 OUR
PET. We are very sad to say that our loyal and faithful
companion, our Weimaraner dog who we named Lili, was euthanized on 12 March
2008 at 1030. When she was younger, she had contracted Lyme's disease,
a horrible disease that cripples with arthritis and she just was suffering.
Lili was a very fine dog; quick to engage wild life in the chase and eager
to please her master and mistress. In the last two years of Joe's retirement,
she was constantly by his side wherever he went. And when Rosemary was
with Joe, Lili was quick to relinquish her seat in Joe's truck to Rosemary.
At almost 13 years, she had a very good life and she gave us a very good
life.
SIGHTS
AROUND OUR HOME. But before I go on, let me show you some of
the SIGHTS around our home as
you might see them today...
OUR
SOCIAL LIFE. Okay, let's see… let me tell you about what's
going on in our world…
 
APRIL 2007: A RENDEZ-VOUS
IN ROME WITH OUR EUROPEAN FRIENDS. This was a three-day visit together
beginning Friday 21 April and ending on Sunday. Rosemary and I stayed for
the rest of the week to see some of the sights that we had always wanted
to see but never before had the time.
MOST
RECENT GATHERINGS OF OUR FAMILY. We
try to gather the family together on our traditional holidays and if possible,
on other important occasions. Here are some photos of some of our 'most
recent family gatherings'...
Then, there's our traveling habit. Don't you love the anticipation of planning
a trip, packing your bags and heading out? Ever since Rosemary and I headed
west in 1963 with all of our worldly possessions packed in a six foot U-HAUL
trailer to start our family, we have been stricken every now and then with
this overwhelming wanderlust… Some of our latest sojourns include...
A two-day stay on Narraganset Bay in Rhode Island with our friends, the
Zimmers and their family. Here is a photo of a wild
hibiscus that Rosemary and I saw on the beach closeby... absolutely
spectacular! Very relaxing time with our good friends and good for the
soul...
A week in GERMANY and FRANCE with Rosemary and my sister, Mert... here
are some photos of that fun
trip...
A week in BERLIN, GERMANY... what a delight! Speaking of Marlena Deitrich,
there is a fine restaurant in Berlin (former East Berlin) called Reinhard's,
that is absolutely superb... the setting inside is 1930's/40's with photos
of the personalities of that time. You can almost hear Marlena Deitrich
singing or feel that she will walk in at any time. And speaking of walking
in, while at the Reinhard's restaurant on our last night in Berlin, in
walked former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl with Mrs. Kohl and an aide
for dinner. They were given a table next to our table... or perhaps we
were given a table next to Mr. Kohl's table?... in any event, it was interesting...
On the recommendation of our good friends in Frankfurt, Germany, Jürgen
and Elke, we took the train to BAMBERG for a weekend during our Christmas
holiday where we discovered some great American jazz... we went close to
4,000 miles to listen to one of the very best American jazz bands... what
a blast! Bamberg was a delight... few tourists and the town is very old
and very picturesque. Their Krismarkt and glüwine warmed the cockles
of our hearts!
Life on Maximillian Strasse in MUNICH (Rosemary organized
this trip…). Ever seen a Glockenspiel?
NOVA SCOTIA and a wild ride aboard the 'Cat' (to discover my Acadian roots)…
Joe rediscovered his North American roots here. We visited the sites where
the progenitors of the North American TERRIOT family arrived in 1632 to
begin their NEW WORLD. For some of the photos of that visit, checkout the
flagship website of the Theriault family in North America at: http://www.terriau.org/acadie.htm
And... a few 2-3 week tours of FRANCE AND ITALY... our next one is planned
for Italy and the Greek Isles...
And always enjoyable... our trips back home to the ST-JOHN VALLEY in Northern
Maine and New Brunswick...
SOME
OF OUR FRIENDS... Then we are occasionally joined at our
home by friends for fun and frivolity…
most recently, our Christmas Party at home for our local friends where
the piano and dancing was hot... Rosemary's desserts were tops as were
the chestnuts which we roasted by the fireside... but most enjoyable were
the friends and the Christmas spirit...
and, we continue to be honored with the visit of some of our friends from
other parts of the world including our German friends from Frankfurt and
Munich (and other parts of Bavaria) and others from Spain, Denmark and
the Netherlands (the home-made music and frivolities of course usually
abound)... here are a few photos!
The most recent visit was Ferdinand, our young Dutch friend who Rosemary
and I had last seen at a conference in Berlin last year.
Since then, we have
enjoyed a very pleasant visit by one of our young German friends, Kirsten
with her parents who were visiting the US and most recently, we were again
honored with a visit by our friend Jürgen and his colleagues Kevin,
Eugene and Wilfred who were joined by Kirsten.
Oh,
and there was that GREAT PAËLLA
PARTY in the summer of 2003 in the German countryside! Yes,
in Germany... put on by Spaniards, but also Germans and a few Americans.
Check it out...
Let's see what else… oh yeah, there's my list of things to do… in 38 years,
I've never been able to say that all my projects are complete. The list
has developed a life of its own… just as I get to within 2-3 projects from
being finished, another 10 -15 items appear! Some of my latest projects…
remodel the living room… a little Federal period woodwork. (COMPLETE!!)
Here's
a sample of the architectural detail work) Also, the photos for the
Munich party show the completed finish. Not bad for an engineer, huh?
add a screened-in arbor on our back terrace… you know that Roman-looking
structure with columns and with grapes growing on top and the where the
men relax while the ladies pop grapes into their mouths. I can't wait...
(IN PROGRESS...remember good things take long to come)
digitizing, documenting and archiving those most important and old photos
from my mother and father's family album and others that I receive from
relatives... we are making electronic copies of the photos and of
our archive database available to members of our family so that the younger
generations may know their ancestors... I'm afraid that this project will
be IN PROGRESS for a long time.
and then of course, there's always Theriault genealogy and family history
which will also be IN PROGRESS for a good while… have you checked
out our TERRIOT
ACADIAN FAMILY websites? (The medieval
forms of the Theriault family name are TERRIAU and TERRIOT.) Other contemporary
forms of the family name are Thériault, Thérriault, Theriot
(Louisiana), Thérriot (France)... Here, take a peek, you might learn
something... we have two other websites now:
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www.terriau.org...
for all descendants of Jehan and Perrine Terriot. This is the 'flagship'
website for all Terriot's of North America;
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www.terriau.org/joseph-theogenie...
for the Joseph/Théogénie Thériault branch, my great-grandparents
In addition to
these two, the TERRIOT ACADIAN FAMILY is honored to host the website for
Joe's High School class, the PLAINVILLE
BLUE DEVILS CLASS OF 1958. Along with some good rock 'n roll history,
you'll discover that I've been holding out on you. I confess that I have
been leading a double life: for some of you as Ralph, and for others, as
Joe. For the first 19 years of my life, I was Ralph until the U.S. Air
Force discovered in 1959 that my baptismal name was Joseph. Since then,
my name has been Joseph. But to my family and my school friends, I am still
known as 'Ralph'.
And some time later,
I'll be adding the Dubé family, my maternal family as well… we can't
ignore those wild Québecois!
Well, we hope you enjoyed
your visit. Drop us a line when you get a chance. We're at
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Joe
and Rosemary Theriault
Last Revised:
20 October 2003
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