Book 24: 2000-02
Jack's combined 40th all-high school reunion, Aug 11-12 in LaX (Aquinas, Central and Logan). Dinner party at Linda Schleiter Sherwood's on the Black River. Top rt: Linda S, ?, Tore Gundersen. Left center: ?, Nancy Bunge, Jack, ?. Nancy Bunge plays violin--Bobby Johns to the right. Jack and LLH visit Hokah, MN area (across the Mississippi) from LaX where the Webers (Grandma Hoeschler's mother) had a mill.
Como Falls in Hokah. Cabin scenes. Bob and Gert Hoeschler, Heather, Nana and Judy Hoeschler in LaX.
At the cabin: Janice and Jack; Janice and Heather; Heather and Linda; Jack, Janice and Heather.
Bob Ebel & Leslie Steen visit, 8/26-27/00: Marine on the St Croix side trip. Sept 1: Hellervik wedding reception at Landmark Center.
9/3: Doherty, Rumble & Butler (now dissolved) law firm reunion. Bill Cosgriff and Jack. Heather Hoeschler. JoAnne and Tom Rohricht; Gerry Halloran; Tim and Mary Quinn; Jim Crassweller. Low left: Maureen Cosgriff; Bruce Hanson; Bill Cosgriff; Rob Beattie; Joe Finley; LLH; Cammie Beattie. Low rt: Gene and Ande Warlich at table; Dick Peterson; JGH; Allie and Jim Wittenberg.
9/4: Minnesota State Fair with Grandma Hildur Lovas, Kristen, Maureen & Jake Hoeschler.
Sep 12: Farewell gathering for Heather. Jake cum teeth & glasses; Margaret and Brian Daly grin. Lovely Jane Andre shares harvest. 9/15 Sara Wolfensohn comes to Composers Forum board meeting and stays with us.
We bring Helen Miller, our marvelous babysitter/housekeeper to the cabin. She now lives in Arden Hills Presbyterian Homes where she survives many years with dementia.
Tong Vang and his family are critical helpers at the cabin and Edgcumbe; 10/6: FRH is 1st in class. He and Juli celebrate their 12th wedding anniversary!
Tyler and Zach Lovas; Fritz with trophy; Old folks still dancing, still in love.
JGH, LLH and KBH travel to eastern England where Fritz and Juli have just moved with the AF to Mildenhall Base. We eat Thanksgiving dinner at the Officers' Club, a rather dismal experience (Juli and Fritz warned us!) Photo with our nice waiter, enlisted, he has to work extra to buy a home. Kristen in NY "Sound of Music" singalong. Christmas Eve at Jimmy and Maureen's: KBH, Katie, Abby and Jay; Meagan, Judy, LLH & Jay.
Tori & Katie smooch. Jack & souvenir tie. Dad & daughter.
Christmas Day at our Edgcumbe home: Laura, LLH, Hildur; Mary and Vince Doyle, KBH & Janice. Exhaustion sets in: Jack in St Paul; Meagan & Nana in Naples. Janice & Meagan. Christmas gift to Nana – Meagan.
2001 New Year's Day with Siegels, post Petrus Pomerol bash with KBH & Terry (a good investment!). January 26-28/2001 Delegates for Friendship Among Women meet in Phoenix: Leaetta Hough, Sheila Stern, LLH, Mary Pomeroy, Jill Christiansen.
Jan 27, 2001: We tour Taliesin West (better in photos so you don't notice the decrepitude and mold.
Back in Minnesota Jack cuts poplars: always loved climbing trees (sans safety equipment most of the time!).
Feb 1-4: Paul Schoenfield visits. Feb 4: Jack is 59 (Janice holds cake)! 2/23-3/3 We travel to Naples to check on Nana's well-being. Feb 25: We take Nana to Corkscrew Sanctuary.
More Corkscrew Sanctuary wildlife. JGH, Nana and KBH at the Ritz Carlton. JGH and LLH.
Top row: Janice, Meagan and Kristen. Mid left: Mary Ann and Harold Fedman at Black Hills; Laura. Bottom: JGH; Steve and Tracy Doyle.
