Book 26: 2003-04
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Oct 2, 2003: The Minnesota Commissioning Club charges Conductor and Composer Stanislaw Skrowaczewski to write "Symphony [2003]" dedicated to the late Ken Dayton, supporter of Stan and the Minnesota Orchestra. Very emotional for all. At the post-concert reception in Orchestra Hall, LLH presents Stan's (Skrovy's) birthday cake after the concert. Judy Dayton and the birthday boy. Conductor Henry Charles Smith, Christina Skrowaczewski & JGH. Luther Ranheim & Skrovy's daughter-in-law. Nick Nash in Brit emblems with music annotator and lecturer, Mary Ann Feldman.
Betty Myers and Fred Sewell. The Minnesota Commissioning Club poses with the Maestro after concert. Stan & Judy Dayton. Luther Ranheims's 30th birthday. Terry O'Brien. Janet Hoeschler's devoted caregivers: Pat, Jan, Sharon & Nancy.
Glorious fall maples at the cabin.
KBH practicing? Oct 19: George and Kathy May's pre-wedding party for TOB and KBH.
Oct 25: Gardening shower for KBH at Sewell's. Hildur Lovas; Anne Baldy Murphy with mom Jeanne Baldy; Thelma Hunter, co-host. The be-ribboned bride to be!
10/31: Hallowe'en prenuptial party hosted by Rick and Susie Chaffee for the betrothed: Bride of Frankenstein and Frankenstein's Monster. TOB and KBH bracket the Chaffees. KBH & Best Man (Peter Butler) all dressed up. Tomy & Alvina O'Brien with LLH. Father & lovely daughter.
Personal shower at Ranheims': Nov 8. Hostess Judy Ranheim. KBH with friend; KBH with Rachel Seymour. Mary Doyle, Joni Bussen, Patty Paulus. LLH with Leaetta Hough. Laura Doyle, KBH, Hildur Lovas and Mary Doyle.
KBH with thong; Mary Doyle, Rachel, Liz & Emily Nystrom. 11/27 Thanksgiving at Doyles: Bruce Nelligan & LLH; Tracy Watts, KBH, Tracy Doyle. Katie & Ward Nelligan. Nov 29: Just dressed for a lovely wedding.
11/30: TOB and KBH with NY Times announcement & anniversary cake. JGH just before wedding, bearing up well! Janice, Jack & Jake at PRU meeting. Meagan, Jack, & Heather. Lovely Xmas tree.
Dec 10: Hildur turns 89; we celebrate with family dinner at Edgcumbe. Lovely orchids from Skrowaczewski & TO'B Sr. Whirling squirrel with impressive stamina and recovery!
Christmas Day, the two elves: KBH and Crystal! We host a number of delightful guests who have emigrated from Togo: Benoit & Modeste. Wilfried, Mother & Benoit. Modeste, Andrea Murray, TO'B & LLH. KBH & her grandmother, Hildur Lovas.
Jan 1-11: Visit to Susie and Rick Chaffee's Sula, Montana cabin Bob & Chris Larson from Mpls join us. Lovely cutter.
Xmas day feast of crown roast of pork: JGH presents & carves. KBH and TOB. 12/26: Carriage ride at Gem Lake: Neighbors Tony & Mike treat us, even hoisting a candelabra!
Bob Larson carves sign. Nike the dog.
Lower row: Back home, our own wildlife.
Blakely, AL (outside Mobile.) Town wiped out by disease in 1820s. Crossing river (major AL road). Fritz & Jack study Civil War site where John Jacob Hoescheler, JGH's great grandfather, fought in the Battle of Mobile (after war ended, but word hadn't reached commanders). Lower left: Redoubt 4, Southern.
Coyote in side yard. Stephen, Sonja, Tyler & Zack Lovas. 1/22-26: Trip to Pensacola to visit Fritz and Juli. Jack and Juli pose in front of their new house. At Pensacola Naval/AF base with Thad's jet. Fritz and Juli in hangar. Downtown Pensacola park.
