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May 25, 2020 Anna

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Graduations I

2019 Helena Minnewashta
2017 Miranda EVHS
2017 Archer Minnewashta
2012 Helena Montessori
2011 Miranda Silver Oak
2011 Miranda Silver Oak
2010 Matthew Chaboya
2005 Miranda Kindergarten
2005 Gillian ASU Law School
2002 Matthew Kindergarten
2000 Gillian U of Minnesota
1994 Tim San Jose State
1993 Ellen Cal State Northridge
1989 Gillian Country School
1984 Tim Monta Vista HS
1980 Tim Kennedy JHS
1971 Anna Stanford
1964 Dick UCLA
1962 Anna UCLA
1958 Anna Downey HS
1924 Nan Harbor Beach HS

Picture of the week

Our sweet great-grandkitty, Morgan, and our sweet daughter Ellen

Happy 7th birthday, Northwoods BMW!

Links to popular posts from 2019

Happy trails!

We have written a number of posts about trips we have taken. Links to some of the most popular are below. For others, search “travel.”

Grand Teton and Yellowstone 2019
August 18, 2019
Rhine River cruise 2019
July 31, 2019
California to Colorado 2018
May 21, 2018
Archaeological survey of ancestral Pueblo sites
April 23, 2017
Costa Rica 2016
October 15, 2016

Nan’s writings

Here are a few PDF files of the many pieces Nan wrote during her lifetime. (They will be displayed in a new window.)

Nan’s European Diary, 1934 (travel journal)

Nan’s Alaskan Diary, 1938 (travel journal)

The Cat and the Dove, 1970, 1986 (reminiscence)

Crucifixion (true story of a drowning in Lake Huron)

Cats (stories about two of the Riedel family cats, Daisy and Mehitabel)

Books (short essay about the Riedel family’s love of books)

Below are links to shorter pieces published as blogs on this site:

“The cottage”: A magical place of our childhoods
July 13, 2019
Valentine greetings from Nan (1995)
February 14, 2019
Dear (and I do mean dear) Eliz
February 9, 2019

Happy birthday! Happy anniversary!

We have written a number of posts celebrating the birthdays and wedding anniversaries of current family members and ancestors. Links to the most recent are below. To find more, search on “birthday” or “anniversary.”

Happy 100th birthday, Kelley Riedel!
March 16, 2020Anna
Marriage of William Moseley and Catherine Burns
April 8, 2019Dick
Happy anniversary, Aunt Sal and Uncle Art
April 2, 2019Anna
My Dutch grandparents were a strong team
March 14, 2019Anna
“Unlikely couple forges amazingly successful marriage”: Happy 80th anniversary to my (late) parents
March 1, 2019Anna

Dick’s high-tech adventure

The posts in the My High-Tech Adventure set contain memories of Dick’s experiences working in the computer industry from 1960 to 2012. Links to all published posts in that set are on this page:

“My hi-tech adventure” home page

Computer history posts

Over the past several years we have posted blogs on this site about our experiences volunteering at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. The complete set of those blogs are now on our professional website:

“Computer history” home page on vrcommunications.us

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