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Monday, November 29, 2010
Easy Peasy Homemade Yogurt
We go through a lot of yogurt in our house ... so much, in fact, that I seriously considered buying a share in an organic cow. Well, not really ... but it did give me reason to start making my own.
I do this the easy way, and on the cheap. Whenever I see organic milk marked down at the shop I buy up. Then I make some organic plain yogurt to the tune of 4 L for $3 to $4. (Incidentally, that's about 1/7th of normal price). It stores well, and tastes amazing ... and I can add jam or honey to sweeten it up. But there's nothing in there but milk and culture, and I love that!
(Nelle does too)
The time
20 min heating + 30-60 min cooling + o/night culturing
(but hardly any time actually standing there doing stuff)
The ingredients
2 L milk (whole milk is yummiest)
4 Tbs milk powder (optional - it just makes the yogurt thicker)
1/2 c yogurt (from a previous batch or store-bought)
*Use organic milk if you can ... and if you can get unpasteurised - even better!
+ a cooking thermometer
+ glass jars with lids - I recycle store-bought jam/cream/sauce jars for this
+ lovely thrifted cocktail glasses, for serving
The process
1. Slowly heat up the milk and milk powder in a large, stainless steel pan to 85-90C (185F). I do this on medium heat and just leave it for the first 15 min or so ... then as it starts to get hotter I attend to it with a whisk to make sure it doesn't burn on the bottom of the pan.
2. When the milk hits 85-90C, take it off the heat and cover until it cools to 50C (120F).
3. Meanwhile, sterilise your jars and lids by washing them in hot, soapy water and then drying them in an oven set to 60C (140F) for 20-30 min.
4. When the milk has cooled to 50C (120F), ladle out 1/2 c and mix it with 1/2 c of yogurt. It's best to use fresh yogurt for this ... like opening your last jar of the previous batch. Now and then you'll have to refresh with store-bought yogurt, just to keep the cultures at their best.
5. Mix the yogurt/milk mixture back into the pan of milk, stirring well. This is where you distribute the yogurt cultures through the whole volume of milk.
6. Turn off the oven, and take your jars out. Ladle the contents of the pan into them, one by one. Fill them up almost to the top, tightly lidding them as you go.
7. When the oven is mostly cool, wrap the yogurt jars in a thick towel and put them into it. Leave overnight (or around 12 hrs, if you're doing this in the morning). Whatever you do, don't turn on the oven! I just find the oven a warm, draft-free place for the cultures to do their thing. Feel free to use a cupboard or cooler or esky or whatever if you prefer.
8. When they're done, they should be nice and thick and (probably) the lids will be vacuum sealed. Store in the fridge for up to a couple of weeks. I haven't had a sealed homemade yogurt go off yet ... but I can't say it doesn't happen. Just use your best judgement.
My organic homemade yogurt usually costs me around $0.75 - $1 per litre.
8 comments:
- site said... [Reply to comment]
I can;t get rid of taking it everytime i see some. So yummy!
- May 31, 2011 at 10:31 AM
- beverlymm said... [Reply to comment]
How would you make greek yoghurt? and, Do you have to use jars and vacuum seal the lids? Is there a way to pour it into a bowl somehow and let it set in the fridge? (As you can see, I know nothing about yoghurt making but I am very interested.) Can you reuse the lids or do you have to buy new ones each time?
- July 8, 2011 at 11:57 AM
- Bec said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Amanda, linked your post to my Greek yoghurt one... not skilled enough to know how to give it a proper backlink, or if that is even possible on Blogger! Here you go:
- July 10, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Bec said... [Reply to comment]
Hi Beverlymm, just noticed your comment! I make greek yoghurt by straining it through muslin cloth... removes excess liquid, leaving it super creamy.
Hope this helps!
- July 10, 2011 at 9:15 AM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
Thanks Bec! Lovely!
- July 11, 2011 at 4:49 AM
Do you leave the light on in the oven? Other recipes I've seen for yogurt say to do this.
- May 24, 2012 at 11:17 PM
- Matthew Gasperoni said... [Reply to comment]
I dug my spoon in last night just to check (almost too easy to believe) ... awesome! It now makes the labneh even more practical and cheap!! Thanks! ... question ... how often (and why?) do you need to replace the starter batch with fresh yogurt?
- May 11, 2013 at 1:57 PM
- Easy peasy organic said... [Reply to comment]
@Matthew Gasperoni Hi - I've read that you should refresh after 5 or so batches, but I bet that's pretty arbitrary. Whenever it suits you to refresh before then would probably work. Personally, I tend to forget and then run out of yogurt ... so I end up buying a new batch and starting all over anyway :)
- May 11, 2013 at 4:25 PM


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2013 Central City Flower Girls are announced at afternoon tea held at the Governor's Mansion
Twenty-one young ladies who will have just completed their junior year in high school have accepted bids to be Central City Flower Girls and will be presented when the Central City Opera's 2013 Summer Festival opens on June 29.
The 2013 Flower Girls were introduced at an afternoon tea chaired by Karen Hansen, Dianne Ripley and Karin Woolley and held at the Governor's Mansion.
The Flower Girl presentation dates back to 1932, when Delos and Edna Chappell asked two of their teenaged neighbors — Nancy Kountz and Elaine Oakes — to distribute nosegays to members of the audience at intermission. The Chappells were co-founders of the Central City Opera House Association, and had opened their Denver home for rehearsals of the 1932 season's first production, "Camille."
The nosegay presentation was an adaptation of an even earlier tradition, where the Cornish miners who lived in Central City in the 1880s would toss coins onto the opera house stage as an expression of how they had enjoyed the evening's performance. It remains an element of the opening night festivities.
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Mary Ragan Anthony (Ragan) is a junior at Cherry Creek High School where she is class president and a member of the varsity golf team. She volunteers for Junior Special Olympics, skis for Vail's Big Mountain Ski Team and competes in the Junior Free-Skiing Tour. Her parents are Anita and Wes Anthony of Denver.
Catherine Fallert Atkinson is an Honor Roll junior and member of the National Honor Society at Cherry Creek High School. She plays varsity field hockey and golf, is a member of the Open Arms Society, Creek Connects Mentoring Program, Key Club and Fellowship of Christian Athletes. She has volunteered on behalf of the Women's Foundation of Colorado and the Women's Bean Project and has made a mission trip to Nicaragua. Her parents are Bill and Louise Atkinson of Cherry Hills Village.
