James L. Bennett, 65, often told his family, “I’m leaving in two minutes, whether you’re with me or not.” He finally made good on this promise August 18, 2002, when he made his final trip home. After 13 months of arduous battle, marked by unsurpassed courage and fortitude, Jim yielded to the overwhelming effects of …
Month: June 2020
This year marked the passing of my good friend and father-in-law, Jim Bennett, in August. His obituary served as our Christmas letter.
Merry 2001 Christmas-Letter-Writing Season Again : The good news: JoAnn has a new, fun job in the field of milk microbiology at the CSU Veterinary Hospital. She has visited a few dairy farms in the course of her job and has had at least one dairy cow fall in love with her at each …
Season’s Greetings From Cat Hair Country: We’ll skip the annual animal head count this year and settle for merely listing the additions. JoAnn’s year 2000 resolution to champion the cause of homeless, injured, endangered animals produced the following spectacular results: Emma the stray cat and Avery the homeless dog, both suffering egregious injuries, somehow escaped …
Our concerns for the new year revolve around finding a satisfactory substitute for the reprehensible designation “Y2K.” Two thousand? Twenty hundred? Two triple zero? Twenty ought nothing? Double O zip? We remain open to suggestions.