We
are concerned that this year's letter is not up to the entertainment level of
previous efforts. This might be due to an erosion of writing skills. More
ominously, we might be becoming more boring. Hopefully, that is temporary. We might
have a definitive answer for that Christmas 2017.
Everyone
Moves But Stays Where They Are.
David and Tracy are fixing up their house of 30
years in preparation for moving…nearby.
Jonathan and Heidi are house-hunting - nearby.
Ben’s new job is in the opposite direction on I-45,
at First Methodist in downtown Houston, but he’s still living in Spring.
Kyle was going to move big-time by going active duty
in the army, but elected to simply change jobs and stay
in Goffstown instead.
Chris is tiring of Norway, and saving his money in
order to move to…well, he doesn’t know yet. For
now, still in Tromso.
JA and Jocie bought a house, so it looks like they
may be in Nome a while.
Change/No Change. Lots of rumbling, same landscapes.
About
Those Coydogs
After learning that the New England hybrid
(coyote/wolf/dog) is not that large a specimen and that our local batch doesn't
band together, I am no longer that worried about encountering them in the woods
with no one around. I still carry the
bear spray (we have one back there somewhere), but I'm thinking ticks and other
insects are more of a danger. Especially
as they have sent me to urgent care twice.
Tracy
Graduated, David Is Being Discharged
Tracy retired at the end of the school year. There was much wailing and gnashing of teeth
from both teachers and students, who spoke of her kindness, her remembering
everyone's name year over year, and her memorable storytelling and lessons.
David is retiring from the hospital January 1 - we'll see if everyone there is
quite so distressed about that. Perhaps. Tracy is already volunteering at her
granddaughters' schools and tutoring the children at New Life Home For Women
And Children. David will return to the hospital part-time after taking January
off.
A
Year of Change
After bringing Jocie and her five-year-old daughter
Aurora home at Thanksgiving last year for our approval (like we were going to
say no), John-Adrian married Jocie this year in Las Vegas. Everyone but Chris,
who has a lot more distance to cover, made it to a small but beautiful wedding
with just family and a few friends from Alaska. Only 48 hours in Sin City,
which was plenty for Tracy and David, and way more than enough for Heidi. It was... interesting. Their daughter Quinn
Elena Wyman arrived in October, perhaps the first Romanian-Filipina child in
history. Tracy got to go to Nome twice
this year, once in July and then to help out with the baby. She much prefers
too much sunshine over too little. JA
and Jocie bought a house, and here's the interesting part: John-Adrian, whose experience with farming
was brutal in Romania as a boy, swore he would never grow a vegetable. He now proudly has a garden and built a
greenhouse. We gave them precious topsoil as a wedding present.
She
Considers A Truck And Buys It. Proverbs 31
Vehicle-shopping has usually been mutual, and time
consuming. But this summer, Tracy was
retired and had more time. I did a lot of the online research, but in the end,
she did the deciding, the checking, the bargaining. For a truck that she's not ever going to
drive. Not her comfort zone, but changing circumstances take all of us to new
places.
3 comments:
My wife has a pickup, and loves it--4WD and a stick-shift. Your wife may realize something messy needs haulin' and a car ain't the way.
Martin definitely needs more fiber in his diet...
Martin has appeared under other names.
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