Category: Gaynor
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2014 In Review / 2015 Ahead
It’s been a long and productive year by most counts, excepting the impartial measurement of time. It’s sometimes instructive to look at the past year in preview and see what was then the future and how much of it came to pass. Though the future is notoriously difficult to predict, that should stop one from…
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2013 In Review
Just a quick review of what has been this past year, covering events that didn’t make the blog for one reason or another. I’ll post again early next year about what lays ahead. As seems to be typical for our family, we’ve tried to fit in the maximum amount allowable. Gaynor has taken up casual,…
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Half-Life Day
Gaynor and I celebrated our twentieth wedding anniversary a little while ago and, since we were married fairly young, I started wondering how much of my life I have spent married to her. The outcome of that wondering is that I realised that yesterday, 6th of June, I have spent exactly[1] half my life —…
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2013 Ahead
Busy times in our family this coming year. Though we usually have a (more than a) few things going on, this year is shaping up to have quite the slew of notable events. So, from the top of the tree … Gaynor is now officially looking for part-time work. A bit more income has been…
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The 60s Kombi Van of Microwave Ovens
Gaynor’s children decorated her Mother’s Day gift as a tribute to her hippie tendencies.
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Together for Gaynor's 40th
After a time apart, we are reunited to celebrate Gaynor’s birthday at one of our preferred restaurants in California.
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Recent Birthdays
This time of year is always busy in our family with birthdays. Children recently on the receiving end were, in chronological order, Mara (the 19th of October), Bryna (the 30th of October) and Joshua (the 9th of November). They clocked 10, 3 and 13, respectively. Mara wished to get her ears pierced. I offered but…
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Back to School
I remember in Australia the new school year was always a time of excitement and a little anxiety about whether the children would have the right teacher and the right friends in their class. Well this feeling is greatly exaggerated when the system and the language is unfamiliar (or barely familiar). To further compound this…
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Gaynor’s 35th
We just completed a two day celebration marking the end of Gaynor’s 35th revolution around the Sun. The actual anniversary of her birthday was on the 19th and on that day she received presents from her kindly husband and children — as graphically portrayed. Of course she had been receiving gifts and well wishes from…