:06 (PDT)
A purple flowering vine on the far side of the house....
Paula
Wednesday, May 21, 2003 at 03:31:16 (PDT)
Scott, I thought you were a doctor. Surely clematis is some sort of disease. §
Steve
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 20:38:32 (PDT)
I'm afraid I don't know what a clematis looks like.
Scott
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 20:17:21 (PDT)
And Scottie, check against the side fence. I planted a clematis there: called Nell (for my mama). Is it still there? Also some mint at the back of the house, from Montvale Road. Ah nostalgia.....
Paula
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 18:32:12 (PDT)
So Markie, when are you and yours headed this way?
Paulala
Tuesday, May 20, 2003 at 18:28:44 (PDT)
Tom Kovar's Mom might have been remembering me. I remember her. I was good friends with Tom's brother Dick. Hey, Tom and Dick, weren't they the Smothers Brothers? §
Steve
Monday, May 19, 2003 at 13:13:01 (PDT)
I thought you'd never ask. It was......great! Melissa and 3 other students, playing together and separately. It was especially a treat for me because I have been hearing Liss play one half the duets for so long...was nice to hear the complete songs at last.
Tom Kovar's was also fun. Tom's mother claimed she remembered me - from 40 years ago. She also remembered Mark Allan - from other connections.
Scott
Monday, May 19, 2003 at 12:38:16 (PDT)
So, how was the recital?
Paula
Monday, May 19, 2003 at 11:44:41 (PDT)
Πετροσ from me too! I think.
And happy birthday to all you milestoned folks! And Jessamyn too!
Yes, a glorious spring indeed. I was even inspired to plant a little vegetable and flower garden, at the end of my little driveway. I can't remember what I planted, but sure enough little green things are poking up out of the dirt!
Tomorrow I'm going to a party at Tom Kovar's house. A Newton friend going back over 40 years.
Then I'm going to Melissa's flute recital. Looking forward to that.
Scott
Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 15:29:07 (PDT)
((((Πετροσ))))
μονα
Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 11:38:17 (PDT)
Hey, let's not push it....I am still 49! (For a few more weeks yet.) On the other hand, I am kind of proud of having made it this far. How is the view from the other side, Steve?
Paula
Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 09:27:46 (PDT)
50? Say it ain't so! We love just as much as if you were 49, Paula. And a very Happy Birthday to my uncle, Patriarch Peter. I know you read this, Peter, so how about a few more postings in the next eighty years. §
Steve
Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 09:16:04 (PDT)
Happy birthday, Uncle Peter. You just keep getting better and better. Keep it up! Have you ever stopped to think about all of us on the same birthday schedule, with a birth year ending in 3? All with milestones this year: Vanessa turning 10, Melinda turning 20, Athena turning 40, me turning 50, and Pete turning 80. I am proud to be in such company.
Paula
Saturday, May 17, 2003 at 05:46:51 (PDT)
And a happy birthday to Peter as he embarks on his ninth decade. May all the days and years be good
paul
Friday, May 16, 2003 at 21:28:10 (PDT)
Hello Everyone: The "Awards Ceremony" went well. It was, as expexted, quite informal. The Rose family also came. After, we went to the Pleasant Cafe for dinner and to celebrate Uncle Peter and Karen's birthdays. It was all PLEASANT. ha ha!
Thank you Athena for your thoughts about Peter, Sue and Christine. I am sure Christine was right there hugging that tree with you. Fondly, Naki
hansonnaki@msn.com
Friday, May 16, 2003 at 11:49:15 (PDT)
i was thinking about peter and sue and christina yesterday when we planted a tree and amy went to get water and i was standing there holding hands with the tree and waiting ... it was a corylus avellana contorta (harry lauder's walking stick or (more descriptively) corkscrew hazelnut) we planted it where we can see it with the snow behind it in the winter ... naki and lee i think of you everyday, too. I hope the award ceremony was fun and that you are enjoying this glorious spring
athena
Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 18:44:08 (PDT)
I hope it went well, Naki. I'm sure it was emotional and draining, but worthwhile.
