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Me, Working at Home



As you can see, the cat has gotten rather large. The dog is OK. 

Wife -- Diane, nurse, senior nurse consultant to Mutual of Omaha, insurance examiner, mother of our

Daughter--Sigrid -- (aka 'The Sig')   violinist, soccer player, socialite,
gets good grades or else.  High school senior, 06-07.

Granddaughter - - Lela—7 in ’06, daughter of older daughter Kirsten and Larry Udry, both of them

formerly instructors at the UT Martin. Now teaching at colleges in Dubuque, IA.

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We like to go to the beach, travel, garden.  Sig and Dad have also gone skiing together.  The summer of 2000 we hiked around Scotland, the Lake District, other UK locations,  and the streets of Paris (France, not Tennessee). We have also hiked around Norway, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, etc. Until 2005 we owned two American quarter horses (one actually was a present to older daughter Kirsten). Picture of Sigrid's "Daisy" below. We now breed Golden Retrievers. Otherwise we read books, pet the animals, listen to music, make music, practice instruments, read books, watch DVDs.

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Above: Puppies, (4 of 12 in this litter), Dec. 27, 05.

Below: Playing the organ at the St. Francis Church, Charles
Bridge, Prague, Czeck Republic.  Mozart played on
this instrument. The quality of performance has gone
down since. Summer 1999

                                                                                              Sigrid, Grandma Joan, Diane, Summer '99

Dad and Sigrid at Dove Cottage (Wordsworth's first Lake District Home)  Summer 2000.

Below: Sigrid and Lela, 2005.

Sigrid, Holy Isle (Lindisfarne), NE England. 2000..

Sigrid serenades Daisy, whose God is her belly.

Our house, Spring.

Our House, Fall.