This site is particularly interesting and heartbreaking since it feels as if the bloodied troops had just left. Tensaw River.
St. Paul Winter Carnival scenes: ice castle and JGH skating. Pileated Woodpecker. Photo: St. Paul Pioneer Press, Sakura Restaurant (we are photographed for a news article).
Hiding tree. Site of Hoodless boat works in Milton, FL (Hoodless family moved from Brooklyn to make wooden ships for the South in the Civil War). Bagdad, FL Church. Aleta, JGH, Byrd & Paula Mapoles, Charles & LLH. Fritz shoots pool in Ken Hoodless' home "museum."
Assembly Ball, 12/03. Kids honeymooned up North.
Dinner with Doyles: Steve Doyle just back from Iraq. Mar 7: Naples, FL fishing with Ann & Frank Porter from Massachusetts; Jack's mackerel. Cleaning up.
Frank & Ann Porter, fishing guide & us. Mar 9: we drive to Del Ray and the disappointing Morikami Garden (lots of muddy water!).
Mar 13: we meet Fritz & Julia in Orlando and go to the fabulous Morse Museum in Winter Park (non-pareil Tiffany collection). In the afternoon we head to DisneyWorld; lunch in the castle.
Carousel ride at Disneyworld. Mar 15: FRH, Juli, LLH and JGH on Skipperline cruise. Mar 16: Jack & Fritz sail catamaran. Mar 17: Clyde Butcher, photographer of and in the incredible Everglades.
Chinese scientists whom we meet in Everglades. Coral Gables visit where we see Bjorn Ranheim (playing cello in the New World Symphony) and friend. On Miami Beach with Fritz and Julia.
Easter in La Crosse, April 12 (unsure if Janet knows who we are). 4/25: Trip to Geneseo, IL home of many LLH Johnson ancestors. Mid left: Henry Cty courthouse in Cambridge, IL. Nearby Bishop Hill (BH): 19th century Swedish emigrant commune/cult. Our B& B. B.H. Methodist Church. BH restaurant.
Bishop Hill (a commune of 1847-60) hotel. Northside Cemetery in Geneseo, IL: Gravesites of Carolina Nilsdotter Johnson (LLH Gr-Gr grandmother) & her sister Anna Nilsdotter. Swanson. Mizpah Cemetery on Geneseo outskirts and in sight of the Johnson farm: Lars Johnson (Carolina's husband) & his 2nd wife, Christina, are buried. Laura Doyle and Helen Marie Wederquist Nelligan.
May 9: Mother's Day at the Gem Lake cabin; Hildur, Mary and Vince Doyle at the table. JGH and Larry Siegel, who also plays piano. KBH and TOB. Jack and LLH return from Morocco--Jack in mufti with TOB. Mother snapper lays eggs.
June 13-14: Trip to LaX. Meet with Janet's caregivers. JGH and Bob Coe, wonderful family friend and retired Trane engineer who oversees staff scheduling and home maintenance. Janet at Dr. Udell's. LLH with Janice & her horse. Sue Motschman funeral reception (Motschmans owned LaX ski hill.)
Jun 30: Loons & 2 chicks; by July 4, only 1 chick. Liz (former staff member of American Composers Forum) & Laura Schmidt Jennings. July 3: we board a barge to greet St. Paul's grand River Fest. Hildur & Jack. KBH and LLH.
Crowds greet us in rain at journey's end on the Mississippi.
July 7: Commissioning Club meeting at our cabin (our summer meeting is usually at Gem Lake). July 18: Surprise 60th birthday party for LLH at Dick & Finette Magnuson's comely barn in WI. Early morning set-up: Karen Lundholm does flowers: KBH & servers.
I arrive to tears. Ruben Ristrom & a Swedish trio provide music. Kristen, Dick Magnuson, LLH & JGH.
