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Einar Rasmussen Jr. was angry. The deep grooves in his face that reminded me of cedar bark were twisted, and the agate-blue eyes never blinked.
"So Miss Steinmetz told me to be here by noon," Einar Jr. growled, planting both fists on my desk. "It's twelve-fifteen. I've been waiting for her out front, but nobody's there."
Unseen by Einar Jr., a small child sat on my feet. "Carla--Ms. Steinmetz--left before eleven to do a story on a new restaurant," I explained, trying to keep my patience along with my composure. The child was bouncing up and down. "She should be back any minute."
The agate eyes narrowed. "A new restaurant? So you mean that harebrained scheme the Bourgette kids came up with?"
I nodded. "Dan and John. They want to build a Fifties-style diner where the old warehouse burned down by the railroad tracks."
"Dumb," Einar Jr. declared. "Alpine doesn't need a new restaurant. My son, Beau, would never come up with such a harebrained scheme. When it comes to business, those Bourgette kids haven't got the sense to pour sand down a rat hole."
I didn't know the Bourgette kids--who were actually thirty-something--well enough to assess their business acumen. But then I didn't know Einar Rasmussen Jr. much better, and I'd never met his son, Beau.
"It's different here now with the college," I countered as little Brad Erlandson started to squeak like a rubber duck. "Alpine's no longer just a stagnant mill town. You ought to know. You've had a big hand in helping build the new community college."
The flattery wasn't intentional, which was just as well, because Einar Jr. scoffed. "Bull. A few underpaid faculty members and a bunch of hard-up students can't support new restaurants." Einar Jr. scowled, the hard blue gaze raking my little cubbyhole of an office. "What's that noise? It sounds like a pig's loose in here."
I reached under the desk and tried to budge one-year-old Brad. "It's Ginny Burmeister's boy," I explained, gritting my teeth as Brad offered resistance. "Ginny Burmeister Erlandson, that is. Our office manager."
"So I wouldn't think an office would be the place
for little kids." Einar Jr. smacked one fist into the other. "What are you running here? A newspaper or a baby-sitting service?"
Einar Jr. had pushed too far. "Look," I said, finally getting little Brad to remove himself from my feet, "I don't need advice on how to run The Alpine Advocate. Would I try to tell you how to run your trucking business? If you don't want your picture taken in front of the Rasmussen Union Building at the college, just say so. When I need an outside consultant, I'll take out an ad in The Advocate's classifieds."
At last Einar Jr. blinked. "Okay, okay, Mrs. Lord--you don't have to get ornery with me. So I'm leaving. If your inconsiderate reporter ever shows up, let me know."
"I will. She will. Have a nice day. And," I added in an uncharacteristic display of waspishness, "it's Ms. Lord. I've never been married."
"I don't doubt it," Einar Jr. shot back. "Who'd have you?"
In my youth, there would have been a dictionary at hand to throw at Einar Jr.'s infuriating head. But in the computer age, there was only software. As with so many other aspects of life, high tech had sucked the drama out of human emotions.
It was probably a good thing. As the editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, I had no reputation as a prima donna. But Einar Rasmussen Jr. had pushed the wrong buttons; Carla might be a flake, but she was my flake. Einar Jr. ought to stick to supervising his fleet of eighteen-wheelers.
Getting little Brad out from under the desk proved hopeless. I had just unwrapped the tuna-salad sandwich I'd made at home when the phone rang. My former ad manager, Ed Bronsky, assaulted my ear with a jumble of words that I didn't quite catch. "Sorry, Ed," I interrupted, "would you mind going over that one more--"
Ed was exasperated. "Emma, have you got a bad connection down there at The Advocate? I repeat, Shirley and I are getting an opergirl, and we want you to meet her."
"That's what I thought you said, and I don't know what you're talking about. What's an opergirl?" I winced as
little Brad tickled my legs and started to giggle.
A heavy sigh rolled over the line from Ed and Shirley's so-called villa above the railroad tracks. "A live-in, a helper, a ..." Another sigh followed, shorter and conveying frustration. "It's spelled A-U space P-A-I-R. I think it's French, but she's a Swede."
"Oh. An au pair girl." I pronounced the term as well as two years of French class at Blanchet High School in Seattle would allow.
"Right, right," Ed said impatiently, "you got it. She gets here tomorrow, Tuesday, and Shirl and I are giving a little party up here at Casa de Bronska. Friday, May sixteenth, eight o'clock. You and Vida and Leo and Carla and everybody else at the paper are invited. Tell Ginny to bring her husband and their little boy. We'll have a big spread."
The biggest spread at Casa de Bronska was Ed himself, but naturally I kept that thought to myself. Maybe my mean-mindedness was caused by envy at Ed's soft life since inheriting money from an aunt in Iowa. Or perhaps it was little Brad, now shinnying up and down my legs and threatening to bump his head on the underside of my desk. With the boy toddling at my side, I went into the news office, and expressed my annoyance to our current ad manager, Leo Walsh, who had just returned from making his Monday-morning rounds.
"Is Ed as big a dim bulb as I think he is or am I crabby these days?" I asked of Leo.
"Ed's a dim bulb, all right," Leo agreed, his weathered features amused. "On the other hand, you may be crabby because you haven't gotten laid lately."
"That's a really rotten thing to say," I retorted, flashing angry eyes at Ed's successor. "Besides--how do you know?"
Leo shrugged. "Ever since you and the Sheriff broke up last fall, I haven't seen you hanging out around Alpine's hot spots with any other guys."
"There are no hot spots in Alpine," I said with a straight face. That much was true--in our small moun-
tain aerie in the Cascades, nightlife generally consists
of unemployed loggers dumping pitchers of beer over each other's heads at the Icicle Creek Tavern. "Where's Carla?" I asked, changing the subject. "She was supposed to meet Einar Rasmussen, Jr., here at noon for a photo shoot out at the college."
Leo shrugged. "I haven't seen her since I left around nine-thirty."
"Where's Ginny?" I demanded as Brad suddenly decided walking wasn't such a good idea after all and began crawling around on all fours.
"It is the lunch hour, boss lady," Leo replied. "She probably went over to the Burger Barn."
"She shouldn't have left Brad," I complained as the boy crawled under Carla's desk. "Ginny is usually so responsible. What if I weren't here? What if you weren't here?"
"But we are," Leo said reasonably, then pulled out his wallet. "Are you seeking male companionship? Bright lights? Fusion cuisine in a sophisticated setting? Look. I got five of six numbers in the lottery Saturday night. Want to drive into Seattle and have dinner this weekend?"
"Wow!" I was impressed. "How much?"
"Six hundred and forty-seven bucks," Leo replied, fingering a half-dozen Big Bens. "What do you say?"
While occasionally Leo and I fraternize in a platonic sort of way, his offer sounded suspiciously like a date. "Why me? Why not Delphine?" I asked, referring to his off-and-on-again girlfriend, who happened to be the local florist.
Leo wrinkled his broad nose. "We don't do it for each other anymore. To tell the truth, I think she's stalking one of the construction workers out at the college."
