2013
Construction pictures
  • Christmas season 2013 in five parts (21-28 December 2013)
  • Liptzins & Hartmans for the day (11 November 2013)
  • Raccoons in the feeder (27 October 2013)
  • EMMY! (1977- ~1985)
  • 40 years on Pebble Creek (28 September 2013)
  • Equwine at the bench (15 September 2013)
  • Thalia's 3rd birthday party (8 September 2013)
  • Booth Creek to Piney Lake (29-30 August 2013)
  • Au revoir to Terri and Jean-Michel (16 August 2013)
  • Debbie and Ben wed (3 August 2013)
  • Matilda is a year old! (26 July 2013)
  • Backpack to Elliot Ridge/Cataract Creek with West & Robert Peterson (July 7-8, 2013)
  • July weekend at the cabin (5-6 July 2013)
  • Farewell Tommy Lillard + July 4 parade(3-4 July 2013)
  • LTHS mini-reunion with Willoughbys and Molzahns, and others (2 July 2013)
  • family pictures for Jean Swope Nickeson memorial at Chautauqua NY (15 June 2013)
  • Grand Canyon raft trip (27 May - 5 June 2013).
  • Zach's award and Alex' graduation party (24 May 2013)
  • Clara's birthday party (18 May 2013)
  • Seville 2013 (22 April - 13 May 2013)
  • Brockley 2013 (18-22 April 2013)
  • Family fun dinner at Jen & Dan's (13 April 2013)
  • Sunday morning in the park (7 April 2013)
  • The Liptzins and Shears visit Jen and Dan for Passover week (March 2013)
  • Robert Peterson visits (11 March 2013)
  • New mantel for the fireplace (26 Feb 2013)
  • Bill turns 70 (3 Feb 2013)
  • The Hokes hit the Stock Show (Jan 2013)
  • 2012
  • Christmas 2012: Dec 25 Christmas with Jen & family
  • Christmas 2012: Dec 24 dinner & Botanic Gardens
  • Christmas 2012: Dec 23 dinner at Emmy's
  • Christmas 2012: Dec 22 party at the cabin
  • December weekend at the cabin
  • Open house parties
  • Thanksgiving 2012
  • Zippy!
  • In memory of Cora
  • Outside renovation at our new house
  • Farmer's market and playdate
  • Thalia turns TWO
  • Aspen splendor at the cabin
  • Ken & Ellen visit
  • Playdate
  • Dinner at Emmy and Michael's
  • Matilda's first visit to the cabin (August 2012)
  • August nature hike at the cabin
  • Backpacking up Black Creek
  • Matilda Betz Hoke (July 26)
  • Family breakfast
  • Backpack to Lost Creek with Michael & Barry
  • June weekend at the cabin
  • Bill in Seville 2012
  • Grandchild fun
  • Mothers' Day 2012
  • Last rites at 501
  • Moving day
  • March weekend at the cabin
  • Stapleton comps
  • Sleigh ride at the ranch
  • New Stapleton house for Joan & Bill
  • New life for grandfather clock
  • Bill & Joan visit the Big Island (Hawaii)
  • 2011
  • Christmas 2011
  • Thanksgiving 2011
  • Kristen & Todd wed (November 2011)
  • Halloween Party at Primrose School (October 2011)
  • Orphan girl (September 2011)
  • Thalia turns ONE! (September 2011)
  • Labor Day Weekend at the cabin (September 2011)
  • Celebrating arrivals from Berkeley and Chicago (August 2011)
  • Jen, Dan, Zachy, and Clara move into their new house, et seq. (August 2011)
  • Bill camps on top of the Williams Fork (July 2011)
  • Thalia at the cabin (June 2011)
  • Interior views of Jen & Dan's new house (June 2011)
  • Cambridge and Brockley (April 2011)
  • Seville (April 2011)
  • The Florida Keys (March 2011)
  • The family together for Presidents' Day weekend
  • Winter weekend in the mountains with Thalia (January 2011)
  • Kauai R&R (January 2011)
  • 2010
  • Katie and Alex wed (December 2010)
  • Christmas in Berkeley (December 2010)
  • Snow at the cabin! (December 2010)
  • Holiday visitors & department party (December 2010)
  • Thalia's first visit to the cabin (October 2010)
  • All 3 grandkids together for the first time (October 2010)
  • Billl attends his 50th high school reunion (October 2010)
  • Billl hikes from Pitkin to Slate (September 2010)
  • Lucia visits from Seville (September 2010)
  • Backpacking to Willow Lakes (August 2010)
  • Baby shower for Emmy (July 2010)
  • Bill hikes across the Gore Range ( espaņol) (July 2010)
  • July with the Johnsons and Eisemanns (July 2010)
  • Brockley in June (June 2010)
  • Seville - Fiesta (June 2010)
  • The mines of Rio Tinto (May 2010)
  • Sevile - Emmy's pictures (May 2010)
  • Seville - Bullfight (May 2010)
  • Seville - Conny's pictures (May 2010)
  • Joan and Bill in London, then at Brockley (February 2010)
  • Fountain House, Cambridge UK (February 2010)
  • Joan and Bill circumnavigate Maui (January 2010)
  • 2009
  • The family together December 2009:
    Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3
  • Emmy & Michael's Party (Dec 2009)
  • Hoke family weekend (Dec 2009)
  • Thanksgiving (Nov 2009)
  • Sevilla (Oct 2009)
  • Get well card for Sam Kirk (4 Oct 2009)
  • 4 backpack trips (Jul-Sep 2009)
  • Zelma y Fernando (27 Sep 2009)
  • Steve's Memorial (22 Aug 2009)
  • Family fun (July 2009)
  • Hoke family with us in Denver (6 Feb 2009)

