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Tatja talking about her late husbandHe asked me to pass the salt. A simple gesture, our hands crossing the table as they had in so many years of marriage. Comfortable, repetitive ( Read more... )

1. What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Raising two great boys. They're amazing kids -- well, adults now, but they'll still always be my boys. I'm really proud of that.

2. What is your idea of perfect happiness?Nothing's ever perfect, so I think to be happy you have to let go of that idea. But pretty much as good as it gets is spending ( Read more... )

There's a picture of Pete and Tatja together. Sitting in their folk art class, sharing a paint pot. It's a shade Tatja told him was teal. They've got aprons on. Hers is frilly (it smelled like baked goods); his reads Kiss the Chef (she didn't). They're both smiling, their shoulders in comfortable proximity ( Read more... )

Pete's boys are home for the weekend, but this time they haven't brought their laundry ( Read more... )

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I pride myself with being on time, but there have been some occasions I've had to tell a little white lie about not getting it done.

1. Stuck in traffic.
This only really works during the tourist season, as the rest of the year our tiny island community has no traffic to speak of. But during the season it's a great all purpose lateness excuse.

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Pete trudged through the snow, sludged through the mud and rain. He didn't mind the occasional bit of inclement weather that hindered him along his route. What bothered him more than any of that were the dogs. Some dogs were great-- labs and shepherds came running up, tails wagging. Big dogs were no problem ( Read more... )

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