It’s a boy….
Introducing Ira, our newest family member, born on Saturday, August 20. We are all recovering well and enjoying Ira’s first week.
Introducing Ira, our newest family member, born on Saturday, August 20. We are all recovering well and enjoying Ira’s first week.
Winter is the time of promise because there is so little to do — or because you can now and then permit yourself the luxury of thinking so. – Stanley Crawford Oh February. I always find this month a little challenging. Short days. Rain. Fog. Moreover, this February, a host of coughs, sniffles, sneezes, and…
This fall, my neighbor, an avid grower of corn, fertilized his backyard garden and pinned black plastic over it. A couple of days later, a few ducks showed up and stayed for the night. He surmised that from above they may have mistook it for a pond. The next evening more came. And then more….
Tuesday, June 21 is the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. The sun will bathe the Arctic Circle in 24 hours of daylight, and ancient monuments around the world will align with the sun. Historically Europeans celebrated the summer solstice by gathering plants and holding bonfires and festivals. Native American plains tribes…
My kids start counting down to Christmas the day after Halloween. I know they’re not alone. Many of us have an eye on the calendar this time of year (some with glee and some with a nervous glance at the to-do list). A Christmas countdown calendar is a great way to give you and your…
From 2002 to 2005, UCLA researchers videotaped 32 dual-income, multiple-child, middle-class American families for a week. They also noted the family members’ locations in the house and measured their stress levels with routine saliva tests. The research team, which represented a range of disciplines, spent the next five years pouring over the resulting 1,540 hours…
Recently I heard an interview with the herbalist Cascade Anderson Geller. She shared a story about a teacher and healer she met in the remote Choco region of Northern Ecuador, where she went to learn about the local plants and healing methods. Geller had been suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome and had consulted scads of…
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Aww, congratulations!
Congrats, a beautiful baby.
Wonderful news! Congrats!
Welcome to the world Ira!
Congratulations on your new arrival. He’s a handsome addition to an already good looking family!
Many congratulations to you all.
Anni Kelsey
It’s neat to see old friendslike Ed & Martha being blessed with such beautiful grand children. I sit quietly in front of my laptop and enjoy the life which goes on around us all. I know that the mom here did get the lions share of the hard work, but like any grandparent, I will celebrate this new life as if I had been another of Ed’s brothers. Maybe someday I will get to meet the rest of the Quillen girls.