Above:
Snowball fight, Mount Hood, Oregon - January 2, 2003. Photo
of our son by Leora.
Above:
Leora and our daughter, January 2, 2003.
Above:
January 18, 2003 - Peter Pan and Tinkerbell battle against
Captain Hook, swords and magic wands waving wildly.
Above
and below: January 23, 2003.
Above:
The photo to the left of my son with Leora and a medical technician
was taken during a routine diagnostic medical procedure. My
son is fine. Still and all, may you not experience the inside
of hospitals.
Above:
July 2003 - Sometimes girls just want to have fun. So Andrea
, Jill , and Leora dressed up in silly frilly dresses. I don't
get it, but they seem to be having fun, and they insist it's
cheaper than psychotherapy.
Above:
Mt. Tabor park, Portland, 16 August 2003.
In
mid-July 2003 (photo below) we headed for Sauvie Island on the
Columbia river for a hot day in the sun. I spent the day hiding
in the trees and reading. My family thought I was just being
my usual "antisocial" self, but I simply cannot sit
on hot sand under a hot sun, even under a shade tent. I just
wilt.
The
beach is basically my idea of hell on earth. I mean, I moved
to Oregon to get away from the sun, and then it turns out they
have summer here. What is that about? When is the rain going
to start already?
But
the kids enjoy the water, and since I was able to read in the
shade I was happy too.
My
sister-in-law Emily says that a happy childhood lasts a lifetime.
That makes sense to me.
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Above:
Leora Troper, Mount Hood, Oregon, January 2, 2003.
Above:
With my daughter in a hollow tree stump in Tryon Park, Southwest
Portland, January 1, 2003, family outing.
Above,
Leora and our children in a Brasilia EMB-120 turboprop,
April 27, 2003, returning to Portland from California
after a visit with my parents.
Above
February 2003 - My daughter gets a haircut.
Above:
My son and his cousin, Mt. Tabor park, August 17, 2003.
Above:
This is how my six year old son saw me at the memorial service
for my father-in-law, Sam
Troper, in early July 2003. The service took place in
the Rhododendron garden adjacent to Reed College.
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