A piece of Walt Whitman on this historic day:
From 1884
If I should need to name, O Western World, your powerfulest scene and show,
‘Twould not be you, Niagara - nor you, ye limitless prairies - nor your huge
rifts of canyons, Colorado,
Nor you, Yosemite - nor Yellowstone, with all its spasmic geyserloops
ascending to the skies, appearing and [...]
Posted on November 4th, 2008 by Shotts
Filed under: Autumn, Beginnings & Endings, Ethics & Morality, Politics, Quotes | 3 Comments »
Yes, indeed, we might well have been the luckiest of all our friends this weekend.
We got a first hand Beckett sighting and Clara sighting as well. Bouncing baby Beckett, a bundle of beautiful babbling, was quite the sight. We are grateful to the Shotts-Aspengrens for hosting us and only wish we would have [...]
Posted on September 17th, 2008 by Pete
Filed under: Beginnings & Endings, Family, Hollow Men | 1 Comment »
Thanks to all of you for the messages of good words and congratulations on the arrival of our new son! He is a dozen days old now, and is doing well, gaining his birth weight back and charming us completely. I look forward to introducing him to the Hollow Men. Beckett was born punctually on [...]
Posted on August 13th, 2008 by Shotts
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Just a brief update from Minneapolis: The baby is now over 38 weeks, which means we are at full term, and could really go anytime! It’s exciting, as you can imagine, having the bags packed, the car seat installed, and more or less trying to be at the ready. As some of you know, the [...]
Posted on July 21st, 2008 by Shotts
Filed under: Beginnings & Endings, Family | 3 Comments »
Happy holidays to all! Be safe, merry, and joyous, and accept good intentions for the New Year and for seeing you all in 2008.
Jen and I will be at her parents’ home for a couple of days over Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, then will be enjoying some restful days here in Minneapolis. We have [...]
Posted on December 21st, 2007 by Shotts
Filed under: Art, Beginnings & Endings, Books, Family, Holidays, Movies, Music | 7 Comments »
The holidays are upon us. I hope everyone has a good Thanksgiving next week, wherever you will be. Jen and I will be in the Pacific Northwest from Tuesday through Sunday. So here’s wishing you a good feast to you and yours, from there.
As it happens, I have a fairly grand holiday break set up [...]
Posted on November 16th, 2007 by Shotts
Filed under: Beginnings & Endings, Family, Holidays, Informational, Nostalgia, Travel | 11 Comments »
My apologies for not posting this sooner. A couple of things have prompted my long absence from the blog 1) the getting ready for, the birth of, and resulting lack of sleep from Ms. Clara Francine 2) I took a week off work and I’ve been working double for a while now (although things [...]
Posted on October 19th, 2007 by Tobias
Filed under: Autumn, Beginnings & Endings | 3 Comments »
I am an uncle again! I really like the name Mitch and Meg chose for their daughter. They’re going to call her Addie for short. It’s been deader than a tumbleweed in outer space on this blog lately. Let’s get some news up.
Posted on October 13th, 2007 by Ned
Filed under: Beginnings & Endings, Family | 3 Comments »
Looking forward to a post with a lot more details, but thanks, Toby, for the call with the announcement! FFFFIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRSSSSTTTT!!!!!!
Posted on October 4th, 2007 by Ned
Filed under: Beginnings & Endings, Family | 1 Comment »