LLH and JGH; LLH with composer at cabin; Hildur; Luther, JGH, Janice and composer; JGH and Janice. With Chen Yi at debut of work we commissioned for Yo Yo Ma's Silk Road project: JGH, KBH, Chen YI; TO'B and LLH.
6/9: Jack talks on cell phone & trims trees. Turtles do their spring thing, laying ping-pong ball-size eggs.
Father's Day, June 17 celebration at the cabin. KBH and Jgh. Laura & John Doyle; Vince & Mary Doyle; Hildur Lovas. KBH & Hildur Lovas. Tuckered out Dad!
LLH 57th birthday dinner and overnight with the usual suspects (Huegs and Hunters). Thelma Hunter plays oldies, while Sam Hunter & LLH, KBH & JGH dance.
Hella and Bill Hueg. Chiaroscuro threesome. Flowers courtesy of Fritz & Juli. St. Croix River cruise with Wolfgang & Annalise Hoescheler from Lindau Germany join us.
Family reunion in LaX, August 3-5, 2001. JGH and Katie Hoeschler; Terry and KBH; mid row: Kupps; Lower left: Charlene Kupp Johnson.
JGH with Terry Hoeschler et al. Jack leads bus tour of various family markers, with attendant lectures.
August 4, bus tour of Hoeschler, Kupp, Mackenzie & Weber sites. Jack with his mike; Jay Hoeschler (son of Terry and Jan); Diane (Frank) Hoeschler; Wolfgang Hoescheler; ?
Show and tell (the Coulee?); Frank and Wolfgang; Parki; Katie, Judy and Lizzie; touring 5th Avenue in LaX where Great Uncle Frank Hoeschler built many Art Deco buildings.
Dinner at Nana's with JGH and LLH leading the dancing, per usual.
Thad and Terry; Tori, Lizzie and LLH; Tables filled with happy, noisy relatives.
Aug 5: brunch & logrolling demonstrations and opportunities at Waterford Valley, Jay Hoeschler's development. Mid-left: Parki and Janice do remarkably well.
Sep 2: State Fair! JGH and Hildur; Gwen and Steve Heitzeg.
Heather returns from taking Meagan to Holy Cross. Janice, JGH and Heather.
John Bisbee, talented Brunswick, ME sculptor (and Ann Porter's son) visits us in MN for a delightful weekend.
Meredith Wilson, designer and friend, helps oversee our Edgcumbe office conversion to better views with improved internet and electric outlets (and a balcony to boot).
Road trip to Northfield, MN to visit 2 David Slawson gardens: backyard of Prof. Bardwell Smith; Carleton College garden.
Top rt: friend of JGH stunning home near Northfield...Edgcumbe Japanese garden has slow but steady improvements.
Thanksgiving in England: Nov 16-24, 2001. All photos, Nov. 23, Newmarket. Fritz & Julia's house & yard. Cadillac cats.
Fritz and Juli's dear rental abode. Kids cook for us post Thanksgiving. Newmarket is a big horse area.
Hildur stays with us while Laura and John Doyle cruise. Dec. 10: HWL is 87: cake & mouse offered!
12/24: Janice & Meagan leave car at Edgcumbe and go to Hawaii to see Heather. Christmas Day, Hildur & K's friend Lara. Santa Kris exhausted cook. 12/29/01 I tailor a dress & we take Janet to Assembly Dance in LaX, WI. (She is quite stiff but still elegant.)
New Year's Day 2002 brunch with composer Larry Siegel and his family.
Celebrating Laura Doyle's 56th birthday Feb 2002 at the Carousel Lounge at the Top of the Hilton in downtown St Paul. Vince and John Doyle; LLH and Janice Hoeschler.
Feb 16: Party for Jack's 60th at Ranheims. Live music, but of course! Photo gallery of JGH for party: Early years; Hoeschler Christmas cards.
More JGH photo posters: High school. College. JGH-LLH family through the years.
3/10: Dinner at Edgcumbe to launch Composer Institute at MNOrch. LLH & Michael Steinberg. KBH. Ice storm - gorgeous! Mar 31, 2002: Easter. (Solid chocolate rabbit from Maude Borrup in St Paul; sigh). Daughter and Mother.
Michael and Hildur Lovas; Laura Doyle and KBH; Terry O'Brien with Bill Banfield; KBH and Terry; Poster of Easter through the years.