"Well." I fingered my chin. Invitations to big-name
city restaurants didn't come along very often. In fact, invitations of any kind--except for Ed's, which somehow didn't count--were as rare as an environmentalist at the Icicle Creek Tavern. "Okay," I said, diving after Brad, who was trying to pull a desk drawer onto his head, "why not? I haven't been into Seattle for a couple of months."
"Five months." Leo had stood up, stretching and ironing out the kinks in his broad back.
"What?" I stared. "Are you keeping score?"
"Yeah, I am." Leo grinned and ran a hand through his graying auburn hair. "I was only partly kidding when I made that crack about your sex life. You've been spending too much time alone lately, babe."
I despised the nickname, and Leo knew it, but obviously didn't care. "So you're taking it upon yourself to save me from myself?" I asked, my tone rather stiff.
"Something like that. Hey," he continued, leaning on his cluttered desk, "a while back you were worrying about me, remember? I let you. Now it's my turn."
I had indeed fussed about Leo's temporary withdrawal almost two summers earlier, and had wondered if he'd started drinking again. But my ad manager had merely been going through an introspective phase. The life he'd left behind in California looked better from a distance, was better, in the sense that he had reconciled himself to his ex-wife's remarriage and resumed speaking to his children.
"Okay," I finally said, pulling little Brad out of Carla's wastebasket. "Saturday it is. But don't forget, you're invited to Ed and Shirley's soiree Friday."
Gazing through one of the small windows that looked out onto Front Street, Leo sighed. "How can I forget? Nobody can forget Ed. Though we try." He sighed again.
My House & Home editor, Vida Runkel, was neither surprised nor dismayed when I told her about Ed's invitation. "I heard he and Shirley had sent for an au pair," she said, shrugging out of her new orange raincoat. "Frankly, I didn't think they'd get one. Whatever is the point except that the Bronskys want to show off?"
I had no explanation. The oldest of the five Bronsky children was now attending Skykomish Community College; the youngest was an eighth-grader at St. Mildred's Parochial School. "Maybe," I ventured, "Shirley needs help with that big barn of a house."
"Then she should hire a housekeeper, not an au pair." Vida sniffed. "Of course Shirley did hire at least three housekeepers, including Frieda Wunderlich, who told me it was utterly useless to clean the Bronsky house. They litter, like vagabonds. Food, clothes, appliances--they simply drop them as they walk--or waddle, as is the case with Ed."
"Maybe she won't stay," I remarked, checking Carla's computer screen to see what she was working on for the weekly issue due out in two days. The screen was blank. "Damn it," I groused, "Carla and Ginny have both been gone far too long! Little Brad's asleep under my desk. What's going on around here?"
Vida peered at me over the orange rims of her big glasses. She had recently acquired new bifocals, and replaced her tortoiseshell frames with a shade that matched her raincoat. I still wasn't used to the change.
"Something's afoot," Vida said in an undertone, though no one else was in the news office. "Ginny and Carla had their heads together earlier this morning. Buzz-buzz, whisper-whisper. I couldn't believe they wouldn't tell me what they were talking about."
Neither could I. There was scarcely a soul in Alpine who didn't divulge the darkest of secrets to Vida Run-
kel. She knew everyone, she was related to many of them, she hardly ever missed a morsel of news. If Vida had worked for the CIA, no foreign power's secrets would have been safe.
To prove the point, Vida pounced when Ginny and Carla entered the office ten seconds later. "Well?" my House & Home editor demanded, fists on broad hips and formidable bust thrust forward. "Where in the world have you two been? It's almost one-thirty."
"I'm sorry, I'm really sorry," Ginny Erlandson said, wringing her thin hands. "Is Brad okay?" She turned in every direction, her glorious red hair spraying around her shoulders.
"Brad's napping," I said, gesturing toward my office at the rear of the newsroom. "He's fine, but he'll be hungry when he wakes up."
My office manager rushed to check on her son. Carla, however, strolled to her desk without looking at Vida--
or me. "Was I supposed to get those Rasmussen Union Building pictures today?" she asked in a detached voice.
"You sure were," I responded, waving a finger at her. "Einar Rasmussen Jr. waited around here for twenty minutes and left in a huff. He said you had a noon appointment here."
Carla glanced at her calendar. "No, I didn't. It's tomorrow, the twelfth."
"This is the twelfth," I shot back. "Monday. You must have written it down wrong."
"Big deal. There's plenty of time. The dedication section isn't due out for over a week." With a languid air, Carla sat down.
I started to respond, but Vida interrupted: "What have you and Ginny been up to? It couldn't have taken you almost three hours to interview the Bourgette boys. Why would you need Ginny to go with you? It seems more likely that the two of you were out shopping at the mall or ate a very long lunch. No one takes more than an hour break at The Advocate. Isn't that right, Emma?" The latter comment was clearly an afterthought. Sometimes Vida has trouble remembering who is in charge. Sometimes
I do, too. At sixty-plus, Vida not only can spot me by twenty years, but she has seniority on the newspaper, having been employed for almost two decades by the previous owner, Marius Vandeventer.
I nodded. "It tends to leave the rest of us in the lurch, especially with Ginny bringing Brad to work most of the time." As the boy began to walk and grow more active, I was beginning to think that my original offer of on-premise child care was a bad idea.
"That's it." Carla's pretty face brightened. "We were checking out day care. Ginny thinks it may be time to find a nice place for Brad."
Vida scowled. "Goodness, but you're a poor liar, Carla. You know perfectly well that Ginny's sister-in-law, Donna Wickstrom, has always said she'd take Brad in. Now, where were you?"
Carla's olive skin flushed and she hid behind her long, black hair. "It's a secret." One eye peeked out between the dark tresses.
"Nonsense!" There were no secrets in Vida's world. "Come, come, what's going on?"
Slowly, Carla brushed the hair from her face and made an attempt to stare down Vida. "I mean it. Honestly. I can't say--yet."
"Yet?" Vida's scowl deepened.
Carla shook her head. "I really, really can't. Wait until this weekend."
The sigh that Vida uttered could have blown down a small sapling. "Carla! I'm ashamed of you!"
Ginny was tiptoeing out of my office. She was Bradless, so I assumed the child was still sleeping. "It's true," our office manager put in. "Carla can't say anything just yet. But it's nothing bad."
It seemed to me that Vida looked faintly disappointed. "Well, now. Then I suppose we'll have to wait." She drummed her short fingernails on the desktop. "When, this weekend?"
Carla and Ginny exchanged quick glances. "Sun-
day?" Carla finally said. "We'll drop by your house in the
Mention of the weekend reminded me of Ed's phone call. As soon as Vida indicated she was partially appeased, I relayed the invitation. Ginny said she'd have to check with her husband, Rick; Carla hemmed and ha
"Oh--the RUB," I echoed, using the acronym for the student-union building named to honor Einar Rasmussen Jr.'s financial contributions to the community college. The dedication was set for Sunday, May 25. Our special section would be published Wednesday, May 21. The scheduling was awkward, because it meant we had to postpone our Memorial Day edition until after the legal holiday, but at least it would come out before the historical date, May 30. "Leo figures he can sell enough advertising for a four-page pullout," I said. "How much space can you fill with photos and text?"