Julie Anne Austin is assistant editor of the Cherry Creek High School yearbook, and plays on the varsity golf and basketball teams. She volunteers at food banks and shelters, as well as for the U.S. Women's Open and U.S. Amateur golf championships. Her parents are Bob and Christie Austin of Cherry Hills Village.
Carrie Belle Deline is a fourth-generation Coloradan whose family was active in civil engineering, manufacturing, retail and farming. Her sister was a Flower Girl in 2009, and her mother has been named the Flower Girl Chair for 2014. Carrie also is a fourth-generation St. Mary's Academy student, where she has played varsity level volleyball and soccer, participated in Mock Trial and is active in the Student Council's Spirit Club. A gifted synchronized swimmer, Carrie has placed first in the Rocky Mountain Summer Synchronized Swimming Duets team for 10 consecutive years. Her volunteer activities include Food Bank of the Rockies and working with students at Schmidt Elementary School. Her parents are Tom and Meg Deline of Denver.
Early Stone Ferguson is the granddaughter of Central City Opera board member Barbara Ferguson, who is also the founder of the Central City Opera House Association Guild. Early attends the Alexander Dawson School, where she is an honor student, yearbook editor and a volunteer for Teens Ending Emotional Abuse. She is also an avid skier, traveler and lover of all genres of music. Her parents are Craig Ferguson of Lyons and Sally Truitt.
Sophia Ann Fox is an Honor Roll student at Colorado Academy, where she plays on the field hockey and soccer teams, is student director of H.O.P.E. (Helping Other People Eat) and an active supporter of AfricaAid. She is also a past recipient of the Timothy Johnson Service and Leadership award from Graland Country Day School. Sophia enjoys skiing, cooking, art, photography and fishing and has 150 volunteer hours with the Denver Zoo. Her parents are Jack and Nathalie Fox of Denver.
Elizabeth Emily Francis is a fifth-generation Coloradan and follows both her grandmother and aunt in the tradition of being a Flower Girl. She is spending her junior year studying in Italy through Philips Exeter Academy. In the summer, Emily is a sailing instructor and competitive sailor at the Grand Lake Yacht Club and volunteers for the National Sports Center for the Disabled sailing program. Her parents are Thomas and Carolyn Francis of Denver.
Alannah Paige Gates is a fourth-generation Coloradan, whose family has been active members of the Denver community since the early 1900s. She follows her mother in the Central City Opera Flower Girl tradition. At Heritage High School, Alannah enjoys studying German and playing on the varsity tennis team, where she competed and placed at the state level. She is an active member of her church, and volunteers at a church-sponsored soup kitchen and food bank. Her parents are Mark and Diana Gates of Littleton.
Anna Reed Gibson is a sixth-generation native of Denver and is the great-great-great-granddaughter of John L. Routt, Denver's last territorial and first state governor. She's also an honor roll student at East High School where she plays field hockey and is a member of the yearbook staff. Anna describes herself as a voracious reader who loves to take advantage of the beautiful Colorado outdoors through photography, running, snowshoeing and hiking. Her parents are Chan and Kathy Gibson of Denver.
Rachel Brooke Hanley is a junior at St. Mary's Academy, where she was the recipient of the sophomore class Community Service Award in 2012. She is an honor roll student, varsity field hockey player, student council member, Honor Society member in both Spanish and ceramics, and has been recognized for Excellence in Religious Studies. Rachel enjoys volunteering at the Denver Santa Claus Shop and devoted over 125 hours to the Rise Pre-School during the summer of 2012. Her parents are John and Michelle Hanley of Cherry Hills Village.
Morgan Blakely Hutchison plays lacrosse for J.K. Mullen High School, where she is an honors math and Spanish student, a member of the LaSallian Youth Organization, and Link Crew leader for freshmen. Morgan's sister, Mikeala, and cousin, Haeley, preceded her as Flower Girls. Her parents are Blake and Lora Hutchison of Cherry Hills Village.
Hannah Elise Johnson is a Colorado native whose family has been in the state for over 150 years. She says she is honored to be the first in her family to be a Central City Opera Flower Girl. As a junior at Cherry Creek High School, Hannah is a member of the National Honor Society, a competitive track and field athlete and is enrolled in a medical training course to help prepare for her goal of becoming a dermatologist. Her parents are Irving and Deborah Johnson of Castle Rock and Lisa Johnson of Evergreen.
Rachel Meredith Manning is an honors student at Valor Christian High School. She has been nominated to the National Society of High School Scholars, and is involved in student leadership. Rachel belongs to the Speech and Debate team, is a multi-letter athlete in poms and tennis, writes for the school newspaper and has had lead dance roles in school productions. Outside of school, Rachel is active in Young Life and enjoys skiing, horseback riding, wakeboarding, traveling and hiking. She has also been active in the Denver Ballet Guild programs, started her own photography company, and has trained as a model. Her parents are Michael and Kim Manning of Littleton.
Morgan Claire McGonagle is a fifth-generation Coloradan. Her older sisters, Caitlin and Erin, were both Flower Girls, and her mother, Anne, a Central City Opera board member, was president of the opera guild in 2011 and 2012. At Kent Denver School, Morgan plays varsity soccer, is the head of the A Capella Club and volunteers at the SaddleUp! Foundation. Her parents are Tom and Anne McGonagle of Cherry Hills Village.
Audrey Nicole O'Brien, who attends Burke Mountain Academy in Vermont, is a competitive ski racer currently ranked No. 1 slalom skier in the nation for her age group. She travels extensively through North America for alpine races and spends her summers training in New Zealand and Chile. Outside of ski racing she is an avid reader, enjoys creative writing, plays the piano and guitar and is a member of her school's choir. Her mother and two cousins were Flower Girls. Audrey's parents are Chris and Dana O'Brien of Edwards.
Paige Emma O'Hagan has enjoyed attending the Central City Opera with her mother, aunt and grandmother since she was 6. She plays varsity basketball at St. Mary's Academy and enjoys writing, travel, swimming and reading in her spare time. She has devoted volunteer time to Warren Village and is currently assisting at the Anchor Center for Blind Children. Her parents are Desmond and Carole O'Hagan of Denver.
