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  • 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…

  • Audrey in the News!

    Audrey was on TV because her school won an award. The kids’ school, Newton D. Baker School of the Arts, was named one of this year’s No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence. It was one of only 16 schools in Ohio to receive this honor, and the only elementary school in the Cleveland…

  • 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…