Writers House renovation building committee, chaired by Al, in photo taken at the celebration of the re-opening of the house, December 1997
Writers
House renovation building committee, chaired by Al, in photo taken at the
celebration of the re-opening of the house, December 1997
The
Handscher Family in Warsaw (early 1920s?); Jenny, later mother of Samuel
and Manuel, stands fourth from the left
Magnetic Poetry Wall project, Writers House, April 1998 (Ben and Hannah
are at far left)
Ben in
Philadelphia Magazine's October 1998 issue
In November 1998 we went to Tortola with the Albertine family to mark the
occasion of Herman and Lois Albertine's 50th wedding anniversary. After we
returned Hannah drew this picture of the island beaches, reporting
annotations of the picture to her teacher who wrote them down.
Obituary for Susan's aunt, the sculptor Beatrice Albertine Hill,
1923-1998
Al hosts visit by digerati at the Writers House, Jan. 13, 1999
Ben's purple ladybug, January 1999
Al teaches modern poetry to Ben's class
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| Hannah digging the garden, early spring 1999 |
Ben with his aunts, Liane and Nancy (Springfield NJ, April 1999)
Hannah and her cousin Danielle (April 1999). Click
HERE to see a transcript of the kids
in hilarious conversation around the same time, April '99.
Hannah and her Penn Children's Center friend (May 1999)
Filreis family gathering on the occasion of Hallie Filreis as bat mitzvah,
June 1999, in Boston
Hannah and Grammy at Hannah's birthday party, late June 1999
Ben's birthday thank you card - July 1999
Ben, Hannah, Al and Grandpa Sam take a ferry to Yankee Stadium, September
10, 1999 - to see Pedro Martinez of the Red Sox strike out 17 Yankees
(most ever in Yankee history)
Ben Filreis (the younger Ben's greatgrandfather) in the army
Ben and Hannah make a birthday card for Aunt Nancy, Oct 16, 1999
Sam and Lois Filreis during their visit to Spain, fall 1999
Ben stands in front of photo of Jackie Robinson stealing home
in the first game of the 1955 World Series against Yogi Berra -
Yogi Berra Museum, Montclair, NJ, Thanksgiving 1999
Lois Filreis's 70th birthday party, April 2000
Hannah and her dad the same party
Ben's
poem-story about the crazy alarm watch that wouldn't stop (April 2000)
Ben's
2nd-grade class at Friends' Central, 1999-2000
Hannah's kindergarten class at Friends' Central, 1999-2000
Al relaxing during our overnight camp-out at Frost Valley,
August 4, 2000
Camping out on Banks Hill, August 4, 2000, from left to right:
(on the ground) Ben Ferris, Jan Gikner Ferris, Noah Ferris;
(seated on the bench) Hannah, Caroline Van Baren, Danielle [a camper
friend of
Danielle Pancoast], Jeremiah Van Baren, Will Ferris; (standing) Al, Ben,
Kate Van Baren, Rafik Melek Ghobrial, Cathy Ghobrial, Katie Ghobrial
Al, Ben, and Hannah rowing at dusk on Lake Cole, Frost Valley,
August 2000 (photo by Jody Davies Ketcham)
We see Glendon Rusch of the Mets defeat the Pirates at Shea, late
August 2000
September 16, 2000, a day at the Philadelphia zoo for Ben, Hannah and
cousins Danielle and Stephanie, aunt Liane and Uncle Ed, and grandparents
Sam and Lois
Ben, Hannah, Al and Ira Winston went to Shea to see the Mets beat the
Giants in the NL Division Series--in the bottom of the 13th inning!
(October 7, 2000)
Stephanie and Hannah at Thanksgiving in Springfield, November 2000
Ben at Hannukah, 4616 Osage, December 2000
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