  • 2008
  • Cabin & Denver with Em & Michael (27 Dec 2008)
  • Holidays at the cabin (25 December 2008)
  • Holiday party in Denver (21 December 2008)
  • Berkeley visit (6 December 2008)
  • Berkeley visit (20 October 2008)
  • Fall colors (23 September 2008)
  • Emmy-Michael wedding - my favorites (31 Aug 2008)
  • Pre-wedding party time (30 August 2008)
  • Clara's first visit to the cabin (August 2008)
  • Elliott Ridge to Piney Lake (1 August 2008)
  • Kath and family visit, Katie and Alex climb Mt. Keller (July 2008)
  • Sebastian y Alicia visitan (12 July 2008)
  • Chicago (June 2008)
  • Emmy graduates from residency (June 2008)
  • Sevilla (May 2008)
  • Hawaii (March 2008)
  • Berkeley visit (February 2008)

  • 2007
  • Winter arrives all at once
  • Unannounced visitor
  • Jen, Dan, and Zachy return from Berkeley for an extended weekend of fun
  • Emmy and Michael visit
  • July at the cabin
  • June at the cabin
  • Bill goes to Heidelberg to celebrate Bert Sakmann's retirement

  • 2006
  • Christmas... interrupted
  • Elliott Ridge, Cataract Creek, and the Piney Valley
  • Bill and Cora hike to Cooper Cabin and Boulder Creek
  • April hike to overlook/Cottage progress
  • Tulips to Holland
  • Sevilla and Fetch
  • Brunch at the Marriott
  • Grandparents' Weekend

  • 2005
  • Joan, Bill, and Emmy visit Spain
  • Zach at three months
  • Mama (and) Mia!
  • Bill solos Mt. Powell
  • Marian Swope Loveday Memorial Service
  • Zach's first field trip
  • M.E., M.D.
  • Zachary Wylie Liptzin
  • Rob & Nadine Nickeson visit
  • Winter weekends
  • Family get-togethers

