| Nixon resigns |
Oct-73 |
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Aug-74 |
KCD places personal ad in Real Paper. MMO replies. |
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Sep-74 |
KCD & MMO meet at Central Sq. T stop; go
on first date; see Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage.
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| Anti school busing riots in Boston |
Oct-74 |
KCD & MMO have one-beer dates on Fridays |
| Microsoft Corp founded |
Jun-75 |
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| US abandons South Vietnam – war over |
Jun-75 |
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Sep-75 |
KCD & MMO start at Wentworth Institute |
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Sep-75 |
MMO work – takes tickets at Brattle Theatre
working for Harvey Meyerson. KCD serves fish at restaurant near Porter
Sq. |
Saturday Night Live
1st broadcast |
Sep-75 |
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May-76 |
MMO moves in with KCD and children at 249 Western
Ave |
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Jun-76 |
MMO work – Stevens-Arnold South Boston – machinist |
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Dec-76 |
Torrey & Jane Orton visit during heavy
snow storm. Fire rages on River St. Jane defeats everyone in air hockey. |
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Jun-77 |
KCD work – Arthur D. Little – machinist |
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Jun-77 |
MMO & KCD graduate from Wentworth |
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Jun-77 |
Wedding June 19, 1977 at Cambridge Community
Center |
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Jul-77 |
MMO work – Minuteman Labs – mechanical designer,
Acton, MA |
Movies: Star Wars, Saturday Night
Fever, Annie Hall |
Dec-77 |
Renovations to 266 Western Ave – begin sweat
equity |
| The Great Blizzard |
Feb-78 |
Buy 266 Western from RCCC – continue renovations
– The Great Blizzard |
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Aug-78 |
Move into 266 Western |
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Sep-78 |
KCD work – Cambridge Rindge & Latin High
School – Voc Ed, Title 1,Math, Newspaper |
Red Sox loose World Series despite
Fisk homer in 6th game |
Oct-78 |
1st Head of the Charles Regatta Party – series
runs unbroken until 1995 |
| Three Mile Island nuclear plant “accident” |
May-79 |
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Jul-79 |
Cheryl Davis moves to California,
drives cross country- solo. Arrives on 4th of July. |
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Aug-79 |
Buy 52 Kinnaird: Move in to first
floor – kids declare, “We’ve moved to the suburbs!” |
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Sep-79 |
52 Kinnaird: construction on 2nd
floor begins |
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Sep-79 |
First family computer – Radio Shack TRS80 “Trash
80” -$2,000 -every computer wsince costs the same. |
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Sep-79 |
MMO work – MIT Biomechanics Lab Building 3
– staff engineer |
| Larry Bird starts playing for Celtics |
Oct-79 |
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Pink Floyd releases The
Wall |
Nov-79 |
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May-80 |
52 Kinnaird: construction ends on 2nd floor
– family occupies 2nd floor |
| Mt. St. Helens erupts |
May-80 |
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Sep-80 |
KCD work – Chelsea High printing teacher |
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Sep-80 |
MMO work – C&K Design Engineer |
| Reagan starts first term as President |
Jan-81 |
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| IBM introduces “PC” |
May-81 |
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Jun-81 |
KCD work – ECRM – Application Specialist, Bedford,
MA |
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Sep-81 |
AJL starts high school |
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May-82 |
52 Kinnaird: construction – 1st floor bathroom,
laundry room, closets in bedrooms. |
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Jun-82 |
Ida and Louis Davis spend 1st summer at 42
Kinnaird St |
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Jun-82 |
MMO, KCD, & JDL Green Tortoise bus from
Boston to LA. AJL meets us there |
| AIDS epidemic identified |
Jun-82 |
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Jul-82 |
KCD 40th birthday |
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Sep-82 |
KCD work – Quadex – Training Specialist, Cambridge |
| Internet protocols TCP/IP established |
Oct-82 |
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Reagan announce Star Wars defense
plan |
May-83 |
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Sep-83 |
JDL starts at Cambridge Rindge & Latin
High School |
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Sep-83 |
MMO & KCD cross Canada on RR |
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Sep-83 |
MMO starts at Augat – 8 positions over 9 years
in 3 locations |
Apple Computer introduces Macintosh
with Superbowl Ad |
Jan-84 |
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Jun-84 |
KCD at Womens Technical Institute – Director
of Curriculum |
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Jul-84 |
KCD & MMO give up plywood on concrete block
bed for new futon bed, gift of Karen’s parents – hippy days are over;
middle age is at hand!! |
| Ozone hole discovered over Antarctica |
Oct-84 |
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Nov-84 |
2nd computer – Mac Plus – $2,000 |
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Nov-84 |
KCD & children Virgin Islands |
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Dec-84 |
Louis Davis dies |
| Iran Contra Gate |
Jan-85 |
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Jun-85 |
AJL graduates from high school |
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Aug-85 |
KCD work – Karen at Kodak Electronic Printing
Systems (Eikonix) |
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Sep-85 |
AJL starts at Bowdoin College, 3rd generation
of Londons; even Mark’s mother is pleased (her brothers went there) |
1st Internet virus attacks 6,000
computers |
Oct-85 |
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Mar-86 |
KCD & MMO in Puerto Rico |