Katie Lynn Ray, a junior at Legend High School, is involved in two community service projects: Praying Hands Ranch in Colorado and Compassion (Africa.) She is interested in photography, hiking, baking and reading. Her parents are Peter and Lisa Ray of Parker; her mom was a Flower Girl in 1982.
Hannah Rose Reedy has the distinction of being the other Flower Girl granddaughter of Barbara Ferguson, the founding president of the Central City Opera House Association. At Valor Christian High School, Hannah is a member of the Poms/Dance Team. She also participates in two Bible study groups, and recently returned from Uganda, where she worked with the non-profit group, Impact edVentures. She developed her love of nature and adventure in her years at the Cheley Colorado camp, and spent three weeks backpacking in Rocky Mountain National Park. Her parents are Julie Ann Ferguson and Frank McGinty of Centennial.
Emily Marie Seby is a tennis-playing junior at Regis Jesuit High School, where she is active in the Arrupe service club, a Link Leader/Mentor and serves as a volunteer lacrosse coach and student athletic trainer. Emily also volunteers at a soup kitchen and for Net Results Tennis. Her parents are Paul and Kristin Seby of Denver.
Ashley Brooke Sparks is a member of the East High School National Honor Society, and competes in volleyball and swimming. Her sister, Paige, was a Flower Girl in 2011. She is the daughter of Doug and Ann Sparks of Denver.
Nicole Elizabeth Welty is a fifth-generation Coloradan and the great-great-great-granddaughter of a pioneer businessman who established himself in Denver in the 1890s. A student at Colorado Academy, Nicole is an artist, classical harpist and a competitive synchronized figure skater with Denver Synchronicity. She volunteers with the University of Denver's Special Olympics figure skating program, and Colorado Academy's Project H.O.P.E. Her parents are Russ and Betsy Welty of Denver.
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After talking kitchens all week—from cabinet design to marketing programs—designer Christopher Peacock is ready to unwind on the weekends. Where? In his kitchen, of course.
The man who gave us the iconic white kitchen (inspired by classic 19th- and 20th-century British versions) spends most of his at-home time in the kitchen and adjoining family room, hanging out with his three sons and wife Jayne. And, yes, it's a primarily white kitchen, although the Peacocks updated the room with warm gray walls and coral-toned fabric accents.
"I love making the kids bacon and eggs for breakfast on a Saturday morning," says Christopher. "Very often they have friends sleeping over, so I'm cooking for a corral."
The British-born designer founded his upscale cabinet design business in the United States 18 years ago, and has since installed thousands of six-figure kitchens here and abroad. When he and his family moved into a new Colonial house in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 2005, one of their first projects was to change out the kitchen.
With the world of design at his fingertips, you might have expected Christopher to create a blowout showplace at home. Instead, the designer worked within the existing space, redoing the room to suit his busy family's needs and the architectural style of the Colonial house. "As a kitchen designer doing your own kitchen, you feel this inherent pressure to wow people," he says. "But I didn't want to do that. I didn't want to be a walking advertisement for myself."
Opting for refined and simple, Christopher installed white cabinets from his Classic Collection, with polished-nickel hardware. Countertops are honed statuary marble with random gray blotches, an organic pattern that adds drama to the space. "Actually, the tops make the room," says the modest guy who designed the cabinets. "There are these big gray blotches all over, and to me that says real stone; that's what marble should look like."
While the home's existing kitchen was fine, it was too dark for Christopher's taste, with dark cherry cabinets, green granite counters, and a dark cherry floor. Parts of the original kitchen were donated to Habitat for Humanity, so the materials did not go to waste. "By replacing those things with simple but very elegant pieces, I think we really changed the kitchen dramatically," he notes.
The redo wasn't only for aesthetics, however. A cooktop on the island limited eating space and cramped the family's activities. "We needed to clear the center island so we had an area where we could prepare food, lay out a buffet, serve up a dinner, and feed the kids," Christopher says.
It's mostly Jayne, also a native Brit, who prepares such hearty English fare as roasts and vegetables. "She's a great winter cook and does a wonderful beef bourguignon," Christopher says. "I'm not always around, but when I'm home I love to jump in. I'm more of a weekend warrior."
Seating for three at the 4x7-foot island allows the Peacock boys--Jack, 16, Charlie, 14, and Oliver, 10--to sit at the island while their parents work on the opposite side near the sink and range. Refrigerator drawers in the island augment the side-by-side refrigerator and keep foods handy for snacks and beverages.
In replacing the cooktop, the designer created a focal point niche at one end of the room for a new range. The area features a backsplash with 1x6-inch pearlescent glass tiles and a mantel-style hood. Placing the range against the wall also allowed for a powerful ventilation system, equipped to handle the cooking involved in feeding a family of five, "with three boys that eat us out of house and home," Christopher says.
A hutch with crisscross mullions on the upper cabinet doors divides the family room from the kitchen, with plenty of space on either side to move comfortably between the two rooms.
The existing Brazilian cherry floors were sanded and refinished with a chocolate stain that complements the white cabinets. Christopher upped the sheen level so the wide-plank floors bounce light, adding life to the space.
The Peacocks worked with New York interior designer Sophie Thibon to create a comfortable family room with slipcovered sofas and draperies in easy-to-clean white denim fabrics, accented with coral-hued trim and pillows.
"We basically live in those two rooms," Christopher says. "We designed the spaces so there is a nice flow between the rooms and access to the back deck from the family room."
With frequent guests, including family from England, Christopher says the renovation has proved invaluable. "Our kitchen is the central living space of the home. The kids are constantly in and out; they're very social and have lots of friends over," he says. "There are often many different things going on at the same time, but amazingly, it all works."
Photography: John Bessler
Produced by Bonnie Maharam
Kitchen design: Christopher Peacock, Christopher Peacock Home, 2 Dearfield Dr., Greenwich, CT 06830; 203/862-9333, peacockcabinetry.com
Interior design: Sophie Thibon Interiors, 516/319-6381
White cabinets from Christopher Peacock pop against dark-stained Brazilian cherry floors. "Abbey Walls," a warm charcoal-gray hue from Christopher Peacock Paints, accents the crisp white cabinets, trim, and marble countertops (peacockpaints.com). Narrow pearlescent glass tiles from Ann Sacks add shimmer to the backsplash (annsacks.com).