Birthday party guests: Carol Heen & Charlie Boone; Kevin McDonough and LLH; John Doyle, KBH, Laura Doyle, TOB; Christine Podas-Larson and Luther Ranheim; Julie Himmelstrup and Finette Magnuson; Leaetta Hough and Kathy Robins.
Gorgeous buffet. 60! (Doesn't 50 sound young?). (Best gift: Kristen tells LLH she's pregnant!)
Nick Nash & Emilie Buchwald offer touching tributes, to which LLH responds. Jack and LLH dance to 'Linda!'
Many varieties of dancing in the Magnuson barn--delightful! Square dance caller. Hildur Lovas and Meredith Wilson. Beloved loons.
We fly to LA for Seamus Culligan's wedding to Dustin Hoffman's daughter, Jenna. LLH, Pock Otis and Laura Johnson. JGH shows off! Dinner at Leaetta Hough's Summit Avenue home: LLH and Leaetta Hough; Fritz, Jack and Linda.
Seamus Culligan and Jenna Hoffman. Mid-August visit by Fritz and Juli; we all drive down the East side of the Mississippi to LaX.
At the Coulee home with Fritz and Juli; the last time we see Janet Bowe Hoeschler alive. Newly purchased painting of Havana White Cathedral by Cuban artist. State Fair with Hildur on Aug 27, our 38th wedding anniversary.
Photos for St. Paul Foundation Annual Report taken at end of June. Oct 9: Family dinner before funeral of Janet Hoeschler. Oct 10: Janet's burial at Mormon Coulee Cemetery, a Hoeschler enterprise, JGH with Uncle Bob Hoeschler; Bob with KBH and TOB.
10/23: Antietam with the O'Briens.
Minister; Jay, JGH, LLH and Judy Hoeschler; Heather and JGH. Oct 22: Gettysburg--the 2 Terry O'Briens.
Gwen O'Brien & Thomas Donaldson; Bloody Lane in Antietam. Irish Brigade monument. Burntside Bridge.
Sunday: 10/24, Harpers Ferry. 10/10, Boat ride after Nana's funeral. August lunch with Janice & Heather.
11/20-29: London with K & Terry. 11/21, Service at Westminster, then cab to the British Museum.
1977 LLH and KBH at Peter Pan statue; 2004, same place, same girl! 12/3/04, JGH and LLH travel to Chicago for Stephen Paulus premiere "Above Me, Round Me Lie" in honor of Judith Dwyer's Presidential inauguration and Founders Day, St Xavier University. Dec 11: Hildur Wederquist Lovas' 90th birthday party at Presbyterian Homes.
Hildur's b-day party attendees (partial): Kristen & Beth Becker; Vince Doyle, Jim Bussen, KBH. We leave the party at Presbyterian Homes in Arden Hills, MN and fly to Pensacola, FL for Charles Hoodless' funeral in Milton FL the very next day. Dec 13: King's College reception: JGH, LLH, KBH and TOB. 12/15, Terry is 38! Dinner for him at Edgcumbe with be-candled poached pears for a peach of a fellow.
Christmas Eve, Norwegian fare at Ranheims: JGH and LLH; Bjorn Judy, David and Luther Ranheim. Christmas Day in my Hungarian vest. Lovely table for 10 (if I do say so, myself!). Vince Doyle, Christmas tea.
Swedish almond pudding for dessert. Tracy & newborn Aiden Doyle in Atlanta. Mary Doyle. Joan & Terry O'Brien. St Stephen's Feast Day hawks at Edgcumbe.
12/26: Skating at Gem Lake, gorgeous! Alek Sweet. JGH & KBH. Mannillos. JGH & Mary Ann Feldman, lovely pair of skaters.
12/27: Tori: Dinner at Jake & Maureen Hoeschler's. Mai Vang. Kendall-Schilperoort family. Genealogy tutorial for Debra Frasier & Carol Heen.
Maureen & Max, RIP; TOB and Tori. More boat ride photos following Nana's service in October.