"In his domestic administration my father had this system . . . to keep a journal and insert in it all occurrences of any note . . . A record very pleasant to look at when time begins to efface the memory of events, and very well suited to get us out of perplexity: When was such and such a thing begun? When completed? What retinues came? How long did they stay? Our trips, our absences; marriages; deaths; the receipt of happy or unhappy news . . . An ancient custom, which I think it would be good to revive, each man in each man's home. And I think I am a fool to have neglected it." (Montaigne, Book I, Essay 35 (publ. 1580))

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Nieces and nephews

My mom and dad have 20 grandchildren.  There have been two occasions where we lined up all available hands for a picture; those photos are combined below.  Top half was taken on August 5, 2002 as part of the celebration of my parents' golden wedding anniversary; bottom half was taken on July 11, 2014 just prior to Margaret/Jeremy wedding ceremony.

It's a fine crew!

[click photo to enlarge per usual]

L-R Alison (bottom half only), Emily, Mark, Julia, Tom, Kieran, Clare, Kristen, Jenna, Joe (top half only),
Paul Jr., Michael, Patrick, Nick, Margaret, Kate, Kerry, Angie, Chris, Nicole
And here are the same two photos, just cropped differently:



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