Nickel lanterns from Remains Lighting hang from square-link chains. Ribbed glass creates sparkling effects when lights are on (remains.com).
Two refrigerator drawers on the sink side of the island store frequently used cold foods (subzero.com).
Cabinetry (Classic Collection); hardware: Christopher Peacock Home, 203/862-9333, peacockhome.com.
Wall color ("Abbey Walls" #CPP1-20): Christopher Peacock Paint, peacockpaint.com.
Range (48 inches): Wolf Appliance Inc., 800/332-9513, wolfappli ance.com.
Refrigerator/freezer (36 inches): Sub-Zero Inc., 800/222-7820, subzero.com.
Sink (30-inch-wide single bowl): Elkay, 630/574-8484, elkay.com.
Faucets (Perrin & Rowe): Rohl, 800/777-9762, rohlhome.com.
Flooring: Brazilian cherry.
Hanging pendants ("Heron Lantern" #HL1460): Remains Lighting, 212/675-8051, remains.com.
Counter stools ("Laura"): Little Bird Furniture, 866/291-8918, littlebirdfurniture.com.
Backsplash tile ("Glace"/Ice, glass tile, offset): Ann Sacks, 212/588-1920, annsacks.com.
Island countertop: Calacatta Gold.
Table (Eero Saarinen pedestal table): Knoll, 800/343-5665, knoll.com.
Chairs ("Eames Molded Plywood Chair"): Herman Miller for the Home, 800/646-4400, hermanmiller.com.
Roman shade fabric ("Newburg Paisley"/Orange #2322-GWF-12, by Groundworks): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com.
A 48-inch stainless-steel Wolf range with two ovens and a powerful vent hood fits in a niche at one end of the kitchen. Shelves on either side of the cooktop keep seasonings and bottles of oils handy.
Tucked in a bay window near the hutch is a Saarinen pedestal table from Knoll (a nod to modern design) that provides more seating for quick family meals or a leisurely glass of wine. "Jayne and I can sit down after the kids are fed, share a glass of wine, and catch up on our days," says Christopher.
Roman shades made with a coral-and-white Lee Jofa fabric and edged with white tassels bring color and personality to the space (leejofa.com). The warm finish of the plywood Eames chairs from Herman Miller accents the wood floor and the coral-patterned fabric (hermanmiller.com).
Scruffy sits in front of a hutch that separates the kitchen and family room. Previously, only one doorway linked the two rooms, and a stone chimney wall stood where the hutch is now. The stone is covered with drywall on the kitchen side and was left exposed on the family-room side, where there is a fireplace. Opening the wall on the left side of the hutch allows easy access to sliding doors and deck.
Durable cotton covers family room sofas from Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams and was fashioned into plush draperies and pillows (mg+bw.com).
A low, overscaled coffee table made from reclaimed wood adds texture and interest to the room and is sturdy enough to stand up to the rigors of family life with three boys.
Rust tones in a rug from John Khalil echo hues in family room accent fabrics (johnkhalil.com).
Sofas ("Alexa"): Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, mgbwhome.com.
Sofa, drapery and pillow fabric (white denim): Duralee Fabrics, 800/275-3872, duralee.com.
Trim ("2-inch Oxford Border"/Persimmon #977-36358-14); drapery tiebacks ("Amalfi Double Tassel Tiebacks"/Snow White #988-16351): Samuel & Sons, 212/704-8000, samuelandsons.com.
Orange trim on tiebacks; pillow, and drapery fabrication: Sophie Thibon Interiors, 516/319-6381.
Paisley pillow ("Newburg Paisley"/Orange, by Groundworks): Lee Jofa, 800/453-3563, leejofa.com.
Coffee table: Bungalow, 203/227-4406.
Rug: John Khalil Collection, 800/871-0569, johnkhalil.com.
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After founding his kitchen design business in 1992--largely based on white cabinets--Christopher Peacock began offering a paint collection. One of the advantages of white cabinets, he points out, is the never-ending opportunities for adding colors on walls and via fabrics. The designer has painted his own kitchen three times in five years, most recently in a warm gray shade called "Abbey Walls." Roman shades in an orange-and-white fabric add warm accents. "I love orange, and it works well with the gray. It's fun but very classic."
Christopher Peacock at home with his wife, Jayne, and two of their three sons, Charlie, 14, and Oliver, 10. Scruffy the cockapoo sits on the back of the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams white denim sofa. Scruffy isn't usually allowed on the furniture but otherwise rules the roost, Christopher says.


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PORTLAND, Maine — Ocean temperatures have been higher than normal in the Gulf of Maine, creating worries among lobstermen that there could be a repeat of last spring's early harvest that resulted in a market glut, a crash in the prices fishermen get, and a blockade of Maine-caught lobsters in Canada.
PORTLAND, Maine — Ocean temperatures have been higher than normal in the Gulf of Maine, creating worries among lobstermen that there could be a repeat of last spring's early harvest that resulted in a market glut, a crash in the prices fishermen get, and a blockade of Maine-caught lobsters in Canada.
Temperature readings at selected ocean buoys off the Maine coast have been lower than last winter, but they've still been above normal the past few months. Some fishermen are already finding some soft-shell lobsters in traps, months earlier than usual.
Fishermen don't want to see a recurrence of last year, when the strong early catch caused prices to plummet and tensions to boil over when Canadian lobstermen, angered by the low prices, blocked truckloads of Maine's catch from being delivered to processing plants in Canada.
"I guess we're kind of just holding our breath," said Bruce Fernald, a longtime lobsterman from Cranberry Isles off Mount Desert Island.
Fishermen were scratching their heads last year, when lobsters began showing up in traps in large numbers four to six weeks earlier than usual. Maine's lobster catch, which accounts for more than 80 percent of the total U.S. harvest, typically begins picking up in late June or early July as the bottom-dwelling crustaceans start getting active while shedding their hard shells in favor of new soft shells.
