mauri turns 60!

| September 30, 2006

It was a day worth celebrating…so we did. Guests brought the entertainment: a joke. So we laughed a lot and the birthday boy was honored. Welcome to your 60s, dear man. It’s not so bad, is it?

dear paul,

| September 23, 2006

Yesterday we celebrated our baby’s 30th birthday. You’re not keeping track of time anymore but I like to think you were celebrating with us anyway. Quinn took this picture of us last night at Buca di Beppo in Denver (where Taylor lives and works as a medical equipment repairman at Colorado University Hospital). Besides T [...]

the doctor’s in

| September 16, 2006

So here I am in Denver with the sole task of spending five days with three-year-old granddaughter Cassidy Anderson while her parents are on a business trip in Florida. Once all the necessary duties are accomplished—getting dressed, eating breakfast—the days are ours to do with as we choose. Today, besides a library/grocery outing, we passed [...]

and we live here…

| September 10, 2006

There’s a lot to be said for contentment. We got yet another dose of contentment this afternoon. What could be better than the combination of a free afternoon, warm and sunny weather, and a topless jeep? So after lunch at Benihana’s Mauri suggested we take the scenic route home. I’m always up for that and [...]

rare beauty

| September 8, 2006

A friend in Michigan forwarded these pictures to me today. The note attached said: “I think this is just too beautiful not to share. This does not happen very often … What absolute beauty!” I agree with that assessment, but something struck me about that. A peacock’s beauty is in its color, isn’t it? Of [...]

more quatet tunes

| September 1, 2006

After some delay…the rest of the (former) NFC Quatet tunes are posted on the music page – so you can give a listen. There’s just something about men singing together. (‘sorry for that chauvinistic sounding outburst…but not so very)