1997

Larry goes to night school - Reeds Brook Middle School, Hampden Maine

  This is a year that turned out alright.  Being closer to work, 15 vs. 37 miles, was making a difference.  Hollie was one year away from attending the school in the photo, and I was going there already.
  Because I was home "on time" I was able to spend one night a week, for a couple of hours, and not much money on a night class, watercolor or art in general.  The instructor is a local artist who is very talented and willing to share with others. 
  Things were now as stable as they would get for a few years.  Hollie "quit" school again briefly, but in the long run we can look back with a smile.
  There was another grandchild, Amaroq (am a rock) born, he was now a year old (forgot it yesterday), and living in Indianapolis.  The name is an Inuit (Eskimo) word for "of the wolf".  I had always called his dad, Jeff, "Wolfie". Karma!
  Things at work were going well, with a couple of exceptions; Linda had moved on-to the City of Bangor, and we had hired "Cathy".  Cathy was a huge mistake, and I won't go into detail but when I make a mistake it's a big one; she was let go after the initial 90 day period.  Then we brought Ann Marie, the Sewer billing clerk, into our office; that meant I got the counter help but also now we had Utility Billing with the attendant liens etc., to do in addition to an already full load - it worked out okay in the end.

This is the top half of some of my classwork.

"Waterworks", taken from a photo of the historic Bangor Water Works, there is one long building out into the river
with twelve of these pumps, they were used in the 1800's.