Last year's early flood of lobsters, combined with a strong Canadian spring catch, drove down prices and created a mess for lobstermen and dealers with supply far exceeding demand. For the year, fishermen hauled in a record 126 million pounds of product. But they received only $2.69 a pound on average, the lowest price since 1994.
Warm ocean waters were blamed in large part for last year's early surge. With Gulf of Maine water temperatures again running above average, fishermen and scientists are wondering when the lobsters will show up in volume this year.
The Associated Press analyzed temperature data collected at 50 meters deep from two ocean data buoys known as the eastern Maine and western Maine shelf buoys that are overseen by the Northeastern Regional Association of Coastal and Ocean Observing Systems.
In 2012, both buoys had record or near-record temperatures for the period for which data are available, from 2001 to 2012. A year ago, temperatures at those buoys were about 3 degrees above normal. This year, they're running 1 to 2 degrees above average.
A degree or two may not sound like much, but it is if you're a lobster, said Rick Wahle, a research professor at the University of Maine School of Marine Sciences at the Darling Marine Center in Bristol.
A lobster's growth and activity ramp up when the water warms up, he said. Water temperatures this February for the most part were at levels normally not reached until late May or early June. They've since cooled down a bit, but early April's temperatures were still at levels usually not reached for three to five more weeks in the Gulf of Maine, which stretches from Cape Cod to Nova Scotia.
"We aren't likely to see as an extreme of an event as last year, but I wouldn't be surprised if we see an earlier-than-normal shed," Wahle said. "A lot will depend on how the next few weeks play out."
Typically, late June or early July is when Maine's lobster catch picks up, as lobsters shed their hard shells and grow soft ones in their place. Soft-shell lobsters, or shedders, have less meat than hard-shell ones, but they are easier to crack open and sell for a lower price.
This year, some lobstermen have already been bringing in small numbers of soft-shell lobsters from waters farther offshore. And they're getting split prices for their catch, with the soft-shell lobsters selling for less than the hard-shell variety.
David Johnson, from Long Island in Casco Bay, has been catching some shedders in traps 250 to 450 feet deep, 6 miles offshore.
"Years ago you never saw that," Johnson said by phone while pulling traps one day last week. "Last year was the first year we saw that."
Still, it's hard to say what the coming months will bring and just how strong the early harvest will be, fishermen and scientists agree. Air temperature, rainfall and sunshine all play a factor in how warm the waters are.
Even if there is an early deluge of lobsters like last year, lobstermen and dealers are better prepared to handle it, said Walter Day, who's been fishing for more than 50 years on Vinalhaven, an island with lobster-rich waters 15 miles off Maine's mid-coast.
Dealers can more easily handle an early influx of product, he said, because there's no large inventory of live lobsters in Canada and no frozen lobster product inventory to speak of. Canadian lobster processors — half or more of Maine's harvest is sent to Canada for processing — are also prepared to open early to handle the catch, he said.
Day, who has been pulling traps since he was 10, said no two lobster-fishing seasons are alike: "As I always say, call next January and we can tell you more about this season."


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SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 7 (UPI) -- California's voter-approved ban on same-sex marriages was declared unconstitutional Tuesday by a federal appeals court in San Francisco.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals' 2-1 decision upheld a lower court ruling in 2010 that the ban, known as Proposition 8, violated the right of homosexuals in California to marry whomever they want and that the state overstepped its bounds in legally restricting marriage to heterosexual couples.
The appellate panel's ruling will likely not be the end of the squabble. The backers of Prop 8, which was narrowly passed in 2008, can either petition the full court to review their appeal or take the case directly to the U.S. Supreme Court.
"Proposition 8 serves no purpose, and has no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples," Judge Stephen Reinhardt wrote in the majority opinion of the 123-page ruling.
Justice N.R. Smith said in a partial dissent that while he agreed with the technicalities of the case, he was not convinced Prop 8 violated the 14th Amendment's provisions requiring equal-protection. Smith said the ballot measure did not ban homosexuals from living together as couples or raising children together, and pointed out the U.S. Supreme Court had never ruled on the legitimacy of same-sex marriage.
"All Proposition 8 accomplished was to take away from same-sex couples the right to be granted marriage licenses and legally use the designation 'marriage,' which symbolizes state legitimization and societal recognition of their committed relationships," Smith said. "Proposition 8 serves no purpose and has no effect other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California and to officially reclassify their relationships and families as inferior to opposite-sex couples."
Although the ruling was based on the Constitution, it will apply only to California, the San Francisco Chronicle said. The newspaper said the court took a narrower view of the issue because it revolved around voter disapproval of same-sex marriage.
There was no immediate word from Prop 8's backers on their next move. However Gov. Jerry Brown said in a brief statement: "The court has rendered a powerful affirmation of the right of same-sex couples to marry. I applaud the wisdom and courage of this decision."
Opponents of Prop 8 also cheered the ruling. "The 9th Circuit rightly held that a state simply may not take a group of people and shove them outside the law, least of all when it comes to something as important as the commitment and security of marriage," Evan Wolfson, president of the gay-rights group Freedom to Marry, said in a written statement.
Although the 9th Circuit has a reputation for relatively liberal decisions, the Chronicle described the judges who issued Tuesday's ruling as a mixed bag with Reinhard considered liberal, Smith conservative and Judge Michael Hawkins more middle-of-the road judge.


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A Los Angeles marketing executive whose images were used in an elaborate hoax involving a Notre Dame football star said in an interview broadcast on the TODAY Show that she did not know who Manti Te'o was until last week.
That's when a Deadspin.com report revealed the linebacker's story of a girlfriend who died within days of his grandmother's death was a hoax. Te'o's grandmother died before Notre Dame defeated Michigan State Sept. 15, and the tale of the girlfriend's death seemed to add to an inspirational backstory that would be repeated throughout a college football season in which the Fighting Irish went undefeated before losing to Alabama in the BCS Championship game.
"It's very bizarre, and it's a very twisted and confusing scenario," Diane O'Meara, 23, told NBC. "I've never met Manti Te'o in my entire life. I've never spoken with him. I've never exchanged words, tweets (with him)."
O'Meara's images became the face of Lennay Kekua — Te'o's fake girlfriend whose supposed death from leukemia became the subject of several interviews conducted with the Heisman trophy finalist. Te'o repeatedly spoke of Kekua's death during the season.