  • 2004
  • Thanksgiving weekend
  • Marian Loveday preMemorial
  • Remembering Tom Cooper
  • Summer 2004
  • Keller hike
  • Marian & Glenn's 60th Anniversary
  • John Heuser pictures
  • England 2004
  • Regis University Lecturer of the year
  • Katie Lillard visits Denver University
  • Bill visits Baltimore
  • Bill's new Volvo
  • Maui 2004

  • 2003
  • More pics of Cora
  • Christmas 2003
  • Thanksgiving 2003
  • Bill goes to Japan
  • Emmy visits!
  • Glenn's 86th birthday
  • Autumn
  • Summertime weekends
  • PTB Coin Collection
  • Hayman Fire site tour
  • June-July 2003
  • Maisy meets a friend
  • Spring weekends
  • Teri graduates!
  • Winter weekend
  • The Blizzard of 2003
  • Bill's Surprise 60th dinner!
  • Kirk and Chase

  • 2002
  • September weekend
  • Emmy comes home!
  • Barb & Bob Golden Anniversary
  • Bill visits the Ridges
  • Washington, D.C.
  • Miscellaneous
  • Rocket launch!
  • Spring weekend
  • April 22 - Happy BEarthdays!
  • Easter dinner at Shalom Park
  • Easter bunny visits, leaves cash, etc.

  • 2001
  • Bill's MRI
  • Several autumn weekends - cabin, Detroit, Baltimore
  • Aspen splendor
  • Jean Nickeson visits
  • Hiking across the Blue River Valley
  • Moose!
  • Glenn and Marian at the cabin
  • Sharon and Ben Liptzin visit
  • A July weekend at the cabin
  • Bill's sabbatical in Portland OR
  • Bill's sabbatical at Wash. U.
    22 December 1986 -16 April 2001

    Caleb maintained this web page from 1996 until 2001.

  • 2000
  • Thanksgiving 2000
  • October weekend
  • Jen and Dan wed!
  • Jon and Lynn wed!
  • Memorial Day Weekend 2000
  • Penn Graduates Betrothed Pair!
  • Happy Mother's Day
  • Housewarming!
  • New York Times, 12 April 2000 (p. 44). Guggenheim Fellowships announced.
  • CYA - Roast or Fete?
  • Adios Fabian! Hello Wedding planning!
  • 'Ringing' in the New Year

  • 1999
  • Thanksgiving 1999 (By Webmistress Teri Swartz)
  • Welcome to the Johnsons
  • October weekend
  • Goodbye Cristina!
  • June hike
  • Giant slug!
  • Emmy graduates from Yale
  • Bill visits Washington University, the Wilkinsons, and other friends and heroes.
  • Bill travels around the Northeast.
  • I get my own door, finally!

  • 1998
  • Christmas at the cabin
  • Bill visits Israel
  • Thanksgiving with the Swartzes and Hunters
  • Joan and Bill and I go to the cabin for a pre- Thanksgiving weekend
  • Fall on Saturday, winter on Sunday!
  • Fall colors and survey of beaver pond recovery after catastrophe!
  • Sascha du Lac and E.J. Chichilnisky visited from San Diego and we hiked Eliott Ridge and went on a chanterelle foray
  • Monsoonal conditions at the cabin
  • Emmy and Bill climb Mt. Yale with the Colorado Yale Association.
  • New life in the ponds
  • The Lillards visit
  • The Ridges visit
  • 1998 Keller climb
  • Holiday dinner with the Swarzes and Parisian exchange student Anne
  • The family was back at the cabin together
  • Father's Day in the mountains
  • Naughty sixth graders
  • Anna's High School Graduation
  • A week in Provence

