Author: Laura

  • Long Walk

    The other day, Ned asked if I could stop telling him what day it was, because it was starting to make him feel like the summer was disappearing too fast! I know what he means. Almost five weeks of summer vacation have already passed; this weekend we reach the summit, and the rest of the…

  • Fratus Family Favorites 2005

    Here are a few of the things that have kept us entertained in 2005. Favorite Book: AUDREY At the kids’ school, the top ten readers (according to their “Accelerated Reader” scores) are recognized each month by having their names read over the loudspeaker. A friendly rivalry among a group of neighborhood pals has grown up…

  • Hello and Merry Christmas, friends and relatives!

    I feel like John and I somehow skipped an entire generation of technology. Here we were just warming up to the idea of the word-processed holiday form letter when—voila!—along came personal websites. Since the former type of greeting never really earned uniform acceptance, I hope you’ll feel differently about this new way of sharing the…