Family blog entry du jour
23Dec2006 01:20 PM Friends & Family
We're
all here at my Mom (Barbara Rawles) home in
Livermore, California... My sister's family from
Redlands, my brother's family from the hinterlands,
and Aunt Helen, Uncle Mike and more on the way,
munching on French toast, enjoying the little fiber
optic Christmas tree in the family room, listening to
one of the nephews practicing on the piano in the
next (living) room behind the double doors so we can
enjoy the usual 3 or 4 simultaneous conversations in
here, with most of the Mac laptops in the playing
other games (hibernating in the laundry room, where
one can usually find at least a nephew or two...
Gayle is now donning a smart black French maid's
apron, which she wore years ago doing that line of
work (it matches her black outfit perfectly) and
sauteeing onions, asking Mike & Helen about their
packing preparations for their upcoming move. Earlier
John mentioned the anecdote of "three moves is worth
a fire", and now they are discussing how Jim &
family can assist with their move while they are in
the area. Now the family heirloom furniture and
pianos "from around the horn" ... This lead to a
story from Helen and Mike about the Williamsburg
tradition of a young man building a spinning wheel to
demonstrate his woodworking skills, and then the
young woman he is courting making a shirt from the
wheel; if he accepted the shirt, they wedding would
be a "go"... John & a few more nephews emerged
from the other room, and John is now telling Helen
& Mike "what's the rush" in regard to their
moving plans, followed by a round of laughs... Now
brother Jim suggests that I post this blog entry and
send Rawle (Mike & Helen's only child) an email
greeting (with a link to this entry...) ... so I will
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