Loose Strife

I was surprised how impressive the lunar eclipse was on Wednesday night. We had a cloudless sky full of stars in Ashfield. A friend of ours teaches science to high schoolers in Manhattan and she asked me to take some pictures. It was a cold 5 degrees out and the weather caused lots of troubles […]

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We are all doing well up here, except for the ice that still lines my driveway. Laura still has quite a gimp, but she continues to feel so much better and different than she did two weeks ago before her surgery that there’s no adequate way to compare. She still has small troubles: minor “normal” […]

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I think we’ve probably had more days with visitors than without since we moved to Ashfield. When we first moved last summer both of our parents visited to enjoy the New England rural summer. And then Laura was diagnosed with cancer, things went way downhill, and Laura’s parents and my mom spent many weeks here […]

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Well you know that Laura is feeling 100% better because she wants to go to Hawaii… soon! Late last year she kept talking about how she’d like to revisit some special travel destinations: vacation in Hawaii and see friends and family in California and Arkansas and Virginia. New Zealand would also be nice but not […]

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I finally posted some family photos from January. Not many pictures taken last month and the quality is mostly poor because many are from mobile phone cameras. Here’s Naomi fighting a dragon while spending the day at a friend’s house.

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I’m at the hospital with Laura. The girls just left with my sister Karen after a fun visit to the hospital. Laura should be home by dinner. Only bureaucracy now in the way. Thanks to all of you for your comments, emails, calls, visits, packages, and flowers!! It’s a wonderful feeling to receive so much […]

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Into the light… (This is an ongoing series of photos that Laura took late last year.)

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Laura was stuck in the chaos of the surgery post-op stations for over six hours after her surgery because there were no beds available in the neuro wing. But she didn’t seem to care. She’s been in good spirits and looks terrific. When Laura had the heart surgery in August she was completely wiped out, […]

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Laura’s folks came down from Ashfield last night, dropped the kids off at friends for an overnight (joy!), and are here now before Laura goes to pre-op. Laura’s doing just fine. No pain. Good sleep. Just a couple minor headaches. May post here as things proceed.

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