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Apr-86 |
MMO – Milan for work and Paris with Harvey
Meyerson |
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May-86 |
52 Kinnaird St: 3rd floor construction begins,
5 skylights added, master bath with 6 ft tub, new roofing |
Nuclear plant at Chernobyl in USSR
blows up |
May-86 |
Karen to Rome, Paris, Dueseldorf (for Kodak)
nuclear fallout fears in Europe |
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Mar-87 |
KCD & MMO in Jamaica – explore relaxation
as a vacation style |
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Jun-87 |
52 Kinnaird: construction – 2nd floor porch
with wood stove and deck. |
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Jun-87 |
JDL graduates from high school |
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Aug-87 |
MMO – Taiwan (work) & Australia (Torrey
& Jane) |
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Sep-87 |
JDL starts at Hofstra University |
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Sep-87 |
MMO 40th birthday |
| Stock market crashes |
Oct-87 |
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Feb-88 |
KCD & MMO Big Bend National Park Texas
– discover “snow birds” |
| Mike Dukakis rides in Army tank |
Apr-88 |
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Jun-88 |
KCD & MMO Southwest w/ AJL & JDL. Great
adventure on Burr Trail |
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Jul-88 |
52 Kinnaird St: 3rd floor construction complete
– KCD & MMO move into “master suite” |
| Tianamen Square massacre in China |
Jun-89 |
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Sep-89 |
JDL begins Peace Studies around the world year |
| Earthquake in San Francisco, |
Oct-89 |
Carol Orton rides out earthquake in office
tower in SF. Cheryl Davis unhurt in earthquake. Apartment trashed. |
President Bush announces “No
More Broccoli!” |
Oct-89 |
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Dec-89 |
KCD travels to India for 3 weeks (spends 3
days with JDL in New Delhi & Agra) |
| Hubble Telescope launched into space |
May-90 |
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Jun-90 |
Ed O and Meredith Morgan marry. KCD and MMO
are stunned by double ring ceremony. |
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Jun-90 |
KCD & MMO in Washington, DC, Virginia &
West VA |
Lech Walesa elected President of
Poland |
Jun-90 |
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Aug-90 |
Ida Davis marries Joe Caminsky. Moves to 36
Kinnaird St. |
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Sep-90 |
JDL at Brandeis University. Proves he can hit
the academic curve ball. |
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Sep-90 |
Patrice Simms arrives at 52 Kinnaird for sojourn
at Northeastern University. |
August Wilson wins Pulitzer Prize
for The Piano Lesson |
Oct-90 |
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| Berlin Wall torn down |
Nov-90 |
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Mar-91 |
MMO & KCD in Mexico |
| Nelson Mandela freed from prison |
Jun-91 |
AJL moves to NYC to continue work with NewsEdge. |
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Jun-91 |
JDL graduates from Hofstra University |
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Jun-91 |
KCD & MMO exchange wedding rings for second
time. Gold replaces copper. Inspired by Ed & Meredith’s double
ring ceremony |
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Sep-91 |
KCD hikes hut to hut in White Mountains |
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Sep-91 |
KCD work – KCD to Industrial Services Program |
Riots in Los Angeles after Rodney
King verdict |
May-92 |
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Jun-92 |
KCD & MMO Glacier National Park w/ Ed &
Meredith |
| Larry Birds retires from Celtics |
Jun-92 |
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FBI burns Branch Davidians in Waco,
TX |
Jul-92 |
Surprise 50th Birthday for KCD at Cambridge
Community Center |
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Aug-92 |
MMO work – Augat fires Mark |
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Sep-92 |
JDL starts graduate school at UW |
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Sep-92 |
KCD breaks foot on hike in Princeton, MA. MMO
says, “Its nothing” and they hobble a mile to the car. |
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Oct-92 |
3rd computer – Mac Centris 610 – $2,000 |
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Oct-92 |
KCD & AJL to Southwest and Albuquerque
Balloon Festival |
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Oct-92 |
KCD & MMO Midwest loop Chicago, Hyde Park,
Galena, Madison, WI (see JDL at UW), LaCrosse, Frank Lloyd Wright |
Pope Paul admits error in Galileo
affair in 1630’s |
Oct-92 |
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President Clinton begins disappointing
terms in office |
Jan-93 |
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May-93 |
Patrice Simms graduates from Northeastern Summa
Cum Laude |
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Jun-93 |
52 Kinnaird: build darkroom in 1st floor closet |
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Jun-93 |
MMO & KCD do Boston By Foot Tours |
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Sep-93 |
MMO Doc Linskey 5 mile race |
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Oct-93 |
Southwest |
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Nov-93 |
MMO Boston Police Chase – 5 miles; finishes
in personal best 56 minutes. |
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Mar-94 |
MMO work – Manufacturing Extension Partnership
start up in Lowell, MA |
Nelson Mandela elected President
of South Africa |
May-94 |
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Jun-94 |
MMO & KCD Cascade Mtns, Mt St Helens, Mt
Rainier, Seattle |
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Sep-94 |
KCD work – Karen starts photography & writing
full time |
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Sep-94 |
MMO & KCD Doc Linskey 5 mile race |
| OJ Simpson takes freeway ride |
Oct-94 |
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Pizza Hut begins to sell pizza on
the Internet |
Oct-94 |
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Feb-95 |
MMO work – New England Suppliers Institute.
