Quiet Easter -- Then the Family Checks In

Western PA: Halfway between NY and IL, couple crossed Roberto Clemente Bridge to catch a ball game.

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After months of home-repair madness, it was a treat to spend a quiet Easter at home. Then the pinging began on the phone.

Long Island Sound: The Yapper was taking a walk in the soft spring air.

I was puttering around, trying to restore order from the detritus of repairs. Marianne made a delicious vegetable-and-chicken soup.

New England: Easter Egg Atelier checks in 

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WNYC-FM was playing weekly jazz show. Two versions of "April in Paris," first by Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, then by Count Basie ("one more -- once") Homage to the stricken Cathedral de Notre-Dame. Mel Torme. Bob Dylan. An American blues singer acing a song. Not American, my wife said. It's Adele. As always, she was right. 

Georgia: Aunt and niece bump into each other in the mall. Aunt helps niece select a dress for a dance.

Deepest PA: Enjoying spring sunshine -- with warm boost.

Upstate New York: Real-estate mogul has some planting done

The Fellas at Ye Olde Easter Parade -- Diane was there.