hp's blog Vox 2007-06-27T01:55:39Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00c2251c3baa549d/tags/family/ Food, music and a lot of other stuff too... Falls tag:vox.com,2007-06-27:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00cd973a25e74cd5 2007-06-27T01:55:39Z 2007-06-27T01:55:39Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom Within the past year, my Uncle took a bad fall (tearing his quadricep muscle), my Dad fell and fractured two ribs, now today word that my Aunt has fallen and broken her wrist and badly injured her knee. My Dad and Aunt are 80; my Uncle 82. What's...

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Mom with my brother Paul Aunt Amy and Aunt Alice Aunt Barbara

In case it isn't obvious from my recent posts, I've been busy scanning in family photographs. Right now I'm working on photos mostly from the 50s and 60s. What strikes me is how lovely the women look, when dresses were de rigueur . It makes me wa...

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Basketball

When visiting Drake's family, we spent a lot of time at high school girls' basketball games. Our niece Jess, who is a sophomore, made the Varsity team this year. We arrived the night of the team's first game of the season, which they won by almos...

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Alice (90), My Dad (80), Carl (82)

The highlight of our trip was arriving, as a complete surprise, at my Aunt Alice's 90th birthday party, which was hosted by my very lovely cousin Carol. The party started at 6:00pm; we showed up at 7:00pm - driving straight from the airport. Here ...

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]]> The Great Midwest Expedition tag:vox.com,2006-11-08:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00cd9784d165f9cc 2006-11-08T14:16:23Z 2006-11-08T14:16:24Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom This Saturday (a 6:00am flight - ug) we leave for 17 days in the Midwest: Madison, WI (we are showing up as a surprise for my aunt's 90th birthday party), then rural west-central Illinois (to visit Drake's family) then north of Chicago (to vi...

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]]> Happy Birthday, Lorna tag:vox.com,2006-09-02:asset-6a00c2251c3baa549d00c22524900e8fdb 2006-09-02T15:06:48Z 2006-09-02T17:25:59Z hp http://hp.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

Lorna

Today is my mother-in-law's birthday. I feel like I won the grand prize when it comes to in-laws. I wish we lived nearer. Drake is going back for a visit later this month; I have less flexibility with my consulting work and don't have enough va...

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