simple pullover in fluffy wool
Sunday
Friday
Wednesday
empty nest
today is the first day in 33 years that i don't have a child to take care of.
of course i still have children, and they still need care,
but i am not shopping, cooking and cleaning for them.
i am not taking them anywhere, or hanging their clothes to dry.
i am not finding any surprises they have left in my absence.
everything is exactly as i left it.
i have fantasized about this day since probably
the first week of emma's life.
that someday i wouldn't be responsible for everything.
that i could "do what i wanted".
well, hello day; here you are.
what have i done with my day so far?
i got up and went into frances's bed
and looked out the window for awhile.
i practiced my yoga in complete silence.
i ate breakfast alone
with no reason to turn the radio down.
i worked. i made lunch.
i started a grocery list for one. i called my mother.
i have ambitious mental lists of all the productive things
i will accomplish in my free evenings.
photo albums, baby clothes to knit,
bookshelves to have built, so many books to read.
i could end up working late 7 days a week
and living on canned beans over lettuce
which has been known to happen.
right now i am just listening to
the silence of one, plus
an old rabbit who is sneezing.
Thursday
we did so many things in quarantine
to make the time inside seem special
we never dreamed
the months would
stretch on and on
virtual dinner party
every night
from mid march
thru the end of may
we started with
dinner for 2
then mary returned
and we were 3
we made things
like sandwiches
with hobnobs and
fancy ice cream
mary made ambitious
bread recipes like
bagels and pizza
emma taught baking on zoom
our dinners went outdoors
curiously, i did no knitting
but i did read war and peace
Thursday
March 14, 1927-January 4, 2018
Edward Hahn passed away on January 4, 2018 of pneumonia in San Jose. He was born March 14, 1927 in San Francisco. His parents Gustav and Elizabeth Hahn lived in Corte Madera and his mother rushed to catch the last ferry to San Francisco that day in order to reach the hospital in time for his birth. Edward grew up on a ranch on Sparks Road in Sebastopol where his parents raised Gravenstein apples and chickens; during that time he survived an undiagnosed case of tuberculosis which he only learned about during his military discharge medical exam. He attended Gold Ridge Elementary School and Analy High School, where he lettered in track and field and was well known for his FFA pig, Analy Cutie.
In 1945, during his junior year of high school when he was 17, he joined the U.S. Navy and served for eighteen months aboard the cruiser USS Boise. The ship was posed to go to the invasion of Japan when the war ended. He was discharged on July 12, 1946 and returned to Analy High School, where he graduated in 1947.
After Edward graduated he apprenticed at Miller Motor Company and later worked at Rincon Nursery, which was located where the Flamingo Hotel is now, and was a truck driver for Sebastopol Feed Company. In 1952 he married Elvira Belluomini and started as an apprentice auto electrician at Harry B. Trembley Shop at 3rd and B Streets in Santa Rosa; thirteen years later he bought the shop from Mr. Trembley. After the 1969 earthquake, the shop was torn down to build the Santa Rosa Plaza and Edward built a new shop on Piner Road which he renamed Hahn Auto Electric and owned until he retired in 1989.
In retirement Edward was well known for raising specialty vegetables and flowers, including sweet peas and tuberoses, and large pumpkins up to 1200 pounds which won prizes in numerous Elk Grove and Sonoma County contests. During the October wildfires he and Elvira were evacuated from their home at Vineyard Commons in Santa Rosa, and moved to San Jose. He is survived by Elvira, his children Robin Hahn (Art Bertram), Steven Hahn (Pranhitha Reddy), and Susan Hahn, and his grandchildren Matthew Bermenez (Melanie Bermenez), Emma Rowe (Johnny Skwirut), Nathan Hahn, Meera Hahn, Mary McPheeley, and Frances McPheeley. With his support and encouragement, his descendants have become scientists, engineers, teachers, designers, entrepreneurs, mechanics, and chefs. He was preceded in death by his parents, his sister Mary Lou Weule, and his infant son Marvin.
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