mona
Thursday, May 15, 2003 at 18:36:31 (PDT)
On Thursday, May 15th we will be going to Northeastern University to attend the Annual prize in Literature to the outstanding studentof the year. It has been renamed the "Peter Burton Hanson Award in Liturature". Peter did some writing which was recovered by one of his Profs in the upperclass seminar on utopian literature. In Peter's utopia, the consumption of meat was outlawed, and Jerry Garcia was still going strong at seventy. This was so, so Peter. I canjust see him and Gerry up there talking about "Old times".
"There were days and there were days I know when all we ever wanted was to learn and love and grow. Once we grew into our shoes we told them where to go walked half way around the world on promise of the glow stood upon a mountain top walked barefoot in the snow gave the best we had to give how much we'll never know, we'll never know". Gosh how I miss him.
hansonnaki@msn.com
Tuesday, May 13, 2003 at 21:38:00 (PDT)
And a Happy Mother's Day from me, in Portland Maine. I had a beautiful day of sun, ferry boats, bicycling and lobster. Hope you had things that you enjoy today. I can't wait to have some good mother/daughter time with you in July. Love from me,
Paula June
Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 13:06:38 (PDT)
And a Happy Mother's Day from Steve. Your kids sure are spread out all over the place. I went to see Mona play in her band last night. They sounded great! Some things just get better with age. §
Steve
Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 09:35:20 (PDT)
Let this slacker child be the first on the message board to wish my mummy a Happy Mother's Day!! I could never thank you enough for all you have done for me! I love you, mom.
mona
Sunday, May 11, 2003 at 09:21:41 (PDT)
Well, now, it looks as though I will be traveling to NC the first two weeks in July. Perhaps July 1-12. That is not much of an overlap with you though, Steve. Jess would probably be with me. How about the rest of you?
Paula
Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 09:30:55 (PDT)
Thank you for the birthday greetings, even though there are more years passed than I surely have ahead of me. Scary.
Just a note re The Lullaby. This music was written as a gift to us..It will not be sold and should not be copied. Carl was very firm with that
message. It was written for a "very Special Child"
and presented as a gift to Lee and me. I wanted to share it with the family. Thanks for honoring this wish. Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms and Moms to be. Naki
hansonnaki@msn.com
Saturday, May 10, 2003 at 09:10:12 (PDT)
Hi dad! We were adding messages at the same time. I was just taking a break from tending roses -- how are yours doing this year? Did you remember the inverted umbrella pruning trick?
mona
Friday, May 09, 2003 at 13:18:08 (PDT)
Glad to do it, Naki. It's an amazing and inspiring story, that really bears telling. I've passed this music on to friends all over the country, and it has brought awe and comfort to many. Here's a link to the website that has a recording of Christine's Lullaby, for those interested and able to download to the computer.
Naki, did I miss your birthday? I don't go to the front page of the website often, so I miss announcements that might be there.
My band played a gig last night, and will play another one on Saturday. It went really well, and it felt REALLY great to be performing again.
Paul and Betsy just landed in Los Angeles, along with their Jr High School marching band. They'll be marching in the Disneyland Parade on Sunday. The rest of the time they get to frolic with 200 of their closest friends in Disneyland. If I weren't enjoying my time off so much, I'd be seriously jealous!
mona
Friday, May 09, 2003 at 13:16:07 (PDT)
Naki I was very glad to read of your recent trip to Minn. I was particularly moved by your appreciation and thankfullness under such stressful conditions. I am proud to be your brother. And by the way have a happy year. Buddy
paul
Friday, May 09, 2003 at 13:13:04 (PDT)
Thank you Mona for posting the Tribune article.
Carl gave us this wonderful gift as a gift....Christine's Lullaby is not for sale...
