Have a safe and happy trip, Ursula. Congrats to Kate, and to whomever functioned as the "active element" in conception and realization. (Aristotle, what can I say?) Ah, the "horizons of interpretation" as Hans-Georg was wont to say. "January 10th", what more possibilities of meaning does it harbour? Marlena should have her vernissage (sp?)round the end of March. Oh joy, flying to Denmark on Air Canada! Walter O President The Republic of Doyle Newfoundland, Canada Quoting Ursula Stange <ursula@xxxxxxxxxx>: > Can't help but interject....We're flying to Boulder tomorrow to see our first > grandchild: sweet, sweet Isaac, born on the 10th of January to our daughter, > Kate. Sixty-five times I have journeyed past that date and only now I see > its significance. > Ursula, > North Bay, ON > > > On 2013-01-21, at 12:56 AM, John McCreery <john.mccreery@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > We can only hope that ours will come to visit and bring the grandkids. Fat > chance with managing a two-career family and it being so much cheaper for two > of us to go to them than four of them to come to us. > > > > John > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 2:27 PM, David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> > >> On Jan 20, 2013, at 6:40 PM, John McCreery wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 5:10 AM, David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >>> > >>>> A small cut leaves no scar > >>>> quiet falls, like snow > >>>> the girls are gone from home > >>> > >>> > >>> Beautiful. The empty nest was never more elegantly described. > >> > >> Not quite empty. One will return soon, the other, later. > >> > >> David Ritchie, > >> Portland, Oregon > > > > > > > > -- > > John McCreery > > The Word Works, Ltd., Yokohama, JAPAN > > Tel. +81-45-314-9324 > > jlm@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > http://www.wordworks.jp/ > This electronic communication is governed by the terms and conditions at http://www.mun.ca/cc/policies/electronic_communications_disclaimer_2012.php ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html