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Family Updates from Orrel From the Murdock Muse, Jan-Feb 2004: OUR YEAR - by Orrel & Charlie Frost Autumn lingered on pleasantly at High Ledge this year- We didn"t get snow here until December 2nd as compared with October 14th last year. This year has seen some wonderful blessings in our family for which we are very grateful. Our daughter Pamela has organized a comprehensive art program in southern Maine for adults working with disabilities. She had several public exhibitions of her participants' work. In addition, she had a successful show of her own miniatures at the Center for Contemporary Maine Art in January. She and her daughter Colleen spent a whirlwind two weeks in England during August, visiting many London sights and museums. They enjoyed numerous stops along their touring routes to paint with watercolors or make brass rubbings. They also saw magnificent plays in London theaters. Colleen is on the honor roll at York High School and served as makeup artist for the school play in November. Derek and Rosalind are readers for their church in Williamsburg, Virginia. He made a number of visits to Europe on business for his company. Roz has had another very busy season at Black Badger Inn. Their daughter Jeremy-Ruth graduated with honors from the ballet program at the Hartt School of Music in University of Hartford, won a scholarship to the Martha Graham Institute in New York City last summer, and now dances with the Northem Ballet Theater in Nashua, New Hampshire. Son Alexis works in the art museum at Dartmouth College and produces theatrical masks at a local studio. His wife Kristen prepares scientific instrumentation to be rocketed into outer space to measure the Aurora Borealis. Stephanie, now an empty nester, moved from York to Saco, Maine, cutting her daily commute in half. Her older son Matthew graduated from Amherst (Massachusetts) High School and is now doing his Army basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia. Chelsea, who moved back to Springfield, MA, last year, is taking courses at the technical college there. Springfield Tech is on the site of the old Springfield Armory, where Orrel's Dad was a project engineer. Ethan is now living with his father in Granby, MA. We again soaked up the southern sun in early February with a family friend in Hudson, Florida. Naturally, we made a stopover in Williamsburg on the way home. This turned out to be more adventurous than we expected. Our flight from Virginia to Pittsburgh was delayed only an hour because of snow, but there we were stranded, as our connecting flight into Manchester, New Hampshire, had been canceled. The only flight to northern New England was to Burlington, Vermont. When we reached that destination, there were five of us passengers who wanted to get back to Manchester, so we split the cost of a rental car. From there we plodded on home in a blizzard. Orrel works several days a month at the Christian Science Reading Room in Portsmouth, NH. Her playgroup for neighborhood dogs remains ever popular. Charlie attended the annual training conference of the International Association of Law Enforcement Intelligence Analysts in Boston and was caught completely by surprise when he was presented with the Distinguished Career Award. (Some intelligence analyst he turned out to be!) He continues to substitute at our local high school and occasionally drives the van to take students to the regional vocational centers. He is writing a history of a family branch that moved from New England to Mobile, Alabama. We are grateful to hear from friends and relatives who keep in touch with us and particularly grateful for several old friends we had not seen for many years who came by this year. May your Holiday Season - and the New Year - be filled with peace and joy. --Bipeds Orrel and Charlie, dogs Serena and Princess, cats Misha and Janey, and playful kittens Emma and Viola By Orrel Frost Cape Neddick, Maine - As of this date (25th of March, 2003) Pam, our older daughter, and her daughter Colleen are living in the Garage apartment. All of our children, and several of our grandchildren, have lived in the Garn(as we call the garage apartment). Before Pam and Colleen, our granddaughter Chelsea, and her friend Danny lived there. Then it was our younger daughter Stephanie, and her other kids, Matthew and Ethan. And before them it was our son Derek and his wife Roz, and their daughter Jeremy Ruth. I think it is kind of funny that it is being used as an apartment for the various members of the family, as I had originally thought it would be where I would set up my library of over a thousand books, and do the flower arranging I love so much. But that was not to be!! And of course, I am glad that we have played a part in our children's activities. Charlie is the York High School's best substitute teacher!! He can teach anything the High School has to offer, and gets a call about 6AM two or three times a week from the Principal telling him where he is needed. He hops out of bed, eats his breakfast, and away he goes, so happily!! Jeremy Ruth is now on the road to a successful ballet profession. As a matter of fact, we shall be going to her Senior Recital at the Hartt School of Music this coming month. Alexis, Derek's son, is working in New Hampshire, making theatrical masks for a concern there. His wife is working on her Ph D. at Dartmouth University. He and Kristin went around the world on a scholarship, studying ancient astronomical observatories a couple years ago. They wrote a wonderful diary of their trip, for their family, and Kristin wrote a disertation of the trip for her degree. Derek works for the firm that was started by a friend of mine from Athol High school. The interesting thing is that when Derek was hired, the owner of the firm didn't know he was my son, because he has a double-barreled name, Revilock-Frost!! Andy Anderson was absolutely flabbergasted when I laughingly told him of the relationship. Derek's job is such that he can live anywhere he wants, and sends his material to the office via e-mail, fax, snail-mail, and telephone. He does a lot of travelling around the world for the firm, but also works many hours at his office in his home in Williamsburg, Virginia. By the way, Rosalind, his wife, has a very successful business in the home, running a Bed and Breakfast. We stay with them a couple of times a year. And I wish it could be more. Pam is providing art lessons for developmentally handicapped adults at a social service agency. She is amazing with the many, many ideas she has to create interesting and fun programs for her participants. The only problem with the job is that it is an hour's drive away. I know one day she will be wanting to live closer, but for the time being she is okay with the commute, and we just love having her around. Colleen, her daughter, is in High School, doing A work in almost all of her subjects. She is very interested in boys at this time, and I have a lot of fun remembering my own time in High School, and the whispering which would go on in Music class, and Homeroom with my own friends of the opposite sex!! I didn't date in High School, but I had quite a lot of fun in school. Colleen also doesn't date, but she does go to school dances, and from what she has told me, she has a very good time. Stephanie, our younger daughter, is a social worker at a prison about an hour's drive from her home. The atmosphere at the prison isn't very pleasant, so we want her in a better environment, if at all possible, as soon as possible!! Her youngest, Ethan, is in Middle School, in York, Maine. He is a very good athlete, and hopes he may one day get a scholarship to a university. Her middle child, Matthew, is living with the parents of his best friend who had been killed in an automobile accident. He will report for Army training in September. Her daughter Chelsea lives with her boyfriend in Springfield MA, and is a happy homemaker. I had a good job as Librarian for our Church, until the Treasurer ran away with all the money. So now it is a volunteer job. Today is a red-letter day, for us here in Southern Maine. We ate lunch out on the deck in 55 degree weather, with Mischa, our black cat snoozing by our feet. And plenty of snow still to be melted. |
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