At the Concert the Lullaby, after a short pause, went into Symphony No. 2 in c minor "Resurrection" by Gustav Mahler. It was so powerful. I can still feel it within me.
The weekend was packed with emotion. Carl's family was so loving and gracious to us. Even with Nikki's non stop energy. Lovely lovely people.
We have been so honored. Love to all Naki
hansonnaki@msn.com
Thursday, May 08, 2003 at 15:19:56 (PDT)
Thank you for the Birthday Greeting......Naki
hansonnaki@msn.com
Thursday, May 08, 2003 at 14:55:38 (PDT)
Hey family and friends: here's an article written about Christine's Lullaby, and the Hanson's recent visit to Minneapolis to hear the World Premiere of the piece, as well as some background on the composer. What a beautiful thing this young man has done for us...
BYLINE: Gwendolyn Freed
CREDITLINE: Star Tribune
HEADLINE: Big impact felt in post-9/11 work by budding composer
Many people remember Sept. 11, 2001, as a day of helplessness and heartbreak. Carl Schroeder remembers it as the day he began to learn how much he could do to help.
Schroeder's searingly beautiful orchestral elegy, "Christine's Lullaby," in memory of the tragedy's youngest victim, will receive its world premiere today at Orchestra Hall. The extended family of the late Christine Hanson has flown to Minneapolis from the East Coast for the occasion. This will mark the second reunion visit between the family and the softspoken 21-year-old Minneapolis composer, who finds it strange to think that before Christine's passing, they were all complete strangers.
On Sept. 11, Schroeder was just days into his freshman year at St. Olaf College, a prospective music-composition major. As he struggled, along with other Americans, to grasp the enormity of the tragedy, one small corner of it began to pull at him.
He'd read in Newsweek magazine about 2 1/2-year-old Christine Hanson. A passenger on United Airlines Flight 175, Christine had left her home in Groton, Mass., that morning with her mom, Sue, and dad, Peter, bound for a Disneyland vacation. Their plane struck the south tower of the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m.
"I wasn't able to forget that story," Schroeder said recently from his dorm room in Northfield, Minn.
"It all became symbolic for me. Christine became a symbol of the senselessness of human violence. It seemed to me the story was being made so complicated -- about a clash of civilizations and about the event reshaping the world -- when what really happened on September 11 was the death of innocence, the loss of our innocent future," Schroeder said.
He sifted through news of her family's story and found a Web site dedicated to the memory of Christine and her parents, packed with remembrances and condolences. Reading them, he said, "It felt like Christine had become a little more real."
Schroeder holed up for the following three days in a music studio on campus, where he set to work composing the five-minute piece, his first work for full orchestra.
He'd learned that Christine's favorite tune was the "Barney and Friends" song. So to start, he took the descending minor third from the opening of the TV show's theme song, "This Old Man," and gave it to a lonely harp, expanding it to sound a lot more like late Romanticism than TV kitsch.
He went on to incorporate the strong, hopeful sound of woodwind choirs, soaring violin lines doubled by flutes, and the solemn trumpet calls and soft, intermittent snare-drum rolls of a proud nation hobbled by grief. In closing, chimes symbolize the wind in which Christine had been traveling when she died, Schroeder said.
What makes the piece exceptional, said Schroeder's composition teacher, Timothy Mahr, is its "serene calm."
"I can't tell you the effect this music had on both my wife and myself," said Christine's paternal grandfather, Lee Hanson, 70. He and his wife, Eunice, and their daughter, son-in-law and two grandchildren are in the Twin Cities to hear the work performed by the Minnesota Youth Symphonies in today's concert at 2 p.m. in Orchestra Hall.
The Hansons first heard "Christine's Lullaby" last spring, when Schroeder sent them a recording made by the orchestra under the direction of Manny Laureano.
"We couldn't listen to it at first without crying," Hanson said. "In the first part, you can actually see a little child playing. It's almost as if Christine was there with him when he was writing it."
Schroeder explained: "What I wanted to do was create something that was an antithesis of what happened that day. . . . I wanted to bring back to life some of what was lost."
