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While cleaning out some old bookmarks, I ran across Fravia+’s Searchlores site … and saw that it has finally fallen. That makes me a little sad. It’s been 7 years since he passed away. I sat here tearing up, mourning him all over again. Why does it feel like a part of my youth died […]

My grandmother passed away quietly yesterday morning. My father called me at work just before lunch to relay the news. She had been ill for some time, and I’m going to miss her. Even though I’d been trying to prepare myself, it still hurts. Last night I came home to a very understanding husband and […]

I came home tonight to find a message from Father Luke bearing sad news — Fjalar Ravia, the man better known as Fravia+, has passed away. I had posted a while back with news of his illness, and he had posted a Spring Update letting everyone know of some promising news, but it seems that […]

A few weeks back, we had an unwelcome visitor of the rodent persuasion. (a mouse in the house) Jim had set several traps around the house with cheese and a few with peanut butter. None of them worked, they sat out for a day or so with no nibbles, no snaps, not even near-misses. Apparently […]

My Uncle Jim passed away last Monday. His wife is my Aunt Bonnie, my mom’s sister. Uncle Jim’s obituary: Vaughn V. Bowman, 82, of Jupiter died Monday, Sept. 8. He was born in Kane, Pa., and lived in Florida since 1957. In 1957, he moved to Florida, where he founded Penn Land Company and over […]

This morning Jim called to let me know that John Nichols’ father has passed away. John is a dear sweet friend of ours, and is ultimately the reason Jim and I had met in the first place. He has been there for us over the years, and we love him and his family very much. […]