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News from Gene & Leona Augustin 30jul2002
Prince George 1996: Ken Lund
In a family as large as this, it is hard to get to know everyone.
Did you know Ken Lund is the oldest cousin? He was already a
young man when I was born.
He knew me long before I knew him. It was not until the summer before
this one that he and I had a chance to meet as adults and to talk and
to get to know one another.
Ken spent some time in Spences Bridge, BC, where Mom (Laurette) lives.
He was working on a lot he had bought by the river. We sat, evenings,
and talked of many things.
Ken is an energy-giver. There are those that make you feel as though
you had just stayed up all night, and there are those who leave you
feeling enthused about life. Ken is the latter. He has the gift of
being able to communicate his excitement about what he is involved
in; the talent for making you care. It is a sort of charisma that
Ken has. Puppies and great leaders have it too.
During the heat of the Spences Bridge summer day, while Ken was
working on his lot, many of the locals would stop by to chat. He
attracted them, and the lot became a meeting place. Later in the
summer, after Ken sold the lot and returned to Prince George, these
locals would tell how they missed having him there.
In the evenings we would sit on Mom's patio and talk of Jamaica,
traveling, housebuilding, and sometimes just ideas. Ken showed an
interest in everything and, no matter how esoteric the topic, he
was able to add a new perspective to it. I came to enjoy the
surprises his active mind offers. He is a natural storyteller.
The last time I saw Ken that summer was at Laverne's in Chilliwack.
He had a newly-bought motor home and was planning some travel.
During this past month, Ken made a trip to say good by to his
daughter on Vancouver Island. On the way back he stopped to see
his sister Barbara, Laurette, and his aunt and childhood friend
Laverne.
Ken is in a hospice in Prince George.
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Lynden WA 8nov2002: On this date aunt Mabel Cutler is 99 years old! She still remembers everyone in the family and who begat whom. She really lights up when she has visitors. Aunt Laurette Alexander goes there often to play piano for Mabel; an activity Mabel loves. Mabel's name will be one of a million names etched on foil
and flown aboard Japan's MUSES-C spacecraft to a deep space rendezvous
with asteroid 1998SF36. Details can be found
here.
Family events, Spring 2002
A few days later Gene and Leona Augustin, their daughter
Leah Ott, and their grandson Harrison (2) came to visit.
We looked at pictures and talked about family genealogy.
Leah is doing some genealogical work on the Albrecht
family.
Mom does some local entertaining on a regular basis now.
She conducts sing-alongs at nursing homes. She has rented
a garden plot from the local college and will be planting a
garden soon.
I moved to Chilliwack early this year. I am still a
Canadian citizen. When the folks at the (US) border
learned I was moving back to Canada, they yanked my green
card. I have been writing on a regular basis and have
started a writers' group here in town. I hope to have
something to sell soon, though the word is that full-time
writers average about $7000.00 a year. Yippee!
My daughters are all well. Lisa lives in Minneapolis with
her husband Mark. She works at AT&T Wireless. If you have
been late paying your cell phone bill, you may have talked
with her. Chelsea spent a month in Mexico becoming
certified to teach yoga. Krystal plays alto sax in an
honors band (from several Bellevue, WA schools) and is
becoming a good writer. Chelsea and I are planning a
journey to the midwest this summer where we will go camping
with Mark and Lisa. That could be a perilous activity
because the state bird in Minnesota is the mosquito, and
the last time I was there I had to wear a face mask to
avoid breathing them. Minnesotans are not complainers
though. In fact, the state motto is, "can't complain". I
think its in latin though. I'll have to brush up on my
Saweeeedish accent.
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