Visit to ground zero
Last summer Schroeder accepted an invitation to visit the Hansons at their home in Easton, Conn. He and Lee Hanson and Hanson's brother-in-law went to ground zero for the first time.
Standing in the observation area, facing the gaping pit below, Schroeder and Hanson felt compelled to look heavenward. "Maybe that's man's condition," Hanson said. "We are meant to look up."
Later, they took in other sights -- Times Square, St. Patrick's Cathedral, a boat tour. "We felt lucky we'd been sent this wonderful person, a wonderful young man, and he was here with us now," Lee Hanson said.
Eunice Hanson also spoke of how her granddaughter lives on, thanks to Schroeder. "In Carl's music I see her, I can feel her presence. It's beautiful. So beautiful."
Among the many condolences they've received, "this music is unquestionably the most special," Eunice said.
She is looking forward to the balm and comfort of this afternoon's music. On first hearing "Christine's Lullaby," she recalled, "I felt that she had come back to us through Carl. It was like she was sitting here giving us the message: 'I'm all right. Hey, I'm all right.' "
Gwendolyn Freed is at gfreed@startribune.com.
mona
Thursday, May 08, 2003 at 09:04:08 (PDT)
On behalf of Jeff and Liss thank you all for your birthday wishes. And on behalf of Scott and Liss thank you Jeff for you kind hospitality. Who ever thought Pittsburgh could be so much fun!
Sorry I missed you call last week Jessie. Hope to see you soon.
I'm not sure of my summer plans. Probably will stay in MA, but I don't really know.
Scott
Tuesday, May 06, 2003 at 13:49:25 (PDT)
It sounds like that second week in July is the most convenient for about everybody. Becky says they'll probably come on the 13th. All of July is wide open as far as we are concerned. (August, too, for that matter.)So talk to each other if you want to plan to meet up down here. Steve, I called Rhea about camp. She will be out of town until Friday so we won't know before that unless it happens to be in this week's Burnsville paper. I'll let you know as soon as I know. We're having a lot of rain this week but the tornados missed us. Too many mountains, I guess.
Ramona
Monday, May 05, 2003 at 17:30:17 (PDT)
We are getting close to finalizing our plans. We are thinking July 3 - to Boston; July 7th or 8th - Martha's Vineyard; July 11th - NC; July 20 - Seattle. Any comments? Mom, when is Rhea planning to have the camp for the big kids this year? §
Steve and Ana
Monday, May 05, 2003 at 16:06:29 (PDT)
and let me be the last to wish jeff happy birthday! hope you're enjoying your new locale ... i'm thinking maybe early july for north carolina, and maybe again in october. How's that sound, mom?
athena
Monday, May 05, 2003 at 15:50:05 (PDT)
Great news, Dad. Yep, I sure can't wait for summer.
Paula
Friday, May 02, 2003 at 19:27:28 (PDT)
Go, Jeff, Go!
Mark
Friday, May 02, 2003 at 17:48:08 (PDT)
Jeff have an awesome year, You deserve it and many more.
I had my three month check up and the oncologist gave a good health report. Next one in four months. I told him that Scott would like to talk to him and he said he would be glad to call scott on Mon. may 12. I can feel a good summer coming on.
paul
Friday, May 02, 2003 at 17:46:04 (PDT)
Happy Birthday to you, Jeff, from your Grandmother in North Carolina.