For once, Carla seemed more at ease discussing business than personal matters. "I've got plenty of photos. I've been taking them ever since construction started. I ran into Mr. Rasmussen on campus last week to set up a photo of him in front of the completed union building. Now I suppose I'll have to reschedule." She sighed, the soul of self-sacrifice. "This is such a pain. I can't find his number in the phone book."
"He doesn't live here," Vida said with a faint sneer. "Einar Rasmussen Jr. lives off the highway on the river, between Grotto and Skykomish." The distance from town was less than ten miles, but Vida's disparaging manner indicated that Einar Jr. might as well reside in the Florida Keys. Though I had lived in Alpine for seven years, I still marveled at the natives' insular attitude.
I literally inserted myself between Carla and Vida by standing in the middle of the news office. "Einar Rasmussen Jr. is originally from Snohomish," I explained to Carla, though it seemed that I'd already imparted the background information to her a week or more ago, "but he and his father, Einar Sr., have always had ties with both Snohomish and Skykomish counties. Until about eight years ago they owned a sawmill on the site where Einar Jr. built his house."
"It was nine years ago when the mill shut down, before you came to Alpine, Emma," Vida put in, with the usual implication that I was completely ignorant of the town's history before I moved in. "And don't forget Harold."
"Yes ... ah ... Harold." I had forgotten Harold, and my puzzled expression must have conveyed the oversight.
"Harold," Vida intoned, "is Einar Jr.'s older brother. Harold lives between Monroe and Sultan. Harold has rather peculiar habits."
The Rasmussens, it seemed, covered the route along Highway 2. "Such as?" I inquired.
"He drinks." Vida's face was wreathed in staunch Presbyterian disapproval. "Some people blame his condition on his brother. Very silly of them, of course. I doubt that Einar Jr. opens the bottles and pours the liquor for Harold."
I doubted that, too, but it wasn't Harold Rasmussen who had made generous donations to the college build-
ing fund. Until today, I had met Einar Jr. only once or twice; the rest of the family was unknown to me, except as a leitmotif in the history of Snohomish and Skykomish counties.
"Okay," Carla said, still lacking enthusiasm, "I'll look for Einar Rasmussen Jr. in the directory's Skykomish section. I still think the photo session was for tomorrow. He got mixed up."
It was pointless to argue. Though Carla was often wrong, she seldom admitted it. But that was typical of many people, including me.
Vida had turned away and was going through her in-basket. "I need 'Scene' items," she announced without looking up.
"Scene Around Town" was Vida's weekly collection of local human interest, a kind of gossip column that was probably the best-read part of the paper. While Vida's eagle eye usually provided most of the snippets, she relied on the rest of us for help. I'd never been certain if she really needed our input or if she was checking to make sure she hadn't missed anything.
Leo had just come through the door. "Cal Vickers is going to add a new line of tires at the Texaco station," our ad manager offered.
Vida gave a single nod, but didn't make a note. She never writes anything down; it all goes into her brain and sticks, like some cerebral bulletin board.
Ginny, who had finished feeding Brad, came in to check the coffeepot. "Carla talked to Dan and John Bourgette. They really are serious about building a restaurant where the old warehouse burned down last fall."
"That's a front-page story, not a 'Scene' item," I pointed out. "A new restaurant would be big news in this town. Carla, what did the Bourgettes tell you?"
"Not much," Carla said absently. "They're still involved in figuring out who holds the title."
"Keep on it," I urged, trying to come up with something for the gossip column. "Father Den traded in his eighty-five Honda for a ninety-four model," I said, starting to head back to my office. "I saw it Sunday at Mass. It's blue."
Vida nodded again. Having made my contribution, I turned away, but Carla caught me up short.
"I've got one, Vida. I'm pregnant. Does that count?"
I whirled around, Leo fell rather than sat in his chair, Ginny stifled a giggle, and Vida looked up so fast that
she knocked her tan beret askew. "You're what?" she shrieked.
Carla let out an exasperated sigh. "You heard me. I'm pregnant. Ginny knows. The baby's due in December."
Vida's eyes were bulging. "That's your news? Why didn't you say so?"
But Carla shook her head, the long black hair sweeping around her shoulders. "That's not my news. I mean, it's not what I have to tell you this weekend. But maybe it's not right for 'Scene.' You usually don't put baby stuff in the column until after they get here, right? You know--'Sally So-and-so seen pushing her newborn along Railroad Avenue in a red-and-white-striped stroller.'"
"Well ... I ..." For once, Vida was flummoxed. "Carla!" My House & Home editor put a hand to her heaving bosom. "Really, I don't know what to say!"
Carla shrugged. "Then don't use it. I know the staff isn't supposed to be mentioned unless it's something really wild."
"This," I said, moving slowly but deliberately toward Carla, "qualifies as wild. Not," I added hastily, "in a bad way." After all, I had borne my only son out of wedlock. "How do you feel?"
"About what?" Carla gave me a puzzled look.
"In general. Physically." I waved a hand in an agitated manner. "You know--remember how sick Ginny was the first few months when she was expecting little Brad?"
"I feel fine." Carla continued to look at me as if I were the one who was acting strangely. "I dialed Einar Rasmussen's number, but nobody answered. How come they don't have a machine?"
The change of subject indicated that Carla had told us as much as we were going to hear. For now. Even Vida held back, sitting up straight and adjusting her beret.
"The Rasmussens--the junior Rasmussens--" Vida began, "don't need a machine, because there's always someone home. I suspect they either didn't hear the phone or they chose not to pick it up."
"What do you mean?" I asked, turning my gaze to Vida. "Why are they always home? I thought Einar Jr. was a busy man."
"He is," Vida responded, taking a sip of the ice water she always kept at hand. "I wasn't referring to him. I meant his wife, Marlys, and their son, Beau." She gave me her gimlet eye. "Surely you've heard people around here say, 'Do you know Beau?'--and chuckle."
If I'd ever heard the phrase, I didn't remember it. But I had heard of Marlys, and was aware of their son, Beau. They also had a daughter, as I recalled. "I don't get it," I confessed.
With a sigh, Vida put one fist on her hip and enlightened me. "Marlys Rasmussen is rather odd. I understand that one of the reasons they built the house along the river was because Marlys didn't like being around other people. She wanted to move out of Snohomish to someplace where the neighbors weren't so close. She appears for certain
social occasions, but I must say, she usually acts like a robot. A pity, too, because on one of the rare occasions that I've seen her, she actually smiled, and it simply turned her into a different person. You must wonder what makes a woman so withdrawn and unhappy."
It wasn't surprising that I'd never met Marlys Rasmussen. "What about Beau?" I inquired.
"You tell me," Vida said in a huffy voice. "To my knowledge, no one has seen Beau in years. Yet his father refers to him constantly. Beau this, Beau that--which is why people ask, 'Do you know Beau?' It's a catchphrase, suggesting something elusive."
