Category Archives: Josef

Summer 2024

We started the summer with our family & friends camp out–Josef’s 13th year in a row! (OK, I guess the Covid year was a bust but we won’t count that!) After that he and I headed to the aptly-named Cannon … Continue reading

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Spring 2024

This spring Josef had the lead role in his school play and he rose to the occasion with aplomb! He had no trouble in the limelight, and turned in a memorable performance. He was the talk of the school that … Continue reading

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Winter 2024

Winter started off with an ice storm that kept everyone home for a few days.  It was fun to go slip sliding around the campus and then come home to a warm fire in the wood stove.  Josef and I … Continue reading

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Mexico 2023

I knew Christmas would be especially painful if we stayed home, given the memories and associations of the previous year, and the rest of the family agreed.  We decided warm water and sunshine would brighten are spirits…and we were right! … Continue reading

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Holidays 2023

  Anticipating that the first holidays without Rachael were going to be kind of painful, I decided to skip out on the usual family-oriented gatherings and just get away for something really fun.  It turned out that the 49ers were … Continue reading

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Fall 2023

For his 11th birthday Josef received his long awaited gift–a Nintendo Switch.  He actually bought it with his own money, so I guess the gift was just that I allowed it to happen.  I did my best to stave off … Continue reading

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Summer 2023

Summer adventures included the annual family group camping trip, a vacation house on the Sandy River with good friends, learning to rock climb, Josef spending two weeks in Utah with Grammannette and cousins and also a week at Camp Westwind, … Continue reading

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Spring 2023

The end of tax season didn’t bring any feeling of relief this year–actually somewhat the opposite effect.  At least the heavy workload gave me something to focus on.  After the deadline I was faced with the reality of trying to … Continue reading

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Winter 2023

Truly a singular winter for us this year.  Indeed it’s hard to remember much of it.  Josef was a remarkably happy boy. His family, his classmates, his teachers and the school really held him close.  School families signed up for … Continue reading

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Holidays 2022

Boy, I can’t such much about the holidays that isn’t heavy with sadness.  Rachael’s third round of chemo was unsuccessful and her condition just kept getting worse and worse.  It was very clear to me where things were headed.  She … Continue reading

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