Ramona
Friday, May 02, 2003 at 13:24:43 (PDT)
And a Happy Birthday to Jeffrey from this end of the world, too. How nice that you got to spend it with your sister and father. You may not know that I live in Pittsburgh for the entire year in 1968. The year after the Summer of Love and the year before the Summer of Woodstock. Lots of good memories there. I'm sure you will enjoy living there. Have a great birthday and a great year....§
Steve
Friday, May 02, 2003 at 08:47:04 (PDT)
Let me be the first to say Happy Birthday to Jeff. I am sure you are celebrating in grand style with one of my favorite brothers, and one of my favorites nieces there to party with you. Happy 22, and may all your wishes come true. Love,
Paula
Friday, May 02, 2003 at 03:32:03 (PDT)
Middle America? Here, they consider Montana east coast. No kidding. 'Twas a glorius day, today. Ana and I took a long walk through an Arboretum. It's only a few minutes from home, but I never knew it was there. I love the smells of spring. It's getting time for us to buy our summer plane tickets. When is everyone going to be where? I think we have abandoned the idea of June and are thinking Mid-July. Maybe the second week of July in Boston, Martha's Vineyard, and the third week in NC. Any thoughts? §
Steve
Thursday, May 01, 2003 at 20:03:03 (PDT)
Yes, great pictures. Paul's charm and energy really comes through.
Melissa and I are having fun here in Pittsburgh. Jeff is keeping us amused and entertained. A plasant, livable city, in a middle america sort of way.
Scott
Thursday, May 01, 2003 at 19:58:43 (PDT)
Wow, Patrice, what nice pictures. If you dig back into the archives on this website, you will see some messages Paul left over the years. I think Paul is the first one who left messages here, then left this life behind. He is missed by all of us - a kind soul and a good thinker. Hope you come back to the website...§
Steve
Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 16:18:45 (PDT)
p.s. If any of you have any other photos or stories about my Dad that you would like to share please email me: jitterbugluna@hotmail.com
Patrice Helmar
Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 15:43:51 (PDT)
I just found this homepage. I rembered my Dad telling me about it.
I really wanted to thank all of my Uncles that came up to Alaska to help with my Dad's funeral, and all of you for writing and calling with your support.
I want you to know how happy he was to have seen all of you when I saw him last in the hospital, and how much he loved everyone back there. I know he's still looking out for all of you.
I really wanted to share a couple of these old family photos.
Take Care
Love
Patrice Helmar.
Patrice Helmar
Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 15:40:48 (PDT)
Woah! Betsy....cool. Glad you're feeling better. (she was at home, not feeling well, for the past 2 days)
So, did I forget to tell you that I got laid off?! Believe it or not, this makes the planned summer road trip back east all the more likely. I'm hoping to get to see the WHOLE family, and I'll need help (and volunteers) to make it all come together....maybe we can use Athena's dreamscape for our garden party?
mona
Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 10:25:27 (PDT)
hey this is me from school... BORED i finished all my work early and i could "surf the web" according to my way lame teacher...uh oh... gotta go! love all!
Betsy
Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 10:22:55 (PDT)
yes, congratulations to the straleys! That must be so exciting fo everyone. I had a dream last night that i was at montvale road and the backyard was all beautiful and how it used to be (and set up for a garden party) so i'm happy to report that 60 montvale lives on better than out in dreamland
athena
Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 09:22:18 (PDT)
Congratulations to all the Straley family.
Ramona
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 18:06:32 (PDT)
Wonderful news!! Welcome to the family, and to the world, little Ryan Michael!
mona
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 15:32:18 (PDT)
dick and i are delighted to announce a new grandchild ... ryan michael born friday april 25th/ son of karen and kevin in falls church virginia. a cute story karen told her son owen three years old that she would be getting the baby out of her tummy the next day. owen said that is great and when does it go back in. dont you love it. jenn and i will fly to visit ryan the week of may l3th. dick and i are thinking of selling the big old house and finding either a cute small house or condo .... we hope to stay in hull and have water front which you all will love to come visit us. will let you know as we go forward. love to you all sue and dick
sue straley
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 10:40:48 (PDT)
Hppies? Fix that, will you AW (Assistant Webmaster...)
Mystery Man
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 04:36:04 (PDT)
I was waiting 'til today, so I could count Kenny Helmar in, too. Hppies to all of you! Seems in all my memories of Kenny, he is always smiling - even if he might have been brawling with his brothers! Must have been the Zorba in him.
