Email Quote of Note
On October 23, 2007 we received email from a correspondent, "It is with a sad heart that I announce that Marcel Marceau, the famous mime, has passed away at age 84. [In his honor] I propose we observe two minutes of dialog."

Site Seeing
We were captivated by the Helsinki Complaint Choir and you will be, too.

Thanks for clicking on our page. Check it out. After you look at our latest news, send us email and tell us your news. As you probably know, our address is: snydder -- that's with two d's, one for Dan and one for Dave -- @earthlink.net. Of course, the stuff in italics isn't part of the email address, it's just in there to fool email address scavengers.

Autumn, with its low-angle sunlight and beautiful colors, has raced by while we have filled the time visiting friends and relatives, or hosting them here in Seattle. The official end of autumn is probably the US Thanksgiving holiday, which for us means a visit to Jim and Julie Shadle's home in Libby, Montana. We enjoy the usual Thanksgiving traditions, of course, but one day during the weekend, we go to the forest to cut Christmas trees for the next holiday. This year we added a new "youngest" woodsman, Cole Shadle, 14 months old.

In the picture from left Jeff Paradee, Brian Paradee, Stephanie Paradee, Jim Shadle, Julie Snyder, Anna Paradee, Larry Snyder, Calvin Shadle and dad Eric, Julie Shadle, Daniel Snyder, Tomoko Snyder, Jolene Shadle and son Cole, Angel Axel, Jerren Paradee, "Ripkin". The Christmas tree outing followed pretty much the same scenario as it did in 2005.

News and Notes

• In September we traveled across Northern Europe on the 60th parallel. Find out why and see some of the photos on our Sixtieth Page.

• Fluency with Information Technology, 3rd Edition is finished and published. Whew!

• At the end of September we attended the lovely wedding of friends Patty Mahtani and Walt Savitch in San Diego. They're dancers, as are many of their friends (but not the Snyders), so the reception was impressive!

• In October, Dave was between jobs and so came to Seattle to cook dinner for us. He arrived with a suitcase filled with ingredients.

  

  From barbecue to yuca, it was terrific! He returned to Chicago to start his new job at Columbia College in the Loop.

• Our college friends Bob and Vickie Johnson from Pennsylvania came for a few days, and we enjoyed giving a guided tour of Seattle.

Stop by, we'll happily be your tour guide, too.

Directory of Pages

Recent Pages ...
Tokyo Party	Tomoko and Dan tie the knot one more time, 1 page
Summer Snaps	Photos from the summer of 2007, 1 page
Iron Chef	Fun with Brie, Scallops and Avacados, 1 page
Page Parody	Dave, Tomoko & Dan Spoof Our Oct. 30 Page, 1 page
Tee Shirts	Help us fill out our World Tour tee shirt archive, 1 page
Solid Gold ...
Wedding	Tomoko & Dan Celebrate Their Marriage, 1 page
Fishing + Fire	When the fish don't bite, we watch the fire, 1 page
Cutting Trees	Our family meets in MT on US Thanksgiving, 1 page
Garden Tour	Join the tour with Takashi Kawamoto, 1 long page
Shanghai	The most populous country's most populous city, 4 pages
Antipasti	Julie & Shelley reveal their recipe, 1 page
Garden News	Moss, compost & building the garden paths, 1 page
The Gates	A quick trip to NYC to see Christo's Gates, 1 page
Haida Gwaii	Exploring Canada's Queen Charlottes Is, 4 pages
Freedom Trail	Tour of Western US in our red Jeep, 5 pages
'Round the World	The 2001/2002 sabbatical, 43 pages