a bit of carolina in vermont  Some friends fit so seamlessly
into your life. We marvel how it is so with the Jordans. Has
been since we met them on the front steps of our apartment
building in San Francisco. Was when we moved in with them when
Melissa was pregnant with Everly. Was this way when we lived
within arm's reach in North Carolina. Continues to be, with
three children between us and only the biannual visits to
sustain us. Nick and I to the relative warmth of Raleigh to
escape the Vermont winter and they to the relative cool of
Vermont to escape the Carolina summer.  This trip;  Melissa
cooked us every breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Brent worked
invaluable days with Nick on the construction of the new barn.
Everly took it upon herself to close in the mama hen at night
and open them up in the morning. Arlo spent most of his days
playing on our '77 VW bus, or on the tractor.  We all dreamt of
the summers ahead as the kids get older and as we get thinner
and more good looking...and also older.  In the pos