Mark
Tuesday, April 29, 2003 at 04:34:25 (PDT)
I already wished Melissa a happy birthday I did not know about alex. Anyway Alex have a happy birthday and thanks for the present. The drive back was the best I ever had, I left Northampton at ten in the morning and rolled in shortly before midnight at NC. And I was not even road weary. Thanks Alex.
paul
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 21:58:32 (PDT)
And from me too, Melissa. Wishing you the happiest of birthdays on this simply beautiful day!
Paula
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 13:23:17 (PDT)
!! Happy Birthday Melissa !!
mona
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 12:26:20 (PDT)
Yes, Dad has come and gone once again. His new car seems very nice. He will probably make it back home to NC in very good time, I'm guessing.
Liss and I are going to Pittsburgh in 2 days, for a medical congerence and to visit Jeff. Melissa's first time in an airplane. That's my present to her. Happy birthday Melissa!
Scott
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 12:08:00 (PDT)
i never knew lissa and alex shared a birthday. leave it to brother steve to keep track of the details. Happy birthday to both! Last night dad and scott and i drove dad's car (that he just got from alex) to take melissa home to worthington an hour or so before the mutual birthday began. Now my understanding is that dad is on his way back to north carolina, having re-established his primacy on the cribbage board. Have a good trip dad!
athena
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 08:47:21 (PDT)
Yes, Happy Birthday, Lissa. And Alex too if you ever read this board. Spring seems like such a good time to have a birthday. Especially in Massachusetts. If either of you leave Mass, you'll have to make an annual trek back to celebrate the anniversaries of your birth. Or is that the anniversary of your births? §
Steve
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 08:30:55 (PDT)
Happy Birthday to Melissa. I hope you're having a wonderful day.
Ramona
Monday, April 28, 2003 at 05:12:01 (PDT)
Glad to hear it Mom, now Dad will have new grass to tend. In the lawn category, Jess just spent a week discovering ours under years worth of pine needles. See Mona and Steve? The advantage of this cold climate is less lawn mowing. Yup, that is about it. Dad has headed to Northampton. Is he there yet?
Paula
Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 15:09:19 (PDT)
OK, it was me, but Paul's been emptying the bags for me, and Lord knows that's half the work!
mona
Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 12:34:30 (PDT)
We, Mona? §
Steve
Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 11:10:21 (PDT)
Our 125 foot long (more or less) deeply buried drain has finally been replaced, grass seed sowed and straw is now covering the wound in our front yard.
Ramona
Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 06:55:54 (PDT)
Our snowdrifts have finally melted.......
Paula
Sunday, April 27, 2003 at 05:36:38 (PDT)
(we've already got 4 or 5 mowings in. never mind)
mona
Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 23:26:47 (PDT)
Nice quiet weekend here. Ana and I still don't know when we will make our trip to Boston and NC. We are going to spend a long weekend in New York from June 20 - 24. Probably come back to Boston in July. We're waiting for someone else to make the first move. I cut the grass today, I guess that marks the unofficial beginning of spring. Hope everyone is well...§
Steve
Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 19:54:53 (PDT)
Dad is here. Hurray!
Paula
Thursday, April 24, 2003 at 17:58:42 (PDT)
ah yes summer plans the time of year when we all ask ourselves the question : is it more fun to be at the cabin when it is empty and quiet and peaceful and i get to see more of mom and dad or do i want to go when there are as many siblings as possible and i get to relive my riotous youth and revel in the party atmosphere and sit down with ten other people to dinner every night and watch mom and dad get overwhelmed by so much of a good thing? both are tempting. scott and i drove to shelburne falls for pancakes today and discussed the pros and cons. Amy's fortieth bithday is july twentieth so of course we want to be home then, otherwise i am undecided. steve, mona, do your plans include trips to massachusetts? mona let me know what we can do to aid and abet your trip, it's all too rare that we see you out here ... i still would like to do some work on the cabin (new floor?) this summer (fall?) it was so fun building the woodshed last year (hope it's still standing ... mom, dad what are your preferences? (for projects or visiting dates)
athena
Monday, April 21, 2003 at 18:14:57 (PDT)
Well we are circling in on July, anyway. Mark?
