HomeGazetteGenealogyPhotos
19811986198719881989199019911992199319941995199619971998199920002001200220032004200520062007200820092010

Cover | House | Poetry | Phalanges | Outward Bound | Synopsis | Girls | Centerfold | France | Susan | 9-11 | Parting shot

Year end synopsis

January Mini honeymoon weekend in Sonoma, California
Jim finds Barcelino - an Italian men’s clothing store in San Francisco.
February Sundance Film Festival, skiing
March Provence, France - eat, open air markets, wine
April Girls learn to ride bikes sans training wheels
Susan attends Sacramento meeting
May Kamloops, BC vacation, spotting bears, bicycling
June Pennsylvania, Delaware & Maryland - Family, Friends & a wedding
Buying a house - spur of the moment decision.
July Move to a new home
Gardening
August Outward Bound
Lillian visit
Open Houses to sell old home.
September Girls start public school and like it
Pick apples & pears
French Cooking classes
More Open Houses
Susan’s September 11th LA bound flight is cancelled before she gets on. Jim is away in Denver, but has a rental car.
Jim visits med school roommate Dan.
October Portland Creative Conference - Film mostly
Stephanie & David Bird visit - Sue’s Sister
Nana & Papa Sienko visit
November Begin hosting dinners in new home
Russ, Annie & family visit - medical school roommate
Put up Christmas tree in new home
Med school roommate Russ, Annie & family come for Thanksgiving
December Piano lessons start for the girls
Choral music every week
First christmas in new home
Produce the Gazette
Throughout the year Susan Quilts, does homework & reading every night with the girls
Jim practices piano, accompanies choir, learns French, learns Linux, continues programming
Grandpa Thomas’s Farm
Miss Pam, Sydney, Morgan, Grandpa Thomas
Contact the author: James P. Thomas, MD

Written December 2001