There are many great things about Father's Day, but the phone calls are the best. We catch up on a lot of news. And they always have lots of news. I bet there's a lot of news from their cousins as well. (Hint, hint - share) We'll get to the news in a minute, but back to Father's Day.
One of the many articles on fathers in the papers this weekend was one that said the problem with Father's Day is that it was not Mother's Day, where there's flowers and kisses and hugs. Father's Day, the author said, was more like an annual employee performance review. How'd he do this year? Hmmm. Takes the shine off my favorite holiday.
Back to the news. Here's the really important item - John and Marilyn put their house in Pittsfield on the market. They had wanted to downsize for a few years, so they made the leap. Perhaps it was the fact that it's been so cold up here, colder than it was in Florida in March.
Joe told us his date for coming back to the U.S. is July 14 (Bastille Day - time to get out of Europe) He is trying to take advantage of his final few weeks with easy travel, and spent last weekend in Lisbon which he said was wonderful - cheap, historic and hospitable. He's looking for trips to Wales, Ireland and the Lake District before departing.
Margaret and Andrew have been married a month, as of tomorrow. Time flies. Next thing you know they'll be celebrating their 40th wedding wedding anniversary (Happy anniversary David and Paula, and Peter and Janet - belated!) Margaret has been taking African dance classes and is having a performance this coming Saturday. Her summer session class ends this week, and then she's off.
Meanwhile in New York City, Annie is enjoying her internship at Bank of America. She and Gregg went to the beach yesterday, Coney Island - a first for Annie. The photo here is from a few weeks ago when we climbed the "mountain" in Pittsfield State Forest.
Things are slowing down for both Mary and me, which is good. Her tutoring work ends this week, but she has been stepping up her swimming to prepare for the big meet in Montreal in August. You should hear her workouts Not even sure I could walk that far. We've both been putting in a lot of hours in the garden, but Mary has about eight different flower beds, and I have just the one veggie garden. Her flowers look great. My project in North Adams is winding down, so I'm off on my next adventure preparing a tour of Pittsfield's historic mills. I chaired my first Historic Commission meeting this week, which saw the demolition of two buildings.
Out in Chicago, we hear Daniel is out of school and at a basketball camp. Claire is home for the summer and helping out with chores around the house. She has a volunteer project teaching music at a school for autistic children. Andrew is nearing decision on his request to retire. Next week.
Summer's approaching and we see a wonderful time ahead, looking forward to spending time with so many of you. And then I know it's going to end, but it's too soon to think of that.
At church today, we heard a few prayers for fathers who are no longer with us. How lucky we all were.
Love from up here.
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