Paula
Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 15:32:01 (PDT)
Yes, many blessings of the day to you all.
I'm still holding with the belief that me and the kids will make it back east this summer - though probably end of July-ish...
Something was edited, and I don't remember what someone said....
mona
Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 14:59:33 (PDT)
Or maybe the second two weeks, though then I would miss Steve and Ana...unless they were here for some of their vacation time.
By the way: HAPPY EASTER, ALL!
Paula
Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 13:48:13 (PDT)
A nice spring day here in Seattle, too. On a normal year, Ana and I would be in France, getting packed for the trip home. We missed going there this year, but the trip to Greece made it worth it, and we look forward to France '04. Most of the spring flowers around here are in full bloom. My yard is very colorful. Ana and I just got home from seeing the movie 'Holes'. We both liked it. A kids movie that recognizes that its audience actually have minds. We are still waiting patiently for the cinematic debut of Vanessa and Jerome....We are looking at the last week in June, first week in July for our trip back east this summer. Anyone else have any plans? And Peter, Sr. and Peter, Jr, we know you read this board, so leave a note once in awhile....§
Steve
Saturday, April 19, 2003 at 18:39:06 (PDT)
A beautiful sunny day here in Acton, at long last. Ah, Spring.
Paula
Saturday, April 19, 2003 at 16:27:04 (PDT)
Way to go, Peter!!! Great news.
mona
Thursday, April 17, 2003 at 09:12:48 (PDT)
Rona reports that Peter is continuing to improve and is beginning to use the computer. He comes home on weekends and he has the GI tube out. She sounds happy with his progress.
Ramona
Wednesday, April 16, 2003 at 04:42:53 (PDT)
Okay, here is your chance. As editor in chief I need to let you know that I will be putting together a new issue of the Gazette within the month (I hope, I hope). Please send me any articles and/or pictures you would like included. You KNOW what happens if you don't: you will only get the news I see fit to print. So, bring it on. (paula@stylos.net)
Paula
Friday, April 11, 2003 at 15:59:31 (PDT)
love u all
max
Friday, April 11, 2003 at 04:45:27 (PDT)
I'm used to it. Even people who don't know I have a brother Steve call me Steve. Figure that one out.
Scott
Wednesday, April 09, 2003 at 10:06:03 (PDT)
Ramona....
LOL....I knew, given enuff time, I would screw things up royally!!! Sorry Scott....I meant you no harm;) (Sure hope there is NO sibling rivalry there!!) Scott...feel free to come anytime. You would think after all these months I would have you guys (and delightful ladies) catergorized and catalogued!!!
Albert
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 at 14:13:11 (PDT)
Al, Scott may have mixed up the states, but you mixed up the Stylos boys! Oh well, I often call them by the wrong name, too.
Ramona
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 at 13:18:47 (PDT)
Darn Steve....
Here I turned my home into a B & B for you so at least you could have said your chances to see Mardi Gras were ENHANCED! But a big spender from the West would probably choose The Dauphine Orleans Hotel in the quarter over our quaint B & B (read home).
A saddened Albert
albert
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 at 11:07:10 (PDT)
Mona,
Yes, that is the long-winded to spell it but I wanted to conserve bytes and bits so I abbreviated it....knowing I could insert a tad of scatology to attract your attention;))
albert
Albert
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 at 11:00:20 (PDT)
Sorry about that Uncle Albert. You may have saved me an embarrassing trip to Louisianna. I guess this doesn't help my chances of ever making it to Mardi Gras :(
Scott
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 at 08:46:10 (PDT)
My mama always told me it was
emm-eye-crooked letter-crooked letter-eye-crooked letter-crooked letter-eye-humpback-humpback-eye!!
mona
Tuesday, April 08, 2003 at 07:10:53 (PDT)
Scott...
Emm-eye-ess-ess-eye-ess-ess-eye-pee-pee-eye.
We are directly on the Gulf Coast in a small town with the name of Gautier...ie Go-ti-aaaaaa or as some say....go shay!!
And come on down...the greenery is true to form...it's green...David and Becky also thought my backyard beautiful....and be aware that any child of Ramona and Paul Stylos are welcome at the home of Albert and Ann.
Albert
Albert
Monday, April 07, 2003 at 23:26:27 (PDT)
Nice pictures Al. Can't believe all the greenery and flowers. We're expecting snow tonight. Too bad we can't all make a trip to Louisianna.
Scott
Monday, April 07, 2003 at 15:23:34 (PDT)
I agree, beauty and intelligence - a wonderful combination.
Paula
Friday, April 04, 2003 at 15:00:03 (PST)
Mona...my pictures do not do her justice. She is one more beautiful daughter to add to my string of sweet beautiful daughters. Also and it's no. 1 on my list is....She is both beautiful and INTELLIGENT. How could she help not being so??;))
albert
Albert
Friday, April 04, 2003 at 12:08:29 (PST)
Thanks, Al! She's as beautiful as ever, isn't she?
mona
Friday, April 04, 2003 at 08:57:14 (PST)
I have posted pictures of Rebecca's visit to us last weekend.
They are located http://e9usn.us
Under FAMILY STUFF, select 29MAR03 and just click each picture to enlarge it....click the -> to move on to more pix.
Thanks Ramona...
Albert
Albert
Thursday, April 03, 2003 at 16:45:30 (PST)
Sorry I missed it, Pam!! Hope you had a great birthday. Let us know how things are going! Love ya...
mona
Thursday, April 03, 2003 at 12:05:15 (PST)
Happy Birthday, Pam. It seems like just a few years ago that we were celebrating your 14th birthday in Seattle. Hard to believe that you are almost twice as old now as you were then. I hope all your birthday dreams and wishes come true. §
Steve
Wednesday, April 02, 2003 at 10:17:58 (PST)
Happy Birthday, Pam. Hope you're enjoying school.
Ramona
Wednesday, April 02, 2003 at 10:17:25 (PST)
Well I'll be. Little Pammy is, what, 27 today? It doesn't seem possible. Pam, I hope you celebrate well today, and receive the love and adoration (and presents) that you so richly deserve. Happy Birthday! Love from your
Auntie Paula
Wednesday, April 02, 2003 at 03:23:57 (PST)
Paula,
Believe me, I extolled this site many times to Rebecca as we chatted. I told her that keeping up with the family Stylos was almost like reading a travelogue....and certainly beat Peyton Place, or maybe even Montvale Rd. for uninhibited actions of a family so close in spirit but physically separated by many miles....which, by the way, is no doubt what makes this message board such a success and a very warm place to which I am daily drawn.
albert
PS: I have commenced sending pictures of the past weekend to Mark. If you don't see them soon, complain to the webmaster;))
Albert
Tuesday, April 01, 2003 at 22:44:04 (PST)
Welcome, Becky, to the action here at Stylos-Central. Now that you know how to find us . . . It sounds like all kinds of things are happening, and changing with the Kinnard family. That does keep life interesting, doesn't it? We may go over this week to open the cabin. The Brodhead folks would like to come for the weekend on the 10th. (Do they know how cold it could be?)
I'm happy that you have had, are having a good trip south!
Ramona
Tuesday, April 01, 2003 at 05:47:37 (PST)
Brother Mark is the Webmaster, at webmaster@stylos.net. Becky-how wonderful to have you here. We keep trying to bring cousins in on our endless chatter, I mean intellectual discussions, so I am very glad you've joined the fun. Happy April Fools Day to us all!
Paula
Tuesday, April 01, 2003 at 03:36:14 (PST)