"It sounds more reclusive than elusive," I murmured.
"It sounds like a bunch of nuts," Leo asserted.
"Now, now," Vida demurred, with a wave of one finger. "The Rasmussens are merely different, perhaps a bit eccentric. I must admit, I don't know the family that well. As I mentioned, they've never actually lived in Alpine." Her disparaging manner suggested that the family fed small children to circus animals.
Carla was back on the phone, perhaps trying to reach the Rasmussens. Leo had turned to his computer, and Vida, who wouldn't have surrendered her battered manual typewriter for a one-on-one software seminar with Bill Gates, began rattling the keys with her two-finger touch system. I retreated into my office to finish the latest logging-crisis story. The afternoon wound down, its soft spring sunlight filtering through my little window. The occasional rumble of a truck or a train passing through reminded me that there was life outside of The Advocate's four walls.
Shortly before four-thirty, I'd just finished conferring with Carla and Kip MacDuff, our back-shop manager, when Vida hurtled into my office.
"Honestly!" she exclaimed. "I thought Carla would never leave! She finally went out to the back shop with Kip. Now, what is this baby business? Is it that college dean?"
"It must be," I responded. "She's been going with Ryan Talliaferro for a year."
Vida began to pace in her splayfooted manner. "Are they living together?"
"I don't know." I felt like adding, How should I, when you don't? "As far as I know, Carla hasn't had a roommate since Marilynn Lewis left town to get married to
Dr. Flake."
Vida gave a brief nod. "That was last fall," she said,
referring to the nuptials between Peyton Flake, M.D.,
and his nurse. Flake was Caucasian, and Marilynn was African-American. While both had courage to spare, they had felt that their interracial union stood a much better chance of survival in a more cosmopolitan environment. Yet the timing of their departure seemed somewhat ironic: since the college opened the previous year, Alpine was becoming increasingly, if somewhat microscopically, more integrated.
"That's the trouble," Vida groused, "with you assigning so much of the campus coverage to Carla. I really don't know as much as I should about these newcomers. Goodness, I'm not sure where Dean Talliaferro lives! For all I know, he could have moved in with Carla. Tsk, tsk."
I assumed the tsk-tsks were not aimed at the couple's illicit merger, but at their lack of communication with Vida. "I've dropped by Carla's a couple of times the past few months," I said, "but I didn't notice if there was any sign of him living there."
Vida shot me a disparaging look. "That's the problem--so few people notice. Really, Emma, I expect better of you."
I let the remark pass. "So what's Carla's big news?"
"Oh, that!" Vida waved a dismissive hand. "Now that she's told us she's pregnant, I can guess. She and Dean Talliaferro no doubt are getting married. Such a letdown! And how like Carla to do things backward!"
That much was true. Carla often wrote her news stories backward, paying no attention to whether the pyramid was inverted or not. The who-what-when-where-and-why of the classic newspaper lead might get buried in various parts of the story or show up in the last paragraph. Despite a degree from the University of Washington's school of communications and six years of experience, my reporter's professional lapses still appalled me. She was, however, an excellent photographer, which, along with my wishy-washy managerial tendencies, kept her safely employed.
Yet it occurred to me that if Carla was going to have a baby before the year was out, I'd need some fill-in help while she took maternity leave. "An intern," I muttered.
"An intern?" Vida scowled. "We don't need an intern, we need a full-fledged GP. Poor Doc Dewey--he's working himself into the ground since Peyton Flake left."
"I meant an intern for here, while Carla's having the baby. You know," I clarified, "maybe someone from the college. It would only be for a few weeks."
"Oh." Vida made a face. "I thought you were referring to our current shortage of medical personnel. Do you know that Grace Grundle has to wait four weeks to get her bunions off?"
I didn't know, nor did I care. The search for a qualified physician had gone on too long, however. Only the previous week I'd written yet another editorial about the county health department's foot-dragging. Until the influx of college students, Alpine and its environs had one of the oldest populations in the state. Between the longevity of its many Scandinavian residents and the migration of young people to the city, the average age in Skykomish County was almost five years older than that of other, larger counties. But for all my carping in The Advocate, Alpine still remained a one-doc town.
If I was temporarily disinterested in the current medical crisis, Vida wasn't concerned about a replacement for Carla. "Plenty of time to worry about that," she said. "For now, we must concentrate on this baby business. Why don't you come over to dinner tonight at my house? I'll fix a nice casserole."
Like most of her cooking, Vida's casseroles were a mixed bag. In fact, they tasted more like she'd used a paper bag as part of the ingredients. "Don't go to the trouble," I said hastily. "We can eat at the Venison Inn."
"Well ..." Vida fingered her chin. "I do have some
errands to run after work. Why don't I meet you there a little before six? We'll avoid the rush."
The rush in Alpine is always a relative term. What Vida really meant was that she wanted to make sure she got a window table so she could keep her eye on the passing parade down Front Street.
"Okay," I agreed. "I'll stick around here and get caught up on a few things."
By five, everyone else had gone home. By five-thirty, I finished going through the handouts and news releases that had piled up in my in-basket. Turning out the lights and locking up, I stepped cautiously onto the sidewalk. I would never admit it, but every time I left the office, I checked to make sure that Milo Dodge wasn't in sight. Maybe that was why I was eating lunch in so much these days. I didn't want to see him, not because I hated him, but because he didn't want to see me.
Strange, I thought, glancing the two blocks down Front Street to the Sheriff's office, how we had agreed to stay friends when we broke up. But maybe not so strange that Milo hadn't been able to keep the promise. It was my idea to stop seeing each other. He had reacted much more bitterly than I'd expected. Maybe he'd cared more than I'd ever guessed. It would have been nice if he'd told me so along the way.
There was no sign of his Cherokee Chief parked in front of the Sheriff's office. I assumed he'd gone home to his TV dinner and his baseball game. I didn't want to think about Milo sitting in front of the set and eating Swanson's Hungry-Man frozen chicken.
I didn't want to think about Milo at all.
But I did.
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Canada Stocks to Watch: Enbridge, Rogers and More
By Carolyn King
Below are some of the stocks we're keeping an eye on early Friday.
Enbridge said it will own 50% of a new pipeline project to bring oil from Western Canada and North Dakota to eastern Gulf Coast refineries. The pipeline company also posted lower fourth-quarter earnings due to a charge though adjusted earnings improved.
Rogers Communications said Chief Executive Nadir Mohamed will retire early next year. The communications giant's fourth-quarter earnings beat expectations, helped by strong wireless results. It also boosted its dividend by 10%.
Goldcorp said its fourth-quarter profit rose due to investment-related gains. The gold miner's revenue fell more than 5%.
Telus said fourth-quarter revenue and earnings rose, reflecting higher wireless data revenue at the Western Canadian phone company.

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I am going to build a cocaine fueled time traveling device and return to the glorious days of the 70's.
Does anyone have any idea what happened to those fine young actresses?
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The famous Saudi singer Muhammad Abdoh held his first musical concert in Beirut for the 2008 summer season at the Vanessa Hotel, drawing a large number of fans that cheered throughout his performance.
