Nippy

Door County, Wisconsin, October 1981. Mom takes a turn at walking Gigi.

A Visit

Urbana, Illinois, June 1981. Mom and Dad drive down to see me, and Gigi travels with them.

Furnished Reunion

Urbana, Illinois, June 1981. This was the living room of my furnished apartment.

Saturday Mail Delivery

Urbana, Illinois, June 1981. I lived here for two years.

Weeding Reunion

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1981. Gigi guards the box.

Watch-your-step Reunion

Suburban Chicago, July 1981. Be careful when you mow the lawn.

Tangled

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1981. Dad leaves the interesting things he finds in the yard.

Related by Marriage: The Summer Class

Marine Biological Laboratories, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, Summer 1981. Mr. Irene, students, and faculty gather for the physiology class picture. Mr. Irene, wearing the shades, sits fifth from right in the front row. You might recognize the instructor sitting next to Mr. Irene, on his right.

Gardening Season

Door County, Wisconsin, June 1981. Gigi free ranges as Mom weeds.

Thinking Ahead

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1981. My Mom and my Dad's twin sister, Jonė, enjoy the shoreline during Jonė's and Kadis's visit to the cottage.

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The park used to allow dogs on the beach.

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1981. My Mom, my Dad's twin sister Jonė, and Jonė's husband Kadis visit the town park at Europe Bay (now Hotz Memorial Town Park). They made the short drive to the beach during Jonė's and Kadis's visit to Door County that summer.

Weary

Door County, Wisconsin, June 1981. Events during the preceding year had worn on Mom.

Gigi was a good hostess.

Door County, Wisconsin, June 1981. My Mom's best friend, Donna, joined my Parents for the weekend. Donna brought Heidi, one of the Dachshunds. A patient crocheted the ivory, gold, and brown afghan for my Mom. We still use the afghan; Rex sleeps on it every night in his chair.

It's that season.

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1980. The windows can't be clean enough. (That's my Skylark.)

Listening

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1981. Porcupines cause trouble. They eat the siding on wooden homes, and they fearlessly tangle with small dogs (like Gigi). When confronted by a human, however, they usually escape by scampering up a tree.

Family Swim

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1981. It's nice when everyone is moving in the same direction.

Tastes change.

When I finished my first year of grad school, I left Sherman Hall and moved into an apartment. The apartment was a few miles from campus, and I most often biked or walked to classes. I chose the unit primarily because it was furnished. Back then, I didn't think the furniture was nice.

 

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Urbana, Illinois, June 1981. Now, I wouldn't mind having that dinette set.

Winterization

Door County, Wisconsin, October 1981. Clean windows are important to my Mom. We spent a lot of time at the "vacation" home washing windows.

Sunday Paper: Sunny Edition

Door County, Wisconsin, July 1981. Mom's sitting on the front "lawn."

Morning Walk

Door County, Wisconsin, October 1981. Dad steps out with his best friend.