Hoe while it is spring, and enjoy the best anticipations. It is not much matter if things do not turn out well. ~Charles Dudley Warner

In Northern New York we experience Spring as those of the rest of you experience Winter. So it was with great relief that we made the ramble down to Littlestown Pa, to P&T it. Claire from Franciscan joined the crowd with great Claire energy to make our Easter Day complete, so that the forces of Maureen, Luke, Claire, Paul, John, Veronica, Magdalene, Kathleen and I combined with the gravitational pull of Christopher, Xavier, Isaiah, Simon, Paul and Trish with a Denise added to cause an implosion of fun which, if you are familiar with physics at all, ultimately causes an explosion of joy.

After having left P&T behind we resolved to enjoy Williamsburg, Virginia and Jamestown, Virginia. P&T and Xavier and Simon could not join us, but we had a great time. The weather, the water, the exhibits, the enactors, the patriots and loyalists all entertained us and wined and dined us. I AM A PATRIOT!!! I AM A LOYALIST!!!!

Sadly, Claire could not join us for that trip to Virginia, as her higher duty of school called. (She comes home to us in a couple weeks, only to go to Austria for the Fall Semester!) Oh, how hard it is to be Claire.

Colyn should be commended greatly for his idea and effort in creating this way to keep in touch and share stories and insights.

Though, I think that it is very, very, very laudable in this BLOG that we remember the past and the people who have formed us in our lives -- and there have been many -- there is a future and some of them are pictured above. The worst thing that we can do as a family is to ignore the future in obsession with the past. Our goal is to make stories and memories that no one will forget NOW. That necessarily means that to enjoy that fun and participate in the present and anticipate the future that you have to forgive one another, stop judging one another, be inviting of ALL of each other and MAKE MEMORIES. Otherwise, this BLOG becomes a graveyard of memories.

Call a Nephew or Niece or Grandchild tonight. It will make a difference.

-- Joe