The Lebanese event was considered one of the greatest concerts for the summer season. The famous Saudi singer stayed until the morning hours singing for his beloved fans.
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"There comes a time when you have to choose between turning the page or closing the book."
I've reached the end of a huge chapter in life. And like raising a child and watching them go off to college, I find the process both terrifying and exhilarating. Because sometimes "The End" is just the beginning.
I thank you for your friendship, your loyalty, and your support throughout the years. The twists and turns of life are unpredictable to say the least, so who knows, perhaps one day in the not too distant future you'll see posts here once again. But at this time, I bid you farewell my friends, until we meet again…


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Found this over at GenBlog, a 99 (really 104) Things Meme and with a genealogy twist. Thought I'd give it a shot. The list should be annotated in the following manner: Things you have already done or found: bold face type Things you would like to do or find: italicize (color optional) Things … [Read more...]
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Weekly Photo: Maurice Corrigan
Photo: Maurice Corrigan - Original owned by Mary Jane Zalewski (daughter of subject) This is a photo of my great-grandfather, Maurice Corrigan. At least, that's what it's noted as. I've been told unofficially that they used to dress up boys in dress-type clothing in the early 1900s for … [Read more...]
The Royal Line
Hello again! Been doing a bit more research lately, so I've stepped up my postings (which isn't too hard to do I guess.) Just remember that even if I'm not posting regularly, I am always available for comments, emails, research questions, etc. I just may not be actively searching at the time, but I … [Read more...]
I am hoping to spend some time interviewing my living grandparents. Obviously, I guess, though I would love to be able to talk to my late Grandpa Zalewski again. I have tons and tons of factual data; dates, times, places, etc. What I don't have a lot of are stories and first-hand accounts. My … [Read more...]
Weekly Photo: Dressed up!
The only woman I know in this photo (as was noted on it) is my great-grandmother, Emily (Troka) Zalewski, in the middle. I'm not sure who the other two women are since it's not noted on the photo. This photo, again, is in my grandmother's collection. I never got to meet Emily, though neither did … [Read more...]
People Are Dying To Get In There
I have this fascination with cemeteries. It's nothing creepy or evil. Ever since I was young, I've always found them as mysterious and interesting, almost like looking directly into the local history. When I was younger, we used to sled down a large hill at our local cemetery in the winter (don't … [Read more...]
Been Around Awhile
I assume my great-great grandmother (whom also wins the award for the longest name in my family tree) Augusta Johanna Wilhelmina LUEDTKE has seen many things in her life. She was born in Prussia in July 1863, right smack in the middle of the American Civil War. A war which would shape the country … [Read more...]
(Late) Sunday Photo: Mr. Firmenich
This has always been one of my favorite photos that I scanned from my grandmother's collection. This is Mathias Firmenich, my great-great-great grandfather on my father's side. From what I gathered from research and from obituaries, Mathias was born in Cologne, Germany, February 11, 1840. He came to … [Read more...]


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Following the uproar against its decision not to allow Resident Evil: The Merceneries 3D savegames to be resettable, Capcom denied any malicious intent behind the decision and promised not to do it again in any other title. "I think it's fair to say there was never quite the malicious intent that the conspiracy theorists out there would have you believe," Capcom VP Christian Svensson said. "I think it's also fair to say that in light of the controversy it's generated, I don't think you're going to see something like this happening again." With no reasonable justification given for the decision, gamers suspected that the decision was made to minimize second hand sales of the game. Even though they have apologized, it is worth noting that Capcom still didn't justify that decision. The decision has already affected the game's ability to be sold second hand as several retailers announced this week that they won't accept trade-ins for it.
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newsletter 2016 #18
Mira Arquitetos - CNM, Brasilia DF, Brazil
Today´s newsletter is dedicated to CNM Building (CNM stands for Confederação Nacional dos Municípios). Located in Brasilia, in the Setor de Grandes Áreas Norte, the project is the result of a contest won by young practice Mira Arquitetos, studio led by Luís Eduardo Loiola and Maria Cristina Motta. The completion of CNM Building shows how vigorous is the architecture that keeps being built in the modern capital of Brazil. While the main themes of the project are those of the modernity, the building is a piece of its time. CNM also confirms the importance of competitions for bringing (deserved) opportunities to a new generation of architects.
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boldarini arquitetura e urbanismo, marcos boldarini – duarte murtinho social housing, são bernardo do campo sp, brazil
newsletter 2016 #17
Mareines + Patalano - Pinhão House, Campos do Jordão SP, Brazil
Today´s newsletter is dedicated to a new project by Rio de Janeiro-based practice Mareines and Patalano. Pinhão House is located in Campos do Jordão, in the interior of São Paulo state. After clicking on the image you will see the magic of the scenery, surrounded by huge araucarias. As we often see in Mareines + Patalano´s works, in this case they also freely combine images of traditional wood construction and a contemporary expressionism, achieving an own organic language. Their interiors are split between almost sealed rooms (as the picture above) and totally expanded spaces.
newsletter 2016 #16
Leonardo Finotti - Rio Enquadrado at Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo SP, Brazil
If you are in the São Paulo area until the 3rd of July you can visit the new exhibition by Leonardo Finotti, Rio Enquadrado, at the Museu da Casa Brasileira. It features 80 unprecedented black and white squared pictures (80 x 80 cm), and it was conceived as a tribute to Rio de Janeiro after its 450 anniversary. Both format (square) and expression (b&w) are uncommon in Finotti´s work, used to the standard 2:3 proportion and natural color. Curator Michelle Jean de Castro designed an installation where the visitor can focus individually in each work and, at the same time, understand the exhibition as a whole. Today´s newsletter is an update from a previous one, now with pictures of the exhibition at the sober, yet elegant, Museu da Casa Brasileira.
newsletter 2016 #15
Alejandro Aravena - 15th International Architecture Exhibition, REPORTING FROM THE FRONT, Venice, Italy
Alejandro Aravena presented the 15th International Architecture Exhibition, titled REPORTING FROM THE FRONT, in Venice, and Leonardo Finotti traveled to Italy to participate in the preview. By clicking the image you can see the result of this visit, a comprehensive reportage on the most important event for the architecture. The highlighted image belongs to Gabinete de Arquitectura´s exhibition, awarded as the Golden Lion for the best participant. The Spanish pavilion received the first prize for National participation, while Paulo Mendes da Rocha won the Lifetime Achievement Prize.
newsletter 2016 #14
Leonardo Finotti - Rio Enquadrado at Museu da Casa Brasileira, São Paulo SP, Brazil
From tomorrow and until the 3rd of July you can visit a new exhibition by Leonardo Finotti, Rio Enquadrado, at the Museu da Casa Brasileira. The show features 80 unprecedented black and white squared pictures (80 x 80 cm), and it was conceived as a tribute to Rio de Janeiro after its 450 anniversary. Both format (square) and expression (b&w) are uncommon in Finotti´s work, used to the standard 2:3 proportion and the natural color. Curator Michelle Jean de Castro designed an installation where the visitor can focus individually in each work and at the same time understand the exhibition as a whole.
