Maggie's Journal

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We got this unsolicited message in our email today about our children, one of whom flew into a local airport a few days ago.

"I just spent a wonderful half day with Leah and Neil. I watched them land at Cambridge. ... I like Neil. He seems to make Leah happy, and he seems intelligent, focused and ambitious. I also think he has wisdom about him. He was telling me about how the friends he has who came to this party, were unable to get there until 6 because they had to work. He seemed to understand the dilemma of balancing work, money and time for ones self. He seems content with his choices. And to hear Leah talk about buying clothes from Goodwill, was refreshingly un materialistic. I don’t know if I have told you this enough, but I like the way your kids have grown up. You guys did a good job."

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I learned to make bread from my grandfather. I taught my kids to cook and bake. My son, Trevor, has, over the last year or so, taken up breadmaking and he has his own sourdough starter. This is a little unusual I realize that. The story gets better.

When I went to my Anderson-Mellon family reunion a couple of weeks ago, my cousin, John, and his wife, Kat, showed up with a couple of loaves of wonderful sourdough bread that he had made, one of which bore the initials "A M" in honor of our reunion. The story gets yet better.

This past weekend we enjoyed the company of my cousin, Pat, her husband, Dave, their son, Jim, and Dave's brother, Ken. Jim walked into my kitchen and and handed me a loaf of sourdough bread that he had made. It was very good, too! I was dumbfounded, if you can imagine that.

Who would ever have guessed. Of course all the women in my family make bread but who ever expected to see 4 men covering 3 generations all making bread - completely unbeknownst to each other. (Of course, my grandfather has been dead for many years but he would have gotten a good laugh from this.) What do you make of this? Do you think there is such a thing as a male breadmaking gene?

Posted by Maggie Davis At 7:19 PM Location Kitchen | Permalink | Comments (0)

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We had a musician among us. Last night he entertained us with funny songs while accompanying himself on guitar. You shoulda been here. Next time the visit we'll actually plan a concert ceilidh with everyone.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 10:38 AM Location Home | Permalink | Comments (0)

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My cousin, Pat Anderson, and her husband, Dave Galipeau, and their son, Jim, and Dave's brother will be arriving tomorrow. They will be driving in from Maine so they won't be here early. They said something about staying until Tuesday. It will be great to see them. My relatives are always a pleasure to have as guests, they are down-to-earth people.

I have 2 guest bedrooms. Both with queen beds. It looks like one of my guests will be sleeping in a tent.

Posted by Maggie Davis At 2:25 PM Location My Home | Permalink | Comments (0)

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On Saturday my cousin, Leslie, and her husband, Dave Tente, generously hosted a family reunion of the Mellen-Anderson clan. They did a fabulous job and I can't think of anyone in the family who would have done better. I always knew I liked her father, Eugene Kelly, who we knew as Sonny, but now that I've gotten to know his daughter, Leslie, and son, Steve, I have all the more admiration for him and his wife (I can't remember her name). He must have been a wonderful man to produce offspring like them. It was a pleasure to meet them and to get to know them.

For some reason I never did get to know my cousins Leslie and Steve, even though I knew their father and grandmother when I was growing up. I always looked forward to family events with their dad, Sonny, there. He made any family event a joy to attend. Leslie must have inherited the best of both parents. She is a lovely person and a joy to know. She is married to a wonderful man, Dave, who I am privileged to now know as a family member. They have a wonderful daughter who is now 2 months into her violin lessons. Do you think we can put her in touch with some talented fiddlers when they come to visit?

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