  • 1997
  • We sent a birthday card to Karole Fuller on the occasion of her 40th (or so) birthday. It showed pictures taken on a beaver pond hike with her and Jim in August 1997.
  • Hubbard Lake
  • Jon Nelson's new house.
  • Labor Day 1997 We had a fine party at the cabin. Hilary Almers was visiting from Heidelberg. Amanda Cochilla (who will be joining Bill's lab in November) and her husband Steve had their first experience in the summer Rockies. Itzhak Nussinovitch, who is visiting from Jerusalem for a month, came up for the day, as did Ute Becherer and the Faduls - Steve, Terri, and Claire.
  • Keller climb, June 29
  • Bill and I go on a June hike
  • Easter at the Swartzes #1
  • Easter at the Swartzes #2
  • Easter at the Swartzes #3
  • Emmy & Dad's trip to England #1
  • Emmy & Dad's trip to England #2
  • Emmy & Dad's trip to England #3
  • Emmy & Dad's trip to England #4

  • 1996
  • Bork blames YALE for decline of western civilization
  • Take the genetics exam
  • Thanksgiving 1996
  • It has been so long since I wrote! Your father is in his usual dither
    We went to the cabin this weekend. It was pretty frustrating - 4 dogs for brunch today! 14 people, too (Swartzes and David came with his two kids, Lukas and Lydia. She's 2, and her fingers were always sticky sweet, which I liked a lot.) Also some neighbors came. Marty moved in today. Joan and Bill spent ALL DAY Saturday cleaning her cabin.
    You are both very good to save money by flying home from New Jersey. Your Mommy and Daddy are proud of you both:.
    I gotta go.
    Don't be scared! These jack-o- lanterns aren't as good as the one on Dan's home page, but it was a fun movie. I found lots more neat movies, which I'll be adding as time goes by!
    Now here is something that really sends me into the basement (especially the noisy part). WOooooo!

    We went to the mountains on Saturday. I love it when they take off my collar (I mean, they aren't wearing my collar - I am - they take it off me). Anyway, we saw Long's Peak, and then we came over the first hill and saw the Front Range. Then when we got close to the tunnel we saw Mt. Sniktau (named after a Georgetown journalist) and the awesomeTorrey's. After going through the tunnel we saw Buffalo and then Red Peak. My Mom got in the back seat with me to get better pictures. Here's one of her best shots. At the ranch, looking over Wyler Resevoir we saw Mt. Keller.
    When we got to the cabin, out of the woods came BIG FOOT and his friends.

    DO YOU THINK I LIKE ALL THOSE OTHER DOGS?

    Now the Betz Family Players (or what's left of 'em) present the sequel to "Does your dog bite": DOES YOUR DOG BEG? Madame: "Pardon Monsieur, Does your dog beg?"
    Clerk: "No, Madame, my dog does not beg!"
    Madame (thinks): "My doggie biscuits are safe." But then!
    Madame (lacking biscuits): "I thought you said your dog does not beg!"
    Clerk: That is not my dog!

    This of course was fiction. Here is reality.

    More reality, sad for them to say.
    Which is why I love my Mom.

    What does Joan do at the cabin?
    And Bill, what're ya gonna listen to while you do the dishes?
    SEE THE WEANERDOG!
    Well, I gotta go scout out the back yard. But you shoulda seen me at my lookout.
    But I'm happiest with my Mom. BYE
    This was me as a pup. That's Jennifer's hand behind me, and just don't ask, OK? Click here if you want to see what I do all day now.
    My friend Poppy and I used to have fun. But she moved away.
    See a scary monster!
    SISTERS
    Joan had a dream, and I captured it and put it on this web site!
    Cool Dad in his new Italian tie.
    LATE BREAKING ITEM
    New evidence about how the dinosaurs really disappeared!
    Sitings of wild mountain creatures!
    The views from 2400 Chestnut in Philly, looking west across the River-I-can't-spell are nice. Here are some more views.
    If you look out the other side of 2400, you see downtown, and if you go downtown and look back to the west, you can see 2400.
    What do the people look like? Well here are two natives (sort of) flanking some out-of- towners, all of them standing across the river from 2400.
    Here is a gross anatomy anxiety dream come to life!
    Finally, we have a couple of miscellaneous things that I don't have time to edit. Here is one of them, and here is the other