newsletter 2016 #13
Oficina de Arquitetos - Arena do Futuro, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
Besides the obvious interest in reviewing the new projects for Rio Olympic Games and its quality as a building, one could ask about its future as an obsolete structure once the Games are over. The Arena of the Future is one of the projects for Rio 2016 that take that question into account. This temporary facility will be dismantled and its parts will be used for building four municipal schools in Rio de Janeiro. The project consists of a centrar concrete court, surrounded by an elevated promenade, all wrapped in a wooden translucent skin. While seen from outside the building is a simple prism, the complexity relies in the interplay of different spaces, which stimulates the relationship between spectators and other users.
newsletter 2016 #12
Paulo Mendes da Rocha - Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement
We are so glad to share this news: Paulo Mendes da Rocha is the recipient of the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement of the 15th International Architecture Exhibition of La Biennale di Venezia - Reporting from the front. About 10 years ago Leonardo Finotti started to photograph Mendes da Rocha´s work. After this period of time, we can say that this profile we are presenting today, with more than 60 projects, is the most significan photography work on the Brazilian architect.
newsletter 2016 #11
Metro Arquitetos Associados - Casa Triângulo Gallery, São Paulo SP, Brazil
We have just realised that this one is the first newsletter of this year that features a project in São Paulo. It sounds strange, but has a reasonable explanation: we have been restless, moving a lot, especially to Rio de Janeiro. Anyway, there was a very good project waiting for us in the city, and it is the subject for today´s newsletter. One can still use the expression Young architecture when speaking of Metro, but the fact is that they already have a wide experience, particularly in the field of architecture for the arts. In the project for Casa Triângulo gallery they took bold decisions, achieving an abstract and at the same time expressive result.
newsletter 2016 #10
Vigliecca & Associados - Deodoro Olympic Park, Brazil
Today´s newsletter is dedicated to Vigliecca & Associados´ new constructions of the Deodoro Olympic Park. Located in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, the featured complex comprises four interventions, which go from the landscape desing exercise of the Canoe Stadium to the squared Arena, the project that opens this email. All the constructions take advantage of its special location surrounded by mountains. The main project of the complex is the Arena da Juventude, an elegant temple-like building circled by slender columns in two of its sides, while a long ramp stretches between the colonnade and the façade. The Arena mixes a Miesian precision in terms of shape and details with the requirements and flexibility of a contemporary indoor stadium.
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vigliecca & associados – arena da juventude, deodoro rj, brazil
Arena da Juventude, one of the most important new constructions for Rio 2016, is now completed, at Deodoro complex
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vigliecca & associados – field hockey olympic centre, deodoro rj, brazil
Vigliecca & associados designed the new constructions of the Deodoro complex for Rio 2016 Olympic Games. This are the outdoor hockey fields
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héctor vigliecca – canoe slalom olympic stadium, deodoro rj, brazil
More than an architecture project the canoe stadium feels like a landscape desing exercise, interplaying with the majestic scenery of Rio de Janeiro
newsletter 2016 #09
63525 Schneider & Schneider - Gastrosocial Headquarters, Aarau, Switzerland
The excuse for today´s newsletter is Leonardo Finotti´s new trip to Switzerland. After more than 10 trips to the Helvetian country this should not be a news, but every new visit amazes us as the first time. Today we are showing a new work by Schneider & Schneider shot during our previous stay. This are the headquarters for the insurance company Gastrosocial. The new twelve-storey skyscraper occupies the plot of a demolished tower, and is the result of a competition won by the Aarau-based architecture firm. Besides its form, resulting from the particular shape of the plot, stands out its materiality, clad on a green stone from a nearby quarry.
newsletter 2016 #08
MAPA - Retreat in Finca AGUY, Pueblo Edén, Uruguay
One month ago Leonardo Finotti visited Uruguay, mainly to photograph two new projects by MAPA architects, a young practice based in both Montevideo and Porto Alegre (southern Brasil). From that trip we selected the Retreat in Finca AGUY to be featured in today´s newsletter, a compact country house located in Pueblo Eden, near Punta del Este. The abstract prism was made 200 km away, in a facility on Montevideo´s outskirts, and carried on a truck to its final settlement, a beautiful olive grove. Local builders worked on site, while the box was being assembled by a qualified workforce. At the end the result shows these two parallel moments: the elegant volume seems to float over the rustic walls, reducing the visual impact of the construction.
newsletter 2016 #07
Arquea Arquitetos - 1232 Building, Curitiba PR, Brazil
Established in Curitiba (capital of the Brazilian state of Paraná) in 2008, Arquea Arquitetos was founded by Bernardo Richter, Fernando Caldeira de Lacerda and Pedro Amin Tavares. These young architects, whose foundations lie on transcending client´s expectation, started their collaboration as students of the school of architecture.Located in Batel neighbourhood, the 1232 building occupies a long and irregular plot. By liberating the ground floor for parking, the two storey apartment building seems to float between both black continuous party walls. Besides the definition of this conceptual shape, the design is focused on defining the various skins that cover the corps.
newsletter 2016 #06
Russli Architekten - EMMI-main office and apartment complex, Luzern, Switzerland
Collaborate with Swiss architects has been a challenging work, and a very rich learning process. You can imagine the several differences between Brazil and Switzerland, but you might be forgetting one of the most important for photography: the light. It was the case for today´s project, located in Luzern. The swiss milk company Emmi developed an urban complex, designed by Russli Architekten, which includes not only its headquarters but also three housing blocks. The new ensamble comprises an assortment of public spaces, where a long central plaza is highlighted.
newsletter 2016 #05
Jacobsen Arquitetura - SM House in Taguaiba SP, Brazil
Today´s newsletter is devoted to one of our favourite subjects: the beach house. This is Jacobsen´s SM house, located in Taguaíba, São Paulo´s northeast shore. The main components of the house were fabricated on facility in São Paulo and then moved and assembled on site. The project faced a double condition: the house should be a shelter (protecting from the strong sun and frequent rain) and at the same time should motivate the relation with the outside. The apparent contradiction was solved, mainly with the design of the projected wooden ceiling and the continuous veranda.
newsletter 2016 #04
Isay Weinfeld - Ling Institute, Porto Alegre RS, Brazil
The subject of today´s newsletter is the new building for the Instituto Ling. Located in Porto Alegre, in southern Brazil, the project is the result of a competition won by São Paulo-based architect Isay Weinfeld. The construction, an abstract concrete prism, occupies a corner on João Caetano street. The realisation of the building celebrates 20 years of continuous work in the field of education, culture and art. With the new construction the institute widens its original purpose by expanding their activities, creating an interesting cultural center.
