My father's last remaining sibling, my uncle Bubi, died this morning in the Netherlands. Now, he was 93, had suffered a stroke a couple of years ago and was receiving full-time care from his eldest daughter in their home (she never married and had always lived with her parents), so it's not like this was completely out of the blue. But still - it ( Read more... )

So, Two has attended Camp Aranut'iq for three summers now. He has been begging us to attend family camp since the first year, so this year, we signed up to go. Truth be told, we weren't really super-keen on going since it would be sorta roughing it (cabins, not tents, but very basic cabins), and mosquitoes, and it was going to be unseasonably ( Read more... )