my little brother in Rhode Island for the first time. He’s been out there for about four years. He has four delightful wonderful children who are between the ages of 11 months and six years. They drive their parents to distraction daily, but they’re so affectionate and smart, their parents spend half their free time worrying about how to keep them under control and most of the rest of the time how to keep anything bad from happening to them. Wow! What a different life my brother leads. Was so much fun to visit. 3 weeks ago
among me my siblings:
NCAA football’s need of a tournament
intense dislike of Republican Presidential candidates
nieces & nephews
good to stay in touch 1 month ago
a long letter to my sister today. I have only the one sister, though I’m one of six brothers. My sister is great, cheerful, charming, has three wonderful, delightful kids. I go to her for advice about many things, and can’t seem to help but offer unsolicited advice of my own. We don’t write nearly enough, and I only see her twice a year for at most seven days in total. Wish I could change this. 1 month ago
after midnight last night and woke him and his wife up. I’d forgotten that AZ doesn’t follow daylight savings, so I was calling after 11 his time. Still, he kindly talked NFL with me for a few minutes and then went back to sleep. Like a dope, I stayed up past 1 o’clock puttering around. Got up late at 6:55 this morning and barely made it to work on time. 2 months ago
visited for a four-day weekend. Though it rained much of the time, Saturday we drove north to some wetlands and watched the bald eagles looking for their next prey. (This time of year, about 200,000 geese migrate through this partially frozen wetlands preserve). Then we watched about a thousand hours of football and managed to have some good talks. He’s got a 3-year-old daughter, a 13-year-old step-daughter, three dogs, and a charming though often-depressed wife. He loves his life, especially his 3-year-old and wishes now they could have had more. But I think he’s sort of overwhelmed at times by his close quarters and many domestic obligations. It was good for him to just hang out with us for a few days, as he used to do in college days. 2 months ago
in the mail, especially to Rhode Island bro. Will feel good when this is accomplished. 2 months ago
observed yesterday that I’m most likely to call while driving for five or ten minutes at a time. I didn’t think he noticed things like that. I hate talking on phones in general, but most other people in the family don’t like to e-mail, so there’s not much choice. 3 months ago
sometime this winter to see Timmy. Plans are coming right along. 3 months ago
said than done for me. I have five brothers and a sister, and they are all married with families of their own. All but one live in Arizona, while my wife and I live in the Midwest. Tim, the middle child, is in Providence, R.I, with his charming wife and four kids of his own. They’ve been there going on four years, but we’ve never managed to make it out. Maybe this is the year, for a long weekend at least. 3 months ago
