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Lucas Ostrander

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Contact born Aug 21, 2013 · 13 on Oct 5, 2026
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50 records, oldest first
2011
Peg Ostrander
Grandchildren charm bracelet
One charm for each grandchild - a book (Hannah), a trombone (Owen), a fish (Lucas), a shamrock (Maeve), a bear (Theo), a juniper sprig (June). Six charms. Never appraised.
Lucas's fishing log (the app Ray put on for him)
He enters every fish. Ray looks at it more than Lucas does.
2013
Baby quilt for Denver: finished before the baby. No. 33.
Flying Geese in the fish prints, cream background, 42 x 52. Backing is the brown trout flannel. Label left blank after "For" until there is a name. Aug. 22: "For Lucas David, from Grandma Peg, 2013. No. 33."
Airfare to Denver, one ticket
Bought the day before I flew, hence the price. Out the 17th, home the 31st. · Airfare to Denver, one ticket
Lucas David Ostrander, born today at 2:47 in the afternoon, seven pounds even,…
…in Denver, nine days ahead of his date. I have been here since Saturday, sent for early because Julia's doctor did not like her blood pressure. So for once I was on the spot. I was in the waiting room on the fourth floor with Julia's mother, each of us pretending to do a crossword. David came through the doors in a…
2014
Fourth of July week at the cabin. Eleven of us: Ellen's four, David's three, Ka…
…te and her friend Samir Khoury. Who slept where: us in the lake bedroom; Ellen and Mark in the north bedroom; Hannah and Owen in the twins; David, Julia and the playpen in the main room on the sofa bed; Kate and Samir in the tent. Lucas, ten months, at the cabin for the first time. Loons: two chicks hatched about…
Christmas 2014, here. Everyone but Kate.
Sizes: Hannah (6) size 7, shoe 12. Owen (3 1/2) 4T. Lucas (16 months) 18-24 months. Hannah: ice skates, the first three Ramona books. Owen: more track for the train, a conductor's cap. Julekake: telephone Judy for the amount of cardamom.
2015
Freight to Denver - Lucas's toy chest
Kate was married yesterday, in a garden in Portland, under a pergola that Samir…
…designed and built himself the week before. She kept her name and walked in alone, having informed her father in March that she was not property to be handed over. R. walked her as far as the gate, by negotiation. I wore Mom's pearls, restrung in April for the purpose, with new earrings to go with them. Kate fastene…
Christmas 2015: sizes and the list.
- Hannah (7): size 8, shoe 13 1/2. The first two Penderwicks books. - Owen (4 1/2): size 5. Wants "a real hammer." - Lucas (2): 3T. The wooden garage with the ramp. - Kate and Samir: a cheque toward the bookshelves. - Ellen and Mark: the big enamel roaster.
Wooden garage with a ramp, for Lucas; enamel roaster for Ellen and Mark
2016
Home from Denver this afternoon. Maeve is seventeen days old, with a great deal…
…of dark hair and Mom's frown, the one for a badly made bed. I did not say it to anybody. Lucas is two and a half and shouts "BABY" whenever she is asleep.
Family week 2016. Twelve of us. Who slept where:
- North bedroom: David, Julia and Maeve (4 months). - Back bedroom, twins: Hannah and Owen. Lucas (nearly 3) on the cot between them, which was a mistake; put him with his parents. - Sofa bed in the main room: Ellen and Mark. - Tent: Kate and Samir.
The week of the Fourth. Twelve of us. Maeve is four months old and spent the fi…
…reworks asleep on R.'s chest in the green chair. Lucas, nearly three, has learned to say "walleye" and says it to everything that comes out of the water, including Owen. No loon chicks. A strange male came in May, and the two fought for the better part of a week out past the island, wings going like oars. Bev watche…
Christmas 2016. Hannah (8): size 10, shoe 2. Owen (5 1/2): size 6. Lucas (3): 4…
…T. Maeve (9 months): 12-18 months. Cards: 58.
Starter train set and a wooden fish on a string
Last December at school. The winter concert was Thursday. I have sat through th…
…irty of them on a folding chair by the gym door, in case of nosebleeds. I have read "A Gentleