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Steve and Ana are in Acton here, too, and Ana is doing a good job of being our token "kid" for the time being. We're counting on her to wake us all up early on Christmas morning. We will be trekking out to Worthington tomorrow for a Christmas Eve meal, so the holiday has really just about started. Melinda is out of school until next millennium and Paula and Mark will soon be starting their long week-end.
We just had a call from Seattle and talked to Betsy. It's nice when the grandchildren get old enough to know how (and want to) call their grandparents.
Sorry I missed you here, Mark.
Yesterday we (Paul, Ramona and Steve) attended the funeral of Melia Stylos in Lowell. Melia was more than 105 years old, according to immigration records, and much loved by her family and community, so that made it easier to see it as a "fond farewell". We went to the meal at the Olympia restaurant afterwards and got to visit with all of the Stylos clan (of which there are now many!)
We wish you ALL a good holiday. We'll be heading back to NC about Tuesday, after a day in Fairhaven with the Bill Stylos family. Merry Christmas. R and P
Ramona
Thursday, December 23, 1999 at 13:35:21 (PST)
We made it through the longest night of the year - according to our meteorologist also the brightest full moon in the last 10 yesrs. I always feel better once I have that behind me, and the days start getting longer. I hope everyone made it to Boston, and is getting ready to celebrate in style.
Mark
Thursday, December 23, 1999 at 05:53:21 (PST)
Glad to hear Mark made it home safe and sound.
It was a great birthday and a great weekend:
On Saturday got to see Steve and Ana, Mark S.,
Paula and Mark and Jess and Melinda, Bill,
Peter, Anna, and Karen Moser (not all at once).
Joey and I also stopped by the old place on
Centre St. and said hello to Jake and Ruth.
It was great to see everybody!
On Sunday watched Melissa in a Fencing tournament,
and in the evening went to a George Winston
concert at the beautiful Calvin theater in
Northampton. Very nice!
We are looking forward to seeing more family and friends before the holidays are over!
Scott
Monday, December 20, 1999 at 16:57:55 (PST)
Another uneventfull flight home - just the way I like it!
Mark
Monday, December 20, 1999 at 06:15:06 (PST)
wishing you all the happiness in the world, scott, my man! with love!
mona
Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 22:51:17 (PST)
Scott:
If time started counting backwards on the day that you were born, it would now be 1909! Doesn't that make you feel old? Happy Birthday, and we will make a trip out to see you this week!
Steve
Steve
Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 08:46:36 (PST)
Hey Scott, now I can officially say Happy Birthday; not just practicing as we did in person yesterday. Have a fun-filled day. Did you noticed you left your presents here? Guess we'll keep them. Happy half of 90. Love, Paula
Paula
Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 07:59:40 (PST)
MY E-MAIL IS STILL NOT WORKING BUT I GOT ON THE WEB...
DOES ANYONE KNOW WHEN MARK IS GETTING BACK AND WHAT TIME?
THANK YOU.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEVEN
SOPHIE, VANESSA AND JEROME
SOPHIE (SOPHIE@COTE-DAZUR.FR)
Sunday, December 19, 1999 at 05:54:26 (PST)
Thanks for the birthday wishes. Although my birthday was three hours shorter than usual (due to the time change) it seemed even longer and more fun packed than ever. Ana and I made it to Boston after delays in Seattle. Had a great birthday dinner with Mark A, Paula, Scott, Mark S., Jessamyn, and Melinda. §
Steve
Saturday, December 18, 1999 at 20:42:54 (PST)
Happy birthday Steve!! Hope you managed to squeeze in some celebrating today. Do let us know you've arrived safely, and all.
And especially sending out Congratulations!! to Betsy and Ryan on their wedding day today! I hope Mom and/or Dad post a report on the festivities at some point.
David has taken Paul and (my) Betsy and a neighbor friend to a Tacoma Sabercats hockey game this evening, and I'm trying to get things whipped in to shape in the house while they're gone...but couldn't miss the opportunity to send out some good wishes.
(And that goes for you too, birthday boy Mark Friedman!) ((Right?))
And to remark on how totally wonderful it was to sink my teeth into some of Mom's fudge......mmmm mmm.
Mona
Saturday, December 18, 1999 at 18:46:29 (PST)
Happy Birthday Steve, just now in the air somewhere between Seattle and Boston. Can't wait to see you. Love, Paula.
Paula
Saturday, December 18, 1999 at 07:40:12 (PST)
Mom and Dad: Sounds like a whirlwind tour. I will make sure to schedule some R and R for your time here. Have fun, and I'm looking forward to the holiday commotion. Love, Paula
Paula
Thursday, December 16, 1999 at 03:44:05 (PST)
Here is our itinerary for the next 5 days: Thurs., 11:00 leave Brevard, 12:00 appt. with audiologist then on toward Ohio, hoping to arrive in Franklin (Mafra Baker's house) by 10:00 PM. On Friday we'll visit Evelyn in Dayton and Ross in Franklin. Then on Saturday we will head for the Columbus area around noon or before. The wedding is at 4:00 PM. Saturday night we'll be staying at the Sumner Suites in Dublin, OH. There's a breakfast on Sunday morning, after which we'll head in the direction of MA. We'll stop when we (I) get tired and then continue on Monday and get there (Acton) when we get there. We are almost packed and so far I see no snow storms to slow us down. It should be a verry merry Christmas! Ho ho ho...
ramona
Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at 16:43:53 (PST)
I'm ready! No snow yet, but plenty of winter cheer. See you soon.
Paula
Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at 08:53:55 (PST)
Paula:
Get ready for the descent of the Styloses. (Styli?) Ana and I are aiming to arrive in the early morning of December 18. That of course depends on the airline schedules. We're both excited. Any snow there yet? We'll bring our gear anyway. Let me know if there is anything that anyone needs transported West to East. See you in a few days...
Steve
Steve
Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at 07:48:26 (PST)
Hey Mom and Dad, when do you leave for Ohio? I keep wishing that I could have made it out there for the wedding. Have a wonderful time. Looking forward to seeing you in less than a week. Yikes!
Paula
Wednesday, December 15, 1999 at 03:51:46 (PST)
Super busy here, as usual! Hopefully the crush will end for me in about 2 weeks and I'll have the chance to catch up on housecleaning, among other things! Meanwhile, just wanted to send out my good wishes to all, let you know I miss you, and maybe we'll get to do a New England Christmas one of these years - our last one was in 1982...in fact, that wasn't us, that was only 2/5 of us (Miranda, Betsy and Paul have never had that pleasure).
Hope you all are healthy and happy and enjoying the season....just 9 more days till the sun begins its return trip! Love to all...
Mona
Monday, December 13, 1999 at 09:26:08 (PST)
Hey Dad, did I tell you it was great (as usual) having you here?
Paula
Thursday, December 09, 1999 at 16:10:36 (PST)
Paul is back in Brevard after another marathon trip. All is well.
Ramona
Wednesday, December 08, 1999 at 04:39:03 (PST)
Here I am at work, waiting to hear that Dad arrived safely back in N.C. Well?
Paula
Tuesday, December 07, 1999 at 08:15:35 (PST)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE A NOTRE COUSINE.
WE LOVE YOU.
VANESSA AND JEROME
VANESSA AND JEROME (sophie@cote-dazur.com)
Monday, December 06, 1999 at 11:04:48 (PST)
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE A NOTRE COUSINE.
WE LOVE YOU.
VANESSA AND JEROME
VANESSA AND JEROME (sophie@cote-dazur.com)
Monday, December 06, 1999 at 11:04:43 (PST)
JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE BETSY.
HAAPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. WE LOVE YOU.
VANESSA AND JEROME
vanessa and jerome (sophie@cote-dazur.com)
Monday, December 06, 1999 at 11:02:37 (PST)
...with an evening topped off by a family trip to our favorite Mongolian BBQ spot, then to the mall to get her Ears Pierced!! Most memorable. She was so brave, and now she's having a great time showing off! What a sweetheart she truly is!
(Me - I got waylaid during my attempt to get home before she did - a train broke down on the tracks, blocking the ferry dock when I got to Edmonds! Nobody could get on the boat, even though we were there in plenty of time, and there was plenty of room on the boat....grrrr...ah well, all's well that end's well, or so they say!)
Mona
Friday, December 03, 1999 at 08:52:54 (PST)
Thanx everbody for the very nice messages!!!!! I don't really ever go on the internet so I don't send E-mail ever, But when I do I just go on web sites. I love to hear from you guys! Well I gotta go, bye!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Betsy
Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 18:04:41 (PST)
Yo! Bets! Have a great Birthday! We're sure glad to have you in the family and in the neighborhood. Here's hoping that this will be the best year yet. §
Steve
Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 09:18:38 (PST)
The Brevard white squirrels and I wish you a Happy Birthday!
Ramona
Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 08:25:03 (PST)
Happy Birthday Betsy!
Cake and ice-cream - for breakfast?
Vanessa still asks about you, and sends her kisses as well.
Mark
Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 08:22:30 (PST)
Happy Birthday Betsy!!
We miss you and wish we could come over and share cake and ice cream with you. Remember, people born in December are very special!
Love from:
Scott, Linda, Jeff, Joe and Lissa
Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 08:12:57 (PST)
And to Elizabeth Ann the sweathart of sweatharts have a real happy birthday. I hope you will always remember the past year as the one where I rediscovered the love and warmth you brought me upon being with and seeing you here in North Carolina.
paul (paul@stylos.net)
Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 06:11:02 (PST)
Happy birthday to Betsy, that amazing niece of mine with the sparkling wit, twinkling eyes and a heart of gold. Maybe it is because you were born on my half-birthday, and I on yours. Have a wonderful day, eat, love, laugh and be happy! (And stay out of Seattle). Love from your Aunt Paulala.
Paula
Thursday, December 02, 1999 at 03:44:10 (PST)
Don't ask me, I'm afraid to take off my gas mask! §
Steve
Wednesday, December 01, 1999 at 17:01:01 (PST)
We had a surprise (and very welcome) visit from Athena last night, just in time for a roast beef feast that Dad had prepared. And we escaped a snowstorm that was headed our way today. All is right with the world. How are the rest of you?
Paula
Wednesday, December 01, 1999 at 13:38:57 (PST)
Mark,
Please call me ASAP. I've got an interview tomorrow morning with a guy from Boston who created a company nearby.
You can visit the site: www.e-acute.fr/entreprise.html.
A big big thank your for the birthday wishes I received on the Stylos site.
sophie
sophie (sophie@cote-dazur.fr)
Wednesday, December 01, 1999 at 05:25:50 (PST)
Happy day after your 14th Birthday, Jillian. What a year you have ahead of you, I remember 14 all too well....
Paula
Saturday, November 27, 1999 at 08:29:35 (PST)
And the happiest greetings to Jillian from Steve and Ana on her 14th Birthday!!!
Steve and Ana
Friday, November 26, 1999 at 23:07:23 (PST)
Happy happy birthday from us out here, ((((((Jillian))))))!!!
Mona
Friday, November 26, 1999 at 18:30:40 (PST)
Happy Birthday Jillian. At least you didn't have to go to school on your birthday. Next year your birthday won't be quite as close to Thanksgiving and again you won't have to go to school. According to my calendar your birthday will come on Sunday. Enjoy this year of being 14!
Ramona
Friday, November 26, 1999 at 15:34:56 (PST)
Best Thanksgiving wishes to all our family! We had a great day here in Maryland with Ginny, Bill, Thea and her boys, and Ned and Barbara (Lisa's folks). Hope everyone had a wonderful day, and we hope to see everyone soon!
Philip and Lisa (Lhs2dp@aol.com)
Thursday, November 25, 1999 at 18:27:49 (PST)
And a Happy Thanksgiving from us here on Agawam Road. We ate turkey, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, gravy and vegetables; apple pie is cooling and custard pie in the oven. All is right with the world. I am thankful to have such a diverse, interesting and downright lovable family. Bless us all.
Paula
Thursday, November 25, 1999 at 13:23:46 (PST)
Happy Thanksgiving to all. Remember, if you enjoy(ed) your dinner, then kiss the cook and help with the dishes. (Unless you ARE the cook, in which case, after dinner just put your feet up and smile.
Ramona
Thursday, November 25, 1999 at 12:56:17 (PST)
Sure wish I was closer...maybe I need to set up NetMeeting on my machine againand see if I can join in the celebration...or something.
Mona
Wednesday, November 24, 1999 at 09:58:55 (PST)
Yes, it does look like several small get-togethers is the only way it's going to happen this holiday season. My suggestion is to get together (sans parents) around Steve or Scott's birthday, then we two will catch up with everybody one or two or three at a time after we arrive or or around Dec. 20th. Maybe one big whing-ding in a year is enough. For now let's just concentrate on cooking and over-eating for Thanksgiving!
Ramona
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 14:27:02 (PST)
I'm back in Seattle. Everything went fine in Rochester, that Mayo is a pretty impressive place. Efficiency that would make UPS proud. The jury is still out, and I will keep everyone posted as soon as it comes in. Ana and I are scheduled to arrive on the morning of the 18th and depart on the morning of the 26th. However, I just had a court appearance scheduled for me on the 20th, so something is going to have to give. We are both looking forward to coming, and can't wait to see everyone. While I am here, let me wish Jillian an early Happy Birthday. She turns 14 on the 26th. Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone, too!!!§
Steve
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 13:09:34 (PST)
And now that I think of it, Mom and Dad will be in Ohio then. So our choices get more and more narrow. Mom and Mark will not overlap. Steve and Mark overlap only on the 18th, 19th. We could shoot for then without the parents, or we could do Christmas Eve or the Sunday after Christmas without Mark, or January 2, 2000 without Steve or Mark. Or we could have several parties to include whoever is around. Well? (why does this feel so familiar...)
Paula
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 10:34:38 (PST)
Yes, I am flying out on the late afternoon of the 19th. Steve was going to try to arrive on the 18th. (What timing!)
Mark
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 06:19:30 (PST)
Isn't Mark S. flying out on the 19th?
Scott
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 05:57:01 (PST)
I am thinking that since so many of us will be here, we should have a Christmas-New Years get together. I volunteer our house, and am trying to figure out when. If Steve and Ana are here from the 18th through 26, and assuming we don't want to have it on Christmas (though that would be fine with me)what about Sunday December 19?(now whose birthday is that?)We could have a Birthday/ Christmas/ Millenium bash. What do you all think?
Paula
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 04:41:52 (PST)
Hey Steve, let's hear from you!
Paula
Tuesday, November 23, 1999 at 04:34:12 (PST)
Joe and I had a good time seeing Mark, Mark, Dad and Paula (and briefly, Melinda) yesterday. Even if we didn't get a chance to go cruising on the motorbikes. Just a few days left until Thanksgiving. It looks like it will probably be just us Courtneys and Styloses on Buffington Hill Road. No turkey this year, out of respect for Melissa who is almost a vegetarian, and who had a turkey adopted in her name. As for me, I'm thinking of fasting that day. Maybe it will help cleanse my body and soul, and help digest that steak that dad bought yesterday.
Warm wishes out to Steve. We are anxiously awaiting news from your trip to Mayo last week.
Scott and Joey
Monday, November 22, 1999 at 06:12:17 (PST)
Where are all the message writers? No news? Make it up.
faithful reader
Sunday, November 21, 1999 at 18:42:18 (PST)
oh my! The little sweetheart...
Hope you feel better, Sophie.
Mona
Friday, November 19, 1999 at 07:03:35 (PST)
Thank you for all your birthday wishes.
Mark, Please call Jerome. His teacher said he is disturbed. Talking to him, he thinks that your plane crashed. He talks about it every morning and evening. He need to talk to you. Thank you.
As for me I have a lumbago....Take care.
sophie
Friday, November 19, 1999 at 01:03:08 (PST)
No, but I got to see Paul and Betsy compete in the North Kitsap District Science Olympics yesterday - the whole family was in attendance, even! Both did well and had fun, followed by Prime Rib at the Kingston Inn! It was a great day...sunny too! We had high hopes of seeing some of the meteor shower, but only Betsy actually saw a filling star....too cold out there for most of the rest of us to hang out too long!
Mona
Thursday, November 18, 1999 at 09:03:42 (PST)
Well, I've seen a few snowflakes this week. Anyone else?
Paula
Thursday, November 18, 1999 at 03:36:29 (PST)
Ditto.
Mona
Sunday, November 14, 1999 at 10:22:15 (PST)
And congratulations to Jess for being number 10,000. I get to be numer 10,001, but Jess gets to do the next Gazette. I would like to be up there with all of you (on the phone it sounds like a mini-Thanksgiving) but instead I'll have to make do with the sunshine and 72 degree weather that we're having here. And you can all send me electronic messages to keep me from getting lonely. RLS
Ramona
Sunday, November 14, 1999 at 10:15:01 (PST)
Ladies and gentlemen, we have reached the fifth didget. one one-hundreth of a million people. Go figure. Congrats to us, and Mark and My Mama, especially. Thanks guys.
love
Jessamyn.
Jessamyn
Sunday, November 14, 1999 at 06:02:01 (PST)
Welcome, Mark!!!
The country feels more like home now that you are back in it. There is a good chance that Ana and I will be in Boston from December 18 - 26. We hope that you will still be around. Ana and I are getting settled in our apartment. We have almost enough furniture, almost enough carpets, and almost enough art. We went roller blading at a rink today, and thanked Vanessa once again for Ana's blades. Ana pointed out that she doesn't need to wear heavy socks with them anymore. Perhaps we should bring them to Boston and send them back for Vanessa. I am five hits shy of being the 10,000th. I have restrained myself from hitting the refresh button. I have an idea. The 10,000th has to do the next edition of the Gazette!!!§
Steve
Saturday, November 13, 1999 at 21:54:40 (PST)
Mark has arrived! Dad picked him up at the airport, ate spaghetti,(Mark had a Milano supper) and now they are watching the Celtics. That's the news.
Paula
Saturday, November 13, 1999 at 18:22:38 (PST)
Webmaster: Do I win a prize if I'm the 10,000th visitor?
Ramona
Friday, November 12, 1999 at 17:44:37 (PST)
And he made it!
Paula
Friday, November 12, 1999 at 03:43:09 (PST)
Hello out there. Just so it won't sound like none of us are doing anything but having birthdays, I will relate that Paul is once more on the road headed for Massachusetts. So anyone who wants to reach him by phone or email should try Paula's house starting tomorrow, Friday. Or leave a message here. (I have to believe that many more people check this board than leave any messages.)I'm staying close to home, just watching the leaves fall...
Ramona
Thursday, November 11, 1999 at 08:55:18 (PST)
And a belated Happy Birthday to Sophie as well!
Paula
Monday, November 08, 1999 at 06:38:41 (PST)
Okay, I am a little late, but I wanted to make sure to add my birthday wishes to Ana, Miranda and Joey; all of whom got older without me! Italy was fantastic, a great place to watch Mark gracefully turn 50. More details to come...perhaps I will post a photo or two from the 15 rolls of film we shot. A great season for birthdays. Happiness to us all.
Paula
Monday, November 08, 1999 at 06:36:52 (PST)
Thank you all, for the birthday wishes. I had a great 15th. Thanks Yia Yia & Buddy for the nightshirt. It is really comfortable. Happy Birthday to Ana. <3 Miranda
Miranda
Sunday, November 07, 1999 at 21:22:23 (PST)
I'm glad to report that Miranda and Ana had a happy birthday together at Ken and Patsy's. Lots of family, friends, cake, presents, games and dancing. Ana is home with her mom, but I am sure that if she was her she would ask me to write a big thank you to all...§
Steve
Sunday, November 07, 1999 at 20:52:12 (PST)
Double Happies to the West Coast Birthday Girls!
Uncle Mark
Sunday, November 07, 1999 at 14:13:42 (PST)
Today is the day of double-whammer birthdays: Ana is now 8 and Miranda is 15. We hope that the Seattle sun is shining on them both. If not, then that the Seattle rain is reflecting in their sparkling eyes. Love and good wishes to two beautiful granddaughters.
The Grandparents
Sunday, November 07, 1999 at 05:04:58 (PST)
Yeah, Mark:
Happy Birthday! This isn't the big one, is it? Have we told you lately how nice it is to have you as a member of our family? I hope Italy is (was) as nice as it was when I was there last. See you at Christmas...
Steve
Friday, November 05, 1999 at 23:13:36 (PST)
Mark Allan: Birthday greetings and best wishes from your ma- and pa-in-law. Hope you're enjoying exotic delights and mild adventures over there in the "old" country.
Ramona
Friday, November 05, 1999 at 04:16:10 (PST)
Yeah, what he said! Except for the grandfather part.
Love ya, Joe, hope you have a truly great birthday!
Mona
Wednesday, November 03, 1999 at 12:04:01 (PST)
Joe
May the finast a Stylos as ever there was
Have the finast a birthday as ever there was
And may it last as long a year as ever there was
And make him a boy as happy as ever there was
Your good friend and grandfather
paul (paul@stylos.net)
Wednesday, November 03, 1999 at 08:58:04 (PST)
Happy Birthday, Joey!!! To me, your birthday always signifies the start of the holiday season. I'm glad that we can all share it with you. I hope you are doing great and have a great day and great year. We'll see you in a month or two....§
Steve
Wednesday, November 03, 1999 at 01:03:38 (PST)
Hey Paula and Mark, over there in Italia: Hope your trip is going well, and that you find a cyber-cafe so that you can check in, and know that things are fine here. Take notes and pictures so we can hear all about it. Love.
Ramona
Tuesday, November 02, 1999 at 05:08:32 (PST)
Yo! Sophie! Happy Birthday. I know this is going to be a great year for you and the rest of your family. Ana is taking French in school, and she keeps asking me to take her back to France. We'll be making another trip before long, we just don't know when. We are going to be in Boston for Christmas, and possibly North Carolina. Anybody have anything scheduled firmly? Hope you are having a great trip, Paula and Mark. I am sure that you will be able to find a way to check on your cyber life. Melinda, no parties!!!!! Hope everyone is well, and that we get to see at least most of you in December. Our trip will probably be approx December 23-30. §
Steve
Saturday, October 30, 1999 at 12:50:27 (PDT)
Sophie!! Happy birthday to you!
Now, if Paula had a Palm-sized PC, she could just check her email + favorite websites from virtually anywhere in the world! (heh heh)
Mona
Saturday, October 30, 1999 at 11:31:06 (PDT)
Happy Birthday and bon anniversaire to Sophie. Have a good day and many more.
Fans of Sophie
Saturday, October 30, 1999 at 07:06:23 (PDT)
Mark and I are off to Italy to celebrate Mark's 50th! I'll report back in a week, or sooner if I can find one of those cyber-cafes. Wish I could bring you all. Love from me........
Paula
Friday, October 29, 1999 at 08:23:05 (PDT)
melinda, on the other hand checks her email plenty ::wink, wink, nudge, nudge, know what i mean::
melinda the great (simpcox@aol.com)
Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 20:42:22 (PDT)
Yes, it is Marlboro.edu. You can also reach her at jessamyn@stylos.net. A hint from her mother, though, she checks the web site much more often than her email. Right Jess?
Paula
Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 17:42:38 (PDT)
maybe it should be "marlboro.edu"?
mona
Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 10:57:31 (PDT)
Hi Jess: I sent a message to the address on your message and it came back. Any idea why? Anyway it was good to have a note from you on the message board. Keep 'em coming. Love from here.
Ramona
Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 10:34:37 (PDT)
yeah! Great to see you here.
mona
Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 09:34:48 (PDT)
Good job, Jess, taking that leap. The computer leap, that is, not the one off the balcony. Keep those updates coming. Love from the valley..
Paula
Thursday, October 28, 1999 at 08:46:32 (PDT)
Hey from the hill. Well we had snow a week and a half ago and I'm up at six every morning chasing peacocks off my balcony. Not a bad life.Love to all you crazy kids, big and little love Jessamyn
Jessamyn (jstylos@Marlboro.net)
Wednesday, October 27, 1999 at 19:33:00 (PDT)
Hey Steve, how are the new digs?
Paula
Wednesday, October 27, 1999 at 04:00:50 (PDT)
working too hard to stop and catch my breath...blowing kisses to you all as i run out the door...
mona
Tuesday, October 26, 1999 at 11:04:02 (PDT)
Yesterday Scott, Melissa, Joey, Mark and I visited the Newton Cemetery. We decorated the STYLOS stone for Halloween (with a pumpkin and carefully arranged leaves, by Melissa) and (illegally) planted snowdrops. We paid our respects to Jerry, wandered around, checked out the neighborhood, and enjoyed a beautiful sunny fall day. Thirty long years gone.
Paula
Sunday, October 24, 1999 at 16:33:41 (PDT)
To anyone who was aware that Athena was on the road, after a week's visit in NC: She is back home, safe and sound, along with her far-from-new car and all its contents, and the bicycle on top. Since she doesn't have a computer, I'll be the one to relieve the mind of any worriers. Once again we wish that there weren't so many miles between North Carolina and Massachusetts.
Ramona
Friday, October 22, 1999 at 19:16:08 (PDT)
Or sometimes maybe laughter and tears. I'm glad we feel more free to talk about him...he is one very important human being. He let me shoot the bee-bee gun one day, then gave me a drag off a cigarette, then rushed me inside to brush my teeth! He was such a great mix of good boy and bad boy - the original Heart of Gold. :)
I must say, I share Paula's gratitude, and look forward to the memories to come! Love backatcha big sister!
Mona
Thursday, October 21, 1999 at 08:28:19 (PDT)
While we're on the subject of Jerry, who came into the world 49 years ago today, here's something I wrote to him not some time ago, after looking at one of my favorite photos of him:
In this one you are sitting on the table with your hand in a jar clearly marked PEANUT BUTTER. You are probably two years old, maybe two and a half. You always loved peanut butter. You wanted it with grape jelly or with bananas or on crackers, and you liked it especially off your finger and you'd take a swipe into the jar whenever it was in reach.
I can talk about that now, now that you have been gone more than twenty five years. See? I've even stopped counting the years exactly. Now I can say, Remember how much Jerry used to like to dress up for Hallowe'en, going out for Trick or Treat when he was much too big to? Or, Remember all those Johnson for President buttons he saved, saying they'd be valuable someday? Maybe I have needed this many years to be able to remember the funny things you did with laughter instead of tears. To remember how much you, our first-born son, liked to see the people around you happy. We talk about you now more than we used to. We remember you, Jerry, and we smile.
Ramona
Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at 18:36:08 (PDT)
And on this, Jerry’s 49th birthday, I too think of him. Somehow, he is always smiling in my memory, with his chipped front teeth, his blue striped bellbottoms and his P-coat. This day makes me grateful for my other brothers and sisters, and the memories we share: some wonderful, some hysterical, some terrible, some ordinary, but all are real and all are full of love. So there, trite as it sounds, my love goes by cyberspace us, the parents and brothers and sisters of one forever young and forever loved human being. To Jerry.
Paula
Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at 15:54:39 (PDT)
And a happy 49th birthday to Jerry, wherever you are! And to Mickey Mantle, too, I know you would want that in there...
Steve
Wednesday, October 20, 1999 at 07:35:18 (PDT)
Happy birthday from all of us here on the east coast.
Timmy & Jilly (slattery@marblehead.com)
Sunday, October 17, 1999 at 10:03:33 (PDT)
Thanks to all of you out there who sent electronic greetings (and other kinds, too.) It was a great day, weather- and other-wise. Athena represented the next generation, and did a good job of that. The three of us went to the Biltmore Estate to see the ever changing gardens. Something is always being celebrated there. This time of year it is Michelmas and there were crafters of various sorts, including some different ones, like people playing mah jong and explaining the game as they go. (Is that a craft?) I decided to stick to RummiKub. There were also children from Charlotte doing Irish dances with enough skill to rival those on Riverdance. We ate at The Stables and came back by Books-a-million so I could continue my search for the perfect journal (since I'm almost ready for a new one.) We got home in time to see the Red Sox make a big win (well, one of us saw it), two of us watched the movie Lean on Me and that was the day. What did I leave out? Oh yes, the phone calls, including messages on the answering machine from Jerome and Vanessa, and news that Steve and Ana may be making a quick trip this way soon. And there were roses (including a lavender one!) and a huge plant from Paul and Athena, some packages to open, so what more could I ask? Thank you, One and All!
Ramona
Sunday, October 17, 1999 at 05:27:18 (PDT)
Ditto. :)
(((((((MOM)))))))))
Mona
Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 20:49:41 (PDT)
Hi Mom! Tried to call you, but it looks like you were out celebrating. So you now know who thise little voices were. I mailed Vanessa's card to you on tuesday, so you may not have gotten it yet. They were talking about you all day. And it looks like Dad should be happy today, too, as the Sox are up by 9 as I write.
I have moved into my winter digs, back at the hotel, and forgot to bring a telephone cable to fit the plug here. Had to cut up a wire and stick it in the outlet just to write this (and check on the score while I am here).
Happy Happy!
Mark
Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 15:53:23 (PDT)
Birthday Greetings from us here is Seattle, too. Sometimes the miles between the east and the west, but we are glad that this information superhighway (when was the last time you heard that term) is here to speed things up. Ana and I are still trying to work out a trip to NC next weekend. Could happen. It better, now, in fact, since I mentioned it to Ana. I suggest you take a trip down the Stylos Network archives, and revisit the Birthday greetings that started this website off a few years ago. And my wish for you will be a happy husband, when Pedro beats the Rocket at Fenway this afternoon. We're here to luv ya.....§
Steve and Ana
Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 08:16:19 (PDT)
Happy birthday from here too Mom! We are thinking about ya! (Make that ya-ya!) I hope you are having as beautiful a day there as we are here. Warm, colorful and dry. So tell us what you did today. And how they treated you (it better be good!) And don't forget to send me the catalog with the mouse repellents: they are eating us out of house and home.
Love,
Scott and Family
Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 07:32:06 (PDT)
Happy Birthday Mom! My usual birthday wish to you; do what you want, eat what you want, drink what you want, have something fun to play with be given to you, and have an admiring audience. This I wish for you. I love you, and wish I could be with you on every birthday and be part of that admiring audience.
Daughter #1.
Paula
Saturday, October 16, 1999 at 07:17:17 (PDT)
oh yes and happy birthday to mark, thea, jerome, phillip, jerry, leo and all the other leos, virgos and libras i missed while my head was in the cyber-sand . . . mom i will be able to wish in person and i will give her a hug from each kid and kiss from each grandkid . . .that ought to take up most of the morning . . . and it fits my gift giving budget! but really if any one has any input on how they think mom should be treated on her seventy first let me know . . .
ostrich athena
Thursday, October 14, 1999 at 18:36:21 (PDT)
well here i am in the land of emailology once again . . . in fact here i am at mom and dad's . . . mona sorry to be out of touch, didn't know you were looking for me my address is 78 union street northampton 01060-3216 phone 413.584.5849 miss you all what a killer party we had, huh? . . . life is good down here in brevard got in late last night. . . today we went to mom's meditation group and met her old friends at the nursing home and we bought two boxes of books between us at the library sale . . . i got the field guide to american houses (conveniently sized to fit in the glovebox) that i've wanted a long time . . . also saw several white squirrels today . . .and took a nap and caught up on months of family website . . .sorry i've been out of touch. . .i have been working hard at my various jobs and assignments and just plain decompressing and figuring out where i want to go from here . . . i'll let you know when i figure it out . . .any way all is well down here in dixie (and warm) i already had forgotten how southern everyone sounds down here love to everyone (and i mean You!)
athena
Thursday, October 14, 1999 at 17:21:10 (PDT)
And happy birthday to Thea Stylos!
Mona
Wednesday, October 13, 1999 at 17:04:18 (PDT)
Congratulations, Scott. One more mountain climbed. Enjoy the view.
Ramona
Wednesday, October 13, 1999 at 05:05:59 (PDT)
Great Scott!!!
Steve
Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at 18:24:26 (PDT)
And again I say: Yeah Scott!
Paula
Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at 16:52:00 (PDT)
Pop the cork baby! Time to celebrate!!
So proud of you, as always, Scott.
Mona
Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at 16:23:28 (PDT)
After 4 months of waiting, I finally got my pathology board results, and ...................................................................I passed!
Scott
Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at 16:08:18 (PDT)
Hey Dad, is this it? Is hell freezing over? Go Red Sox!
Paula
Tuesday, October 12, 1999 at 03:41:08 (PDT)
Booooooooooo, Yankees!
Steve
Monday, October 11, 1999 at 20:50:32 (PDT)
Start spreading the news ...
Far away fan ...
Monday, October 11, 1999 at 20:33:54 (PDT)
I thought they saved Pedro for today? I'm up listening, and it is 8:8. Theme song? Autumn leaves always comes to my mind...
Mark
Monday, October 11, 1999 at 18:52:27 (PDT)
Awww....I ain't worried about the Sox. Refuse to Lose, no, I mean, Dream the Impossible Dream, no -- what IS this year's theme??
My computer at home is finally, finally so out of space that I can't get in to delete enough stuff to get my email or internet connection working, so don't be surprised (or worried) not to hear from me so much. But I'm thinking of you all, never fear!
Mona
Monday, October 11, 1999 at 11:37:55 (PDT)
Does anyone else think that the Red Sox should have saved something for today?
Steve
Monday, October 11, 1999 at 06:09:43 (PDT)
Steve, I'm sure it feels great to be getting a place of your own. To me the "setting up house" part is the most fun, and I'll bet that you and Ana are enjoying that. Keep us posted. We have no Christmas plans, but are happy to host anyone who wants to head this way. And for those thinking all the way to next summer in NC, the end of June and beginning of July are always good with blueberries in season and swift water for tubing. Mark says he will be joining us this year: we'll see.
I too think of Jerry as fall sets in. Thirty very long tears ago. Now that was a slip, I meant to type years but...
Paula
Monday, October 11, 1999 at 05:49:23 (PDT)
Hey, Y'all! Not too much to report from around here. Ana and I are looking forward to moving on the 19th. We have been out shopping for furniture and furnishings. The new place is nice, but small. Large enough, however, to house anyone from our family for as long as need be. That includes Mona, since we will be so much closer to her work than she is. Be warned, however, that Ana will be getting a kitty. As Holloween approaches, I am always reminded of October birthdays, and that long, wet cold October of 1969. Hard to beleive that 30 years has passed. Leigh made Ana a Poodle skirt for Holloween, and Ana made a similar one for one of her dolls. She told me that she needed horse shoes to go with it. I finally figured out that she meant saddle shoes. Anyway, they both look cute, and we are all hopeful and excited about the future. We hope all is well with everyone, and the hatches are buttoned down for the winter. Ana is taking French lessons, and I have promised to take her back to France once she gets proficient. So, Mark, Vanessa and Jerome, be on the lookout for us. §
Steve
Friday, October 08, 1999 at 12:38:13 (PDT)
Sounds like a great time, Scott. Good job on making it happen. And Steve, how is it with you?
Paula
Thursday, October 07, 1999 at 16:02:08 (PDT)
Our vacation (it seems so long ago now) was the best Linda and I have had together in 20 years! We had originally been planning to go to the cape, but JoJo (who was supposed to have watched the kids) came to our house to avoid the hurricane, so Linda and I went to a B&B in Bennington, VT for a couple of days. We had a cottage house all to ourselves, and the weather was perfect (hurricane). We pretty much stayed inside, hanging out, using the jacuzzi, read books, etc. By the way Paula, I have started reading one of the books I borrowed from you (House of Spirits) but it is to early to say how I am going to like it.
Scott
Thursday, October 07, 1999 at 04:50:19 (PDT)
Hey Scott, how was your vacation, anyway?
Paula
Wednesday, October 06, 1999 at 03:58:21 (PDT)
Scott: Allow me to
Strike the harp and join the chorus, fa la la la la la la la la!
Ramona
Friday, October 01, 1999 at 10:39:06 (PDT)
And how about those of you that didn't join in the chorus;
Scott
Friday, October 01, 1999 at 09:06:54 (PDT)
Now that's the kind of messageboard I like to see!
Scott
Friday, October 01, 1999 at 08:21:14 (PDT)