He informed Notre Dame officials Dec. 26 that he was the victim of a hoax. The school, which conducted an investigation, also maintains that he was the victim — not a perpetrator — of the elaborate prank.
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Bay Staters enjoying the final stretch of summer can look forward to a pricey winter for home heating costs, according to state officials.
BOSTON - Bay Staters enjoying the final stretch of summer can look forward to a pricey winter for home heating costs, according to state officials.
"It's going to be a very expensive winter," predicted Secretary of Environment and Energy Affairs Maeve Vallely Bartlett, at a meeting at Tufts Medical Center Tuesday. She told the News Service, "We are projecting that due to our constrained natural gas supply, that prices in New England will go up for the winter."
High energy costs have been seen as one of the drags on the Massachusetts economy. Ratepayers in the state spend nearly double what people in Idaho pay for natural gas, though less than Hawaii, Florida, Arizona, New Hampshire, Maine and Rhode Island, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Bartlett said she would have a more precise idea of how much prices will increase by around November, and said part of the cost is a result of a prolonged period of frigid temperatures last winter that kept furnaces blasting.
"With the extreme winter last year, people will see those costs reflected this year, and then if we continue to have extreme winters and a constrained energy supply, those costs will continue to go up," Bartlett said.
Meanwhile, as coal and nuclear power plants around the region have planned closures, there is a natural gas plant being developed in Salem, which would add further demand on the state's current system of pipes.
Kinder Morgan is interested in building an additional natural gas pipeline from the New York border to Dracut, which would increase the gas supply, though some argue it would chain Massachusetts to fossil fuels and create environmental hazards along its path.
Gov. Deval Patrick raised the possibility of bringing electricity down from hydroelectric plants in Quebec, but legislation that would have enabled such a change in state energy policy fell short this summer. In the meantime, the state has alternative means to receive natural gas in the form of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, which arrives by tanker ships.
"We believe that we may get increased shipments of LNG, which is good for reliability, but will be costly," said Bartlett.
Department of Energy Resources deputy commissioner Dan Burgess said the grid will likely make more use of coal plants when natural gas becomes more precious in the cold months.
According to the Department of Energy Resources, 48.5 percent of households use utility gas to heat their homes, followed by 32.8 percent that use home heating oil or kerosene and 13.7 percent that use electricity.


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Scanning will done as normal, with careful attention paid to the filenaming structure and uploading scans to the proper created scans directories.
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==Quality Control==
==Quality Control==
Revision as of 15:07, 26 June 2012
Mass digitization is a way of digitizing a collection whereby items are linking out from the EAD with minimal metadata. It allows collections to go online more quickly and cheaply, as there is no descriptive metadata to be created prior to digitization or be remediated following digitization (at least not immediately; should there be time metadata can be created at a later point). Collections that are good candidates for mass digitization usually have a detailed EAD Finding Aid, including descriptive headings and folder names. This will allow users to locate materials more easily.
Prepare Digital Folder Structure on the S Drive
- Within the scans directory, create a "Box" directory for each physical box and a "Folder" directory for each folder within the corresponding box.
- For example, if you were digitizing the items in box 4, folder 2, they would have this folder structure: Scans/Box_04/Folder_02
- Make a new digital "Box" directory within the Scans directory for each physical box.
- Make a new digital "Folder" directory within the corresponding "Box" directory for each physical folder in the box.
File Naming
Items will be assigned descriptive filenames which include the box, folder, and item number. As the number of digits used for boxes and folders can differ, it is possible that the exact filenaming structure may differ from collection to collection. Included here is simply an example of how the filenames were structured during the mass digitization of the Septimus D. Cabaniss Papers.
- The first two sections of the filename will be assigned by the type of material and the collection number, as described on this page: File naming schemes.
- The last 7-digit segment denotes box (B), folder (F), and item number(I) in the format: BBFFIII.tif.
- For example, you are scanning manuscript collection 1234, in Box 4, Folder 2, beginning with the first item. This item's filename would look like this: u0003_0001234_0402001.tif.
- Please note that this numbering systems only works for collections containing no more than 99 boxes, boxes containing no more than 99 folders, and folders containing no more than 999 items.
- Scanning will done as normal, with careful attention paid to the filenaming structure and uploading scans to the proper created scans directories.
- Because these collections may not have been recently processed, items may be held together with staples or other fasteners. As you scan, staples and metal paper clips should be removed carefully and replaced with a plastic paper clip. For other fasteners, such as brads, you may need to consult with archivists before attempting to remove them.
Quality Control
- Run the QC script created for mass digitization QC, called BoxFolderCheck.pl. It can be found here: S:\Digital Projects\Administrative\scripts\qc.
- Correct any problems the script discovers.
- Spot-check images.
- Open every object folder with Adobe Bridge.
- Verify what you see against the number of scans recorded in Tracking Files.
- Check for general image quality (cropping, alignment, colors, etc.)
Getting Content Live in Acumen
Please visit this page to view detailed instructions on how to upload a mass digitized collection.


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Admittedly, this information may be more granular than even the most intense travel geek has interest but here are the details of my toiletries.
I use 3 small bags to organize my toiletries.
1. Sea to Summit Small See Pouch for liquids
2. A slim mesh bag for contacts.
3. A small Tumi zippered pouch for everything else.
I put my liquids into several Humangear 1.25 oz GoToobs. These are very functional and extremely well designed. I have used them for over a year and have never had a leak so I am not sure why I have read reports to the contrary. I love excellent design (I carry Tom Bihn!) and the Gotoobs are a perfect example. I generally carry 3 - Toothpaste, Shaving Cream (Burts Bees), and Hair Conditioner. Hotels almost always have soap and shampoo (which I also use to wash clothes) and I typically buy sunscreen if needed. However, the Sea to Summit bag has plenty of room for 1 or 2 more Gotoobs if I should feel the need.This pouch goes in the very top of my pack, Synapse 25, so I can easily pull it out at security.
I wear AccuView daily wear contacts and I like to keep them in a separate pouch. I have a very slim mesh bag that I received on an airplane once, which works perfectly. This goes in the bottom pocket of my S25.