Starts working with Sherry Gordon with whom later starts Valuedge,
Inc. |
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Mar-95 |
MMO and KCD to Paris |
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May-95 |
52 Kinnaird: rock garden construction begins
and continues sporadically to present |
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Jun-95 |
Two new bikes for KCD & MMO gift from children |
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Oct-95 |
Head of the Charles Regatta Party goes on extended
sabbatical |
Toy Story released
to movie theatres. First fully computer-animated movie |
Nov-95 |
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Apr-96 |
MMO & KCD Florida East to West Coast, Everglades
and visit Ida & Joe in West Palm Beach |
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Jun-96 |
52 Kinnaird: Begin construction of 1st floor
apartment. Move darkroom to second floor |
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Jun-96 |
Cheryl Davis pulls through critical illness |
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Sep-96 |
52 Kinnaird: End construction of 1st floor
apartment. Kristen Graves becomes first and only tenant. |
| Taliban takeover Afghanistan |
Sep-96 |
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Apr-97 |
52 Kinnaird: Begin rebuild of 2nd floor kitchen,
add wall to create separate studio space for KCD, complete finish
work on stairway to 3rd floor |
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Jul-97 |
52 Kinnaird: end 2nd floor construction |
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Aug-97 |
Family Reunion at Nantasket Beach |
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Sep-97 |
MMO 50th birthday |
Starbucks Coffee opens in Central
Square – Western civilization slumps in despair |
Nov-97 |
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Jan-98 |
KCD work – 1st show at Gallery 57 Cambridge,
MA |
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Feb-98 |
KCD work – F8 Photography Group has first show
in Concord, MA |
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Mar-98 |
4th computer – Mac PowerPC 233 – $2,000 |
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Aug-98 |
Nantasket Beach House |
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Sep-98 |
JDL in Vietnam and Australia over three years
with stops at 52 Kinnaird |
| President Clinton impeached |
Sep-98 |
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Oct-98 |
MMO & KCD to King Biscuit Blues Festival-
Helena Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Memphis, TN |
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Nov-98 |
Ida Davis dies |
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Jan-99 |
KCD work – show at University Place |
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Mar-99 |
KCD work – Boat Building at Boston Public Library |
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Mar-99 |
MMO work – NESI, Inc. spins off |
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May-99 |
Noah Davis G. born. Herd of newbie Grandparents
(G.s, Londons, KCD & MMO) wait it out. |
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Jun-99 |
KCD work – For Patrons Only at Mass Museum of Contemporary Art – continuing show |
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Aug-99 |
Nantasket Beach House |
| “dotCom” speculation begins |
Sep-99 |
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Oct-99 |
Nancy Orton dies |
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Dec-99 |
KCD & MMO publish Pretensions – art world agog |
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Dec-99 |
KCD goes to Vietnam tours country with JDL.
Stops in Shanghai, visits Danielle Sun |
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Apr-00 |
KCD goes to Jackson MS with Linda Larson |
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Apr-00 |
MMO work – Valuedge, Inc. incorporated |
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Jun-00 |
AJL & family move to London |
| “dotCom” speculation fizzles |
Aug-00 |
AJL and John G. marry |
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Aug-00 |
Nantasket Beach House |
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Dec-00 |
MMO AIDS 5 mi. Race. Beaten by 80yr old woman |
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Mar-01 |
KCD work – “New England Photographers
’01” at Danforth Museum, Framingham MA |
1st $million condo sold on Kinnaird
St. |
May-01 |
KCD to Jackson MS |
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Jun-01 |
5th Computer – Mac iBook with wireless connection
to Internet – $2,000 |
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Jun-01 |
MMO starts Lyme disease plague year – spends
a month in bed with Nurse Karen propping him up. |
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Aug-01 |
Nantasket Beach House |
| 9/11 Terrorist Attack |
Sep-01 |
JDL returns to UW in Madison |
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Sep-01 |
KCD work – Child’s Play with Mary Lang at Newton Free Library |
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Sep-01 |
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| Patriots win SuperBowl |
Feb-02 |
AJL and family return to NYC |
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Jun-02 |
KCD work – Lines, Arc and
Other City Pictures at MIT Dean’s Gallery |
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Jun-02 |
KCD to Jackson MS |
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Jun-02 |
MMO & KCD 25th wedding anniversary |
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Jul-02 |
KCD – 60th Birthday |
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Jul-02 |
Nantasket Beach House |
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Oct-02 |
Anniversary Party at Cambridge Community Center
where it all started |
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Nov-02 |
Andrea gives birth to second grand child, Nyla
Olivia G. – November 9, 2002 in New York City |
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May-03 |
Jonathan gets PhD May 16, 2003. Big family
event with many in attendance. |
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