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Copyright © 1998-2000, Janet I.
Egan
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People
- Reason for Living
- Nancy - woman of my dreams
- Family - Parental Units
- La Madre, real name Irene - Mom, matriarch, although
Thomas and I are campaigning to have matriarch be an
elective office
Dad - deceased 1989
- Family - Brothers - in numerical
order
- Bobby (Roberto, BiB) - brother #1, 2
years younger than I. currently rebuilding Bosnia, umm,
make that Kosovo.
Kevin - brother #2, father of Andrea
and Elizabeth the world's cutest nieces
Billy - brother #3, deceased July 6,
2000. Boy do I miss him.
Donald -brother #4, he's the
beach-dwelling one
Thomas - brother #5, he's the one who
cooks
- Family - In-and-out-laws - in alphabetical
order
- Kathleen - Kevin's late wife. Died of ovarian cancer
in November of '95.
Mary - Kevin's current love interest
Michael - Donald's partner
Steven - Thomas's late partner. Died of
AIDS in August of '95.
Tim - Thomas's current partner.
- Friends, Coffee Buddies, Coworkers, Neighbors - in
short, everybody else - in alphabetical order
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Bob
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MRFRS Wednesday AM shift, and fellow plover
warden
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Bonnie
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(former) MRFRS medical tech
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Busy Body
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neighbor four doors down from me who monitors
all goings on in this courtyard of my condo
complex, has serious psychological issues around
snow removal
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Charla
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supreme commander of the Charla Group - former
coworker
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Chris
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MRFRS staff
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Claire
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walking buddy
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David Bookstore
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David Rodger of Andover Books and Prints
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Dawna
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(former)manager of the MRFRS adoption center,
favorite person of Jaguar
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Dick
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one of the coffee buddies - a retired minister,
teaches philosophy, gender studies, writing,
u-name-it
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Eileen
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(former) MRFRS medical tech
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Joan-east
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walking buddy
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Joan-west
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Joan: now living in Italy getting a masters in
Buddhist studies . Designated Joan-west while in
California cleaning retreat cabins at a Buddhist
dharma center - to distinguish her from the other
Joan. We go on vacations to the southwest together.
Former coworker.
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Julie
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a coffee buddy - historian Juliet Haines
Mofford. Author of Cry Witch.
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Kate
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former coworker, plumbing expert
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Kendra
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MRFRS staff
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István
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dendrologist, acolyte of Zsolt
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Mark
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hermit potter of Worcester on the road to NT
network administrator. Former coworker.
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M&M
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coffee buddies named Mark and Maria - a
different Mark from the hermit potter
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Ned
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songwriter Ned Claflin
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Nikki
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best friend since age 14, now the disappearing
reappearing person who is in my life whether I like
it or not
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Pajama Woman
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my next door neighbor, the one with the Bichon
Frise named Chantel
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Philosophy Larry
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a coffee buddy, teaches philosophy at an unnamed
state college and tirelessly fights to save the
philosophy department from oblivion.
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Priscilla
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walking buddy, also famous for bean suppers at
West Parish Church along with her husband,
Harold
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Queen Isabella (sometimes abbreviated QI)
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a coffee buddy, teaches Spanish at a private
college nearby. The first time I met him he was
translating a 15th century manuscript signed by
Queen Isabella - yes that Queen Isabella.
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Mrs. Reed
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Elizabeth and Andrea's piano teacher
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Richard
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coffee buddy - not to be confused with Dick
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Rita
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walking buddy
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Roberta
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former Wednesday AM shift person at MRFRS
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Roy
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MRFRS Wednesday AM shift
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Russian Parking Space Blockers
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an extended family of Russian imigrants who live
in the two units between Pajama Woman and Busy Body
in our cosy building
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Stacy
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president of the MRFRS board
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Sue
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Actually all female members of North Parish and
Locke Street Unitarian churches are named Sue -
except for Julie. Too many Sues to keep
straight.
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Tibet
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former MRFRS volunteer who made us all crazy.
Not her real name. Named because one day I walked
in the door and she stood about 4 inches from my
face and bellowed: "Tibetan!" We don't know
why.
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Tom
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poet, teacher, coffee buddy, married to
Julie
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Zsolt
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world famous dendrologist, head of the conifer
cult
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Animals
Definitely not a complete list of all cats at the shelter
or all cats I know. If you think I'm going to list all of
Thomas' cats, you're nuts. They'll have to remain Sable and
the Seven Siamese.
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Wilbur
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my cat, adopted from the shelter on December 30,
1995.
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Jaguar
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gorgeous white cat who has been at the shelter
as long as I've been working there - please won't
somebody adopt him? - i know he's difficult but he
has much to recommend him
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Stumpy
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cute part Manx with the waggliest tail - adopt
him please - he's sweet
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Juliette
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she bites - i sing "Juliette don't hurt me" when
I start work
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Igor
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a Canada goose with only one wing - he can't fly
- he lives at Watchemoket Cove and prefers the
company of swans to his own species
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Pepe
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a tiny white dog who barks like a giant -
belongs to one of my neighbors - a feature of the
soundscape here (these people and hence Pepe, have
since moved and the unit is occupied by a woman who
pet-sits Bichon Frises - no joke)
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the mockingbird
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a mockingbird who spends the summer on the wire
right outside the window of my
study/office/computer room. likes raspberries a
whole lot. imitates a car alarm as well as more
conventional sounds like robins.
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Aki
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Joan-west's cat
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Bertha
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my brother Kevin's cat - black with a small
white blaze on the chest
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Skitz
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my brother Kevin's cat - tortoiseshell -
recently deceased
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Jellybean
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my brother Kevin's new orange kitten
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Emily
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Nancy's cat
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Sable and the Seven Siamese
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Thomas's cats
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Carthage
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Pajama Woman's dog, a Bichon Frise named Chantel
whom Wilbur longs to destroy (much like Cato and
Carthage) - Pajama Woman is the next door neighbor
who replaced The Beans of Egypt Maine
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Jerry
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the Russian-speaking dog. I've never personally
heard him speak Russian or any other language but
my Russian neighbors insist he speaks Russian.
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Things
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The Auntmobile
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my former much loved car, a 1994 Honda Accord
stolen September 1999
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The Green Machine
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my current car
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AJ2000
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what the kids call The Green Machine
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Journal
of a Sabbatical