Tumi Zippered Pouch
This is another bag I received on an international flight. It is a small nylon bag that holds all of my other gear. This goes in the main pocket of my pack.
3 Small Humangear GoTubbs One for deodorant, one for hair product, and one for Ibuprofen (the only medicine I carry). As I mentioned before, I use Primal Pit Paste for deodorant. It is completely natural (it could probably be eaten it in a pinch!) and works great with only a small amount needed. These typically go in my Tumi pouch which I never remove at security. They never cause a problem.
Merkur Travel Razor this is a safety razor that breaks down to be packed into a small leather pouch. I like this razor for two reasons, it packs small and I can carry a bunch of blades in a very small space. The same number of blades from a regular razor would take up significantly more space.
Fuchs Travel Toothbrush this toothbrush packs inside the handle to conserve space and protect the bristles like many similar brands. However, I like this brand the best because it is cleverly designed to keep the bristles off of the counter no matter in which position it is laid down while open.
Spry Dental Floss with Xylitol this is my favorite floss. I like the taste, freshness, and the dental health benefits of the Xylitol.
I also carry a small travel mirror for contacts, nail clippers, and a small bottle opener.
In total, this makes for a pretty small and organized travel toiletries set-up. I refill everything as soon as I return home and keep them packed and ready. I never use my travel gear for regular at home use. That way I do not ever have to worry whether or not I have things ready to go. With this idea plus my travel gear list, I can literally pack for a month plus trip in 10 minutes!
I am looking forward to trying the tooth powder and shaving oil suggested by Mike and Martel (in the Round the World thread). With these I hope to be able to consolidate things further.
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Last week's superstorm changed my perspective on what qualifies as "cool tech."
I live on the coast of Connecticut, and we evacuated when the police told us to get out. I tried from afar to monitor the storm and understand whether my neighbors who stayed put were safe, and whether our houses were intact. Here are three lessons I have taken away from the ongoing experience.
Stay out of the middle
Back in our house, I typed this column by the light of a Brunton Polaris LED camping lantern. The tiny device costs about $40, and years ago I hesitated to spend so much on a battery-powered lantern; now I know it was a bargain. The battery seems to last forever, and it is bright enough to transform a dark room into a usable space. It is so bright, most of the time we keep it on "low."
For years, I've had a few friends who argue you should only buy very cheap or very high-quality goods, never anything in the middle. If the cheap stuff gets wrecked or thrown away, you don't mind. But when you really need something to work as promised – and for an extended period – you'll be glad you invested in quality.
The problem is, a lot of innovative new products fall into the middle. Until last week, I thought a certain segment of customers might be willing to pony up for sensors that enable their refrigerator to order more milk, cheese and meat when supplies ran low. But such sensors would have to be reliable to be dependable, but affordable enough to justify a service no one really needs. They fall in the middle.
Likewise, no one really needs a door sensor that texts you when your child comes home from school. Any child old enough to come home to an empty house is old enough to have a cellphone and text you himself.
Cool tech that's stuck in the middle is a sucker's bet.
Sensors need to go local
My neighborhood is nestled against a river and Long Island Sound, and we came within minutes of being totally flooded; 90 minutes before high tide, as the waters topped the walls, the surge suddenly subsided. At the time, I didn't just want to know whether the storm was hitting our coastline – that was obvious – I wanted to know whether the waters had topped the seawall or reached my house.
Every waterfront, riverfront or low-lying area should have ultra-tough, low-power sensors that can show exactly how far the waters have risen. Across a huge expanse of the East Coast, we now know where such sensors should be placed in our yards, neighborhoods, and also in the streets around us, which flooded and blocked potential escape paths. Yes, I'd be willing to pay for such sensors.
At the height of the storm, the media was reporting how high the waters had risen in, say, Battery Park and New Haven, but when a flood is coming, local really matters. You want to know how high the waters are near your house, and Sandy pointed out just how fickle storms can be. Our neighborhood was largely spared, but the one across the cove was crushed, largely because the winds shifted. It could easily have been the other way around.
Reliability is more important than revolutionary
Sensors are worthless if they fail or go offline. At the height of the storm, none of the webcams or wind sensors in my area were uploading data. Given that, I'd vote for tougher sensors and better back-up power options before additional sensors.
I learned that reliability is essential. It's cool to talk about dropping your landline phone altogether, but they have their own power supply and can work when your power fails. My AT&T U-verse phones stayed up for two days after the storm passed, then went down for 26 hours, for reasons inexplicable to both their tech support and media-relations teams.
The cellphone systems in lower Manhattan appear to have failed when Manhattan lost power. Many of our new toys aren't as reliable as our old ones. Many of our new companies don't have the same emphasis on 99.999 percent reliability.
To close on a positive note, at times like these I am thrilled to have files stored on four different cloud-based services. Even if my devices run out of power, all I need is a few minutes on a borrowed device. I can then grab a few files and send them to another part of the world, where others can pick up the slack while I search for the Holy Grail: electricity, Internet access, and anything fresh to eat.
Bruce Kasanoff is a speaker, author and innovation strategist who tracks sensor-driven innovation at Sense of the Future. Kasanoff and co-author Michael Hinshaw teamed up to explore more of the opportunities unearthed by disruptive forces in Smart Customers, Stupid Companies.
The views expressed here are solely those of the author and do not reflect the beliefs of Digital Trends.
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Special Delivery: Helping Soldiers Play Santa
Soldiers deployed during Christmas can send holiday cheer to their wives and mothers back home, thanks to mom-turned-Santa Claus.
The Christmas crunch starts in August. By the time December rolls around, Vickie Durfee's Rochester, New York, home is overflowing with ribbons, tags, tape, and dozens of boxes of makeup. "There's more than one morning I see the sun rise, and that's not because I'm up early," she says.
If you think you have a lot of people on your Christmas list, imagine buying, wrapping, and mailing hundreds of presents across the country. That's the race-against-the-clock scramble Durfee, 54, faces every year. Her organization, Full Circle Home (FCH), sends holiday gifts to the mothers, wives, and girlfriends of deployed soldiers.
"The program is about connecting people," she says. "We are taking care of the women who are supporting the men who are fighting for us. So many folks want to help soldiers, but they don't know how. This gives them the opportunity."
