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1997
Pictures and Letters
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Jake
Tyler Patterson
Born to Blake
and Debbie,
September 2, 1997 |
Sally
Oldham starts us off with a nice newsy note. Anyone else want
to join?
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Our very sad family news, of
course, is that Kitty's husband, Frank Borchert,
died September 11. He was 61 and had been diagnosed with cancer
about 9 months before. Nearly all the immediate family attended a
memorial service in Cleveland and a second service was held in mid-October
by Case Western Reserve University where Frank served as Vice President
for Budgets and Planning. He'd been at the University for 32 years.
We miss him greatly.
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For the Oldham family,
Erin and Kristin have both moved this year. Erin and her
fiance, Steve DiGiovanni, are living in Portland, Maine where Steve has
begun a three year residency in pediatric medicine at Maine Medical Center.
Erin is working part time at a research firm in Portland on child welfare
research and has also returned to pick up her studies toward a PhD at UCLA
which she is now doing long distance. Kristin and her fiance, John Freese,
have moved from Austin, TX to McLean, VA to spend about six months living
with us while exploring this area. Kristin became a certified massage
therapist this year in Texas as will practice this while she's here.
She's also planning to work over the next several months with a woman who
produced social action videos. Kristin is considering applying to
graduate school in education for next fall. Erin's planning a July, 1998
wedding at our family house in Pennsylvania. Kristin and John's plans
are longer term and they expect to marry about 2 years from now.
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Ted
and I have settled in to a nice routine since returning from
our six months sabbatical trip in October, 1996. Ted's back at his
architectural firm, Oldham & Partners, in DC but with two new younger
partners in place now, he's delighted to share the responsiblities of managing
the firm with very able people. I am doing consulting work through
Oldham Historic Properties, Inc. in the areas of historic preservation
and scenic conservation as they impact transportation and regional planning.
I'm working on a national conference on more environmentally sensitive
highway design standards with the Maryland State Highway Administration
and the Federal Highway Administration, working on heritage tourism plans
and on historic rehabilitation projects.
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Gigi
[aka, Ruth Glennan], Kitty Borchert and I took a lovely trip
to England in early October. We went to the Lake District with its
tranquil, contemplative scenery. Kitty and Mother stayed there for
two weeks. For a week of that I traveled to Scotland to the Black
Isle (a peninsula north of Inverness) to be part of an international planning
team to assist people in that area with issues of concern (transportation,
tourism, environmental protection and rural economic development).
It was a truly fascinating experience - dealing simutaneously in our discussions
with planning systems from Canada, the US, England, Scotland and Wales
(because we had team members from all those areas!)
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We're looking forward to seeing
family members at the Thanksgiving party.
November
3, 1997
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Mooty
Harrison dictated this to husband Bob from her recovery bed.
Which just goes to prove that the rest of us have no excuse for not sending
news!
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Greetings
to all from the Harrisons in Oswego, NY. And much appreciation to
Donna for making all this possible!
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Our
recent news: Mooty fractured her ankle in July and is on her third day
with a quad-cane, expecting to be back on two good feet in a few more days.
Best of all she has vacated the "RECOVERY ROOM"... aka the dining room!
She is back upstairs in her own bed once more!!! Bob has been shopping,
helping with P.T. and cooking (Yes! We've both gained weight!) but
indicates that he will be happy to "retire" for the second time!
Unfortunately he's missed a lot of golf days, BUT won a lot of cribbage
games!
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Our daughter,
Ellen Beth, is pretty busy helping her husband, Pete, who suffered a stroke
about two years ago and then a heart attack. She also maintains the
prettiest garden on Rathburn Road. Pete is back at work, part-time,
and has weekly P.T. sessions....so you can see their schedule is full.
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Mooty
and Ellen Beths's craft business, THE SHOWCASE, has coasted to an end after
nine years.
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Granddaughter
Elizabeth is a college junior, majoring in Spanish and playing first clarinet
in the College orchestra and band. Grandson Will attended Coastal
Carolina University last year, but has dropped out to work on a PGA card.
He left last week for his winter job at Ridge Lakes CC near Orlando.
We wish him good luck!
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Our son
Bill, and his wife Kate, work and play hard and enthusiastically.
Bill is a Senior Reactor Operator at the Fitzpatrick Power Plant here in
Oswego. He is in the Training Department but recently received a
promotion and will rotate in various parts of the plant. Kate is
a Probation Officer for SS. They enjoy sports and Adirondack camping,
and keep busy at home with the cats, Harley and Buzz.
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Fall season
is a busy time, everywhere....we are looking forward to concerts, dinners
and bridge games. Mooty's efforts at the College Herb Garden, however,
were cancelled out over the summer, but there may be time for pruning before
the snow flies. The same holds true for the Home gardens! She
is also working on enhanced programs for Friends of The Library.
We have done book reviews for 35 years, but not much else.
If YOUR local Library has some ideas to share, please send them along!
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We were
cheered by a nice visit from Carol and Bill Holland in September,
and are waiting to hear where they've settled. Cousin
Ted reports that most of his clocks have been reset to EST without Bob's
help! And Brother Eddie and his family have recently moved...but
we have no address as yet.
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Recommended
reading: COLD MOUNTAIN, a beautiful book!
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This brings
us more or less up-to-date. We will look forward to hearing about
all of you. Meanwhile, take care and LOVE to all.
November
9, 1997
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