newsletter 2016 #03
Rua arquitetos - Olympic Golf Course, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
The construction of the Rio 2016 Olympic Golf Course is the result of a competition won by young practice Rua Arquitetos, architecture studio established in Rio de Janeiro in 2008, led by Pedro Évora and Pedro Rivera. The project is located in Barra da Tijuca, district originally designed by Lúcio Costa in the West Zone of the city. Because of the nature of the architectural brief the building was conceived as a piece of landscape, and like the Golf sport most of its space is outdoors, arranged around a square partially covered by a sculptural but light canopy. The simple but elegant concrete shapes evoque the forms of the Brazilian Modernism, so it links this building to the rich tradition of Rio.
newsletter 2016 #02
Santiago Calatrava - Museum of Tomorrow, Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil
Today´s newsletter features the new Museu do Amanhã (Museum of tomorrow) is the first project by spanish architect Santiago Calatrava in Brazil. It is located on the Mauá Pier, in front of MAR museum and the new Mauá Square, and it is part of the urban project Porto Maravilha, which seeks to reactivate Rio de Janeiro´s port area. The museum building is devoted to applied science, divided in 5 areas ( Cosmos, Earth, Anthropocene, Tomorrow and Now) and curated by Luiz Alberto Oliveira. The LEED building includes the use of water from the Guanabara Bay to controle its temperature and moving passive protections that controle the light of the spaces and sun incidence.
newsletter 2016 #01
Gustavo Penna - Museu de Congonhas, Congonhas do Campo MG, Brazil
The Museu de Congonhas was inaugurated on December, 30 years after the inclusion of the Santuário do Bom Jesus do Matosinhos in the list of UNESCO´s World Cultural Heritage. The museum was conceived by the Brazilian branch of the UNESCO, the IPHAN (the national institute of artistic and historic heritage) and Congonhas´ City Hall. The design by Gustavo Penna Arquiteto e Associados won the first prize of the competition, and started a long process of construction. What follows is part of the architect´s statement: "The museum is dedicated to making clear mediation regarding the eloquent heritage built through time and by time. Being like this, it tries to establish a bond with the symbolic grounds started in the 18th century"
newsletter 2015 #31
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As everyone knows, a new year is coming, and we say goodbye to 2015, a year full of challenges and satisfactions. During this hard year for Brazil, in terms of economy, we managed to expand our work, but keeping our high standard quality. When we look back stands out the work for the MoMA: the exhibition itself, the inclusion of 15 images to the museum´s collection and the photo profile on the catalogue. Besides we highlight the works related to Latin American Modern Architecture, like Identidade Latino-Americana exhibited in Brazil or Ecos del MoMA in Argentina.
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rosângela rennó – foto cine clube bandeirante: do arquivo à rede, sao paulo sp, brazil
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diller scofidio+renfro – mis, rio de janeiro rj, brazil
Leonardo visited the building site of the new MIS on Copacabana´s Av. Atlántica and made a few pics
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rua arquitetos – olympic golf course, rio de janeiro rj, brazil
one of the first olympic new buildings already completed, the golf course by RUA
newsletter 2015 #30
Arquitetos Associados - Claudia Andujar Pavilion at Inhotim, Brumadinho MG, Brazil
The Claudia Andujar Pavilion, devoted to the work of the Brazilian photographer (she was born in Switzerland but has been living in Brazil from the 50s) is Inhotim´s 19th gallery and its second largest building. It was designed by Belo Horizonte based firm Arquitetos Associados, a familiar face from the art complex. The project, located on a slope among dense native vegetation, consists of a set of volumes, linked by a courtyard. The boxes, as decided together with the curator Rodrigo Moura, shelter the exhibition divided in four parts. The presence of the large building is soften, in a manner of speaking, by the treatment of the surfaces, clad on fluted bricks.
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arquitetos associados – claudia andujar pavilion at inhotim, brumadinho mg, brazil
We were waiting for this project to be completed, and our curiosity is satisfied, with one of the most important building of this year
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gustavo penna – museu de congonhas, congonhas do campo mg, brazil
after ten years of hard work, here is the Museum of Congonhas, just completed by Gustavo Penna Arquitetos
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mapa – mini mod x, fazenda catuçaba, brazil
one of the two new versions of minimod. Unlike the previous mini, this one is totally made of wood
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mapa – mini mod l, fazenda catuçaba, brazil
one of the two new versions of minimod. unlike the previous mini, this one is totally made of wood. The Minimod i consists of five square modules, one empty in the end of the volume
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architecture now – #10
featuring hamaca house, oscar freire building, mar, gcp house, vila aspicuelta, driving range público, bao'an international airport projects.
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diseno interior #274
featuring Mapa´s mini mod
lina bo bardi – masp, são paulo sp, brazil
new images of the MASP museum, now closer to its original condition
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lina bo bardi, metro arquitetos – masp in process, sao paulo sp, brazil
the famous museum on Paulista avenue is changing, but is changing for good this time. Metro is recovering the spaces, which includes the glass and concrete easels
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l+d #56
featuring cdpp casa ibiá (cover), aigai spa, aesop oscar freire projects.
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metro arquitetos – león ferrari: entre ditaduras at masp, sao paulo sp, brazil
The mythical Lina Bo Bardi´s MASP is going though a restoration to recover its original condition. This exhibition is one of Metro´s interventions on the building
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black architecture by braun – #2016
featuring Lussi-Halter´s twin houses
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basiches arquitetos associados – haddock offices, sao paulo sp, brazil
new office project in São Paulo recently shot, designed by Basiches and developed by Even
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metro arquitetos, lina bo bardi – arte na moda: coleçao masp rhodia, sao paulo sp, brazil
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kaza #150
featuring Grade´s sao paulo residence
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revista serafina – #1511
featuring cs house, são cristovao pavilion, mar projects.
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living under the sun by gestalten
featuring architect s house, vila taguaí, jg house, delta house projects
hans broos, burle marx – são bonifácio parochial center, são paulo sp, brazil
Leonardo revisited Broos´ brutalist church in Vila Mariana, completing its reportage, now with interior images
lina bo bardi – oficina theater, são paulo sp, brazil
Leonardo completed his reportage on Lina Bo Bardi´s theater, now with some external views from the side and back and with this stunning perspective


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Penny and her crab friend
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Penny's 1st thanksgiving dinner!
Penny with her "foot finders"
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say what now?
cow costume
Grammy & Penny sharing secrets
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sleeping like a sack of rocks
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floor naps are the best naps
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Unkie Rob!
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Skip to comments.Pregnant woman accused of abadoning children for baby shower
Posted on 11/08/2005 8:00:34 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
BUFFALO NY--A pregnant woman was arrested Sunday after she left her four young children home alone to attend her own baby shower.
Lillie P. Maxwell, 26, of Buffalo, was charged with eight counts of misdemeanor endangering the welfare of a child.
Her children, who range in age from 5 months to 11 years old, were left in an apartment strewn with rotting food, open liquor bottles and decaying uncooked beef in the kitchen sink, police said.
Her 22-month-old son suffered from a possible abdominal hernia and was taken to a hospital, police said.
Police said the children were so cold they raised the heat themselves, placing it at 80 degrees.
Maxwell was arrested when she returned from the shower. She is being held on $2,500 bail.
26 years old, with an eleven year old child. Sheesh.
