Happy Mother's Day

Here's one from the archives.  Take a look at the shoes and stylish black socks.  A poster for all that mothers do out of their love.    

​Surely there must be a mother's day song to go with the flowers and cards and love and bottomless gratitude.  We will have a quiet day here, with rest and gardening and newspapers and coffee and maybe even a nap or a bike ride.  We are ready for one, as we had a whirlwind visit yesterday from Marj and Lew and Marj's mother.  

We went from winter to summer in 3 hours it seems.  It sure is nice, but we don't want to hear any complaining about the heat until at least the end of May.  It's so nice to leave the house without a jacket or boots or gloves.  We have taken advantage with a lot of yard work, and Mary has been busy prepping flower beds and re-arranging and of course keeping the local nurseries afloat, single-handedly.  Our project today is to plant a weeping cherry tree at the corner of the house.

Lots of academic news this week, with Annie and Maura finishing their course of studies!  Final papers and exams done.  Maura graduates this coming week and Annie on the 19th. Congratulations.  Annie will have a good long six weeks off before she starts her job.  You earned it, chica.  When this gets posted, Margaret will only be hours away from finishing her semester.  And Claire must be getting close to the end of the semester.  Celebrate all.

Travel is a big part of these letters.  And, we have the first member in the family to visit Azerbaijan.  I couldn't even remember where on the map it was.  Joe came and went for a quick visit this week.  I will leave it to him to describe the charms of that country.  We made travel plans for the first two weeks of June to go to San Francisco and then head up to Seattle by car.  I've never really been to California, except for 2 San Diego day trips and one unexpected airport stop in SF.  And Margaret and Andrew got their tickets to South Africa for August.  

David and Paula spent a few days in New York City this week, taking advantage of some consulting work for David to go see the King and I at Lincoln Center.  David highly recommends it.  They are doing some infrastructure work to their house (gutters and soffits - I just found out what those were.)

Also highly recommended was a concert that Andrew and Lur went to featuring Steve Winwood.  Andrew also passed around a couple of photos of Daniel at his prom.  I think in the next letter, I will find a photo of Pop and compare it with Daniel's prom picture if only to see the genetic carryover of the hair!!

Peter and I found each other watching the same Mets game on ESPN one night, which the Mets won.  They look like they are for real, though I am not sure Mets fans are quite ready to embrace the confidence yet.

Mary is off swimming this morning, and I will settle down to read some more about the Shakers.  Fascinating group, and I have a ways to catch up with all that David knows on the topic.  He had a head start with Darrow School being on the site of the central Shaker families for over 150 years.

So, here's to all the mothers who read this, and even those who don't.  Thank you, we love you, you are the greatest.