The idea for the organization started with a favor. In 2006 Vickie's son Gil was stationed with his Marine squad in Beirut. He asked his mom to send his fiancee, Ashley, a Christmas present. Simply getting to a computer to order flowers was tough, he says. "You don't have a phone you can always use and you rarely have an Internet connection, so getting the people in your life gifts or showing them an expression of love is very difficult," says Gil, now 25. "And that's what got the ball rolling."
Vickie, a sales director at Mary Kay, thought up a "12 Days of Christmas" set filled with the brand's makeup and pampering products. She wrapped and tagged each day's present so Ashley knew what order to open them in. The gifts—and a handwritten card from Gil—all went into a giant jewel-toned box. Ashley, now 24, was floored. She was usually the one sending packages, not receiving them. "It was great to see how much care and love was in the gift, knowing that it was coming from him, and that Vickie put all this thought into how she would give it to me," says Ashley. "And it made the absence easier. It's like he was right there when I opened it." Vickie recalls, "I could hear the smile in Gil's voice when he told me that Ashley received her present. The gift went both ways."
In September 2007, on the eve of Gil's deployment to Iraq, Vickie honed the idea for FCH while she was in the shower and praying for his safety. She ran out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her and wrote up the organization's brochure—while dripping wet. The next day she sent her son off with flyers to distribute at his base. The idea was simple: Each deployed soldier could request one holiday gift for the woman in his life, whether his mother, wife, girlfriend, daughter, or sister.
There's space on the flyer where the soldier can scribble a love note, which is later snipped out and inserted into a card. "I thought it would be cool to do this for his squad of 12 guys," Vickie says. "It made me feel closer to my son when he was deployed. He was doing his work in Iraq, and I was doing my patriotic duty too."
Word spread around Gil's base in Iraq—and in Rochester. Vickie, who spent 20 years teaching ballet and volunteering for various charities, realized she could send more gifts if she could secure donations. In just two and a half months Vickie drummed up enough money from family, friends, and local businesses to send out 150 packages—all with a "12 Days of Christmas" theme. Another Rochester-area military mom, Lisa Kaltenbach Miller, 53, heard about the organization and joined Vickie.
The women had met at the local airport the year before while they were waiting for their sons to return home. The two soon became gift-wrapping, fundraising machines. The following year they sent out 575 Christmas presents and expanded to Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. This year Vickie and Lisa hope to ship out 1,000 Christmas gifts.
For the Durfees, FCH is a family affair—it's even based in their home. Vickie's husband, Jim, 53, an architect, helped design the Web site. Their daughter, Andrea, 26, assists with data entry. Their youngest, Archie, 20, organized a dodgeball tournament when he was in high school to raise funds. At Gil and Ashley's wedding this past summer, Marines from Gil's squad thanked Vickie in person. Vickie pays for the gifts and materials up front out of her own pocket—she orders the beauty products at cost through her position at Mary Kay—with the hope she'll collect enough to reimburse herself. (The organization is currently exploring nonprofit status.) She keeps her regular Mary Kay orders and FCH orders separate; commissions she receives from Full Circle Home orders go directly back into the organization. (Mary Kay does not donate money or products, or offer a discount.)
Vickie keeps two lists: One for soldiers who request a present, another for donors who want to sponsor one. Then she matches them up. Each gift costs about $75, and sometimes a box will be paid for by three or four small sponsor donations. "So many of these guys can't believe someone would do this for them," Vickie says.
Save for a few big-ticket donors, such as a local bank, the majority of FCH's funding comes from small individual donations. "In this economy everyone is fighting for the same dollars," says Lisa. "We just keep trying to get more and more creative." That means throwing wrap parties (BYO tape and pizza), hosting Christmas and Mother's Day shopping bazaars where the proceeds go to FCH, guest bartending at local bars, and placing collection cans in stores.
The presents have evolved since the first one Vickie sent Ashley. Each set starts with a hand-sewn tissue holder donated by Girl Scouts. "Everyone tells me they cry when they open the gifts," Vickie says. It also includes chocolate, body wash, cleanser, lotion, hand cream, mascara, eye shadow, and lipgloss. The last gift is always a fragrance, and there's also a note that reveals the sponsor of the box. Often, when a woman receives a gift, she contacts her benefactor—typically a stranger—and decides to donate time or money to FCH. And so the cycle continues. "I forward the thank-you letters from the women to the underwriters," Vickie says. "And that's the circle—the connection."
When the first round of FCH packages showed up on people's doorsteps, Vickie's phone started ringing almost immediately. Some women ripped open all 12 presents at once, others opened and carefully rewrapped the gifts so they could do it again with their children, and some waited to unwrap them over the phone with their loved one. "Women use the ribbons and tags as ornaments or put them in a centerpiece for Christmas dinner," Vickie says, her voice cracking. "When the women call me I stay on the phone with them as long as necessary because I know that's the kind of support I needed when my son was deployed."
Vickie will keep that dedication to FCH until there are no longer troops deployed. "I'm making other people happy and maybe making their day a little better," Vickie says. "And, in turn, they pass it on." At some point Vickie hopes to hire a small staff and have distribution centers across the country. Eventually she'd like to expand the program to anniversaries and even to provide a handyman service for women whose husbands and sons are in the military. Even though Vickie's and Lisa's sons are no longer serving, the women won't stop their work. FCH has gone beyond gifting and grown into an informal support system.
The bond between military moms is instant and unshakable. Vickie and Lisa send perfume every year to Patty Smith, of South Lake Tahoe, California, whose son Timothy was stationed with Lisa's son in Iraq. Timothy requested presents for his wife and his mother—even though technically there's a one-gift-per-soldier limit. "We didn't want to choose, so we sent them both presents," Lisa recalls. Timothy died in Baghdad not long after. At his funeral Lisa embraced Patty and told her that she smelled beautiful. Patty was wearing the perfume Timothy had sent her for Christmas.
"We're forever bound," Lisa says. "This woman has this last gift from her son. That's what keeps us going."
How You Can Help
Lend your time by hosting a gift-wrapping party in your home or office. Fill out a volunteer registration form at fullcirclehome.org, where you can also make a donation.
Originally published in the December 2010 issue of Family Circle magazine.