"It Probably Felt Right At The Time".
Another sterling product of our cradle to grave welfare state I'm guessing
Youngest child is 5 months old, and she's pregnant again. I hope all five of the children find permanent adoptive homes quickly.
..and she's 26, guess the Dads were unavailable for comment,eh?
Southern Belle coming out here,
But around here it's considered tacky to give an expectant mother a baby shower for her 5th pregnancy.
Sorta like, by #5, you should have all the baby stuff you need by now :)
No chance that she is on welfare I bet.
"Blue" State Liberal Ping!
A natural extension of "Women's Lib". Why not also be liberated from the responsibility of your childres' welfare?
No, she pawned it to buy booze and crack....
Is it customary to have a shower for each child?
It's like having a bachelorette party for your 4th wedding - kind of loses it's charm, I would think.
On a seperate note - I simply cannot fathom how some people, especially with children in their care, can willingly live in such squalor. It would seem to me that there's a natural instinct to disregard one's own filth - let alone the maternal instincts of defending & protecting your offspring.
Of course, in this woman's case, I'd suspect a steady regimen of drugs and alcohol has dulled her instincts and sense of right vs. wrong.
$10 says her laywer claims she's messed up becasue "the system let her down" or some such squawkboxery
I hope she got some cute stuff at the shower
11 years old! To complete the cycle, in 4 short years, Mom would no doubt be Grandma.
She's the poster girl for Democrat Family Values.
Hillary should take her on tour in '08
Mmmmm! Decaying uncooked beef!
..I doubt it,unless all FIVE child welfare service consulars show up at the same time.....and bring fresh beef
Strange how the worst of mental midgets are as fertile as the Nile and many women who could be great parents can't conceive a child....
It's more a celebration of an increase in the family by then - pretty much all I've seen given is stuff like diapers, baby shampoo, etc. Of course by #5 you may have worn the stroller out & need a new one.
26 and on her 5th child. Somehow Bush is at fault for this.
You're missing the point....it's an excuser to PARTY!!!!
My MD sister-in-law delivered the eighth child of a woman who was 20. No twins.
I have five babies. I was thrown a baby shower for my fifth baby. He was a complete surprise. When we moved, not knowing I was pregnant we threw out all our baby things (don't they say that's the way to ensure pregnancy?). I asked around my church if anyone had anything I could borrow. Instead I wound up with a baby shower and a lot of new friends.
Just scratched Lilly of my list of names if we are having a girl.
I've seen it done many times with a later baby or when it was pretty apparent that no baby things remained.
In this woman's case, I go for 'excuse to party' reason. :)
I supposed Lillie is still on the list then.
same here, you only get a shower for your first.
I don't think this lady reads emily post though.
"26 and on her 5th child. Somehow Bush is at fault for this."
Yeah: Lyndon Baines Bush.
The previous baby is only 5 months old, so she probably needs duplicates, like if she had twins.
We give away baby things when we move, too, and then end up needing more!
"It Probably Felt Right At The Time".
She replied, "No, its indecent. You know, when it is long enough and hard enough and in far enough.. it is indecent!"
I'm being bad again! < slap>
Don't like it spelled Lillie. Don't know why. Just don't. So they are both off.
Seriously, 'Mothers' like this make me sick.
I use my bathtub to make my gin or my beer!! I wasn't aware I could also age beef in it too!! Thanks for the tip.
Infusing your moonshine with rotting beef gives it a nice musky 'edge'!
Of course marital status is not mentioned. This means the kids are poor bastards possibly from multiple dads.
Or even, multiple dads each. It's hard to keep track, you know...
I hope she got STERLIZED for her shower...but she probably just got some more crack...
100% chance she is on welfare....and probably to lazy to vote ..but if she did..it would be Democrat
Gee....Dad was not available to watch the kids? Oh, that's right, welfare queen. Off to celebrate yet another increase in her monthly booze and drug check
My sister had her 2nd baby a year ago, but a baby shower was truly necessary. She had long since given away everything she had received from the first, since there was a 15 year age difference between them.
Ahhhhh!! Nothing better than some 'shine with a musky edge. What kind of cheese and crackers should I serve with this "tasty" musk 'shine? I don't think the French have a suitable cheese yet for this treat, would goat cheese do?( I get a discount at the local Muslim collective market, so I was hoping something would be o.k. from there.)
In my circle of friends, most of us have three or four kids each...I think we did a shower everytime. Things wear out, styles change. I went through three or four strollers and three car seats at least for four kids. Plus, getting together was just a lot of fun. Of course, all of us had husbands to take care of the other kids while we ladies had fun! Now we are going to graduations and soon, I guess, weddings! I expect my daughter will be first since I was the "early bloomer" of the group.
Not if they are from the same father.
Gross .... but likely true!
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Chelsea goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is still yet to decide his future despite strong reports he has agreed to join Real Madrid, according to his father.
Gary Jones of the Daily Star reports that the 21-year-old player, who has been on loan at Atletico Madrid since signing for the West London club from Genk in 2011, is yet to speak to his parent club regarding his future.
Jones says that recent reports in Spain had suggested Real Madrid were trying to sign Courtois on a free transfer in 2016 when his current contract expires, or they would attempt to sign him earlier if Chelsea would be a willing seller.
But Thierry Courtois was adamant in his assessment of his son's immediate future.
Jones quotes him saying to La Derniere Heure:
It's an attempt to destabilise Atletico. There hasn't been any contact with Real. Our negotiations with Chelsea still have to start. And Chelsea would never let him go that way, when his contract has expired. Thibaut is now focused on the season with Atletico and the Champions League.
Courtois has been a star for the Madrid club in their rise domestically and in Europe. The young goalkeeper has featured 26 times for his team in La Liga, keeping an impressive 13 clean sheets, per Squawka.
Deputy sports editor at The Mirror, Ed Malyon, was frank in his own opinion of Courtois possibly leaving Chelsea. He tweeted:
I can not understand why on earth Chelsea would sell Thibaut Courtois. Seems like absolute insanity http://t.co/JjMtZMEdax— Ed Malyon (@eaamalyon) February 21, 2014
Courtois is one of the best young goalkeepers in the world and Real Madrid's interest in him would be no surprise.
As the era of dominance of Iker Casillas comes to an end, the club will be searching for a player who can fill his boots and gloves.
However, it is questionable that Jose Mourinho would contemplate losing a player of this stature to his former club under any circumstances.
The goalkeeper's time at Atletico has been fruitful, and he has achieved exactly what Chelsea would have wanted him to. He has played games and gained vital experience, preparing him for life in one of the top leagues in the world.
Will Thibaut Courtois be Chelsea's No.1 next season?
Petr Cech is only just the wrong side of 30 years old and could continue for many years but, with the potential of Courtois, might see his time in the Blues' goal come to a premature end.
Courtois can be Mourinho's defensive rock to build his Chelsea team around as he once did with Cech in his first run as the manager at Stamford Bridge.
The alternative for the Special One is that he allows a top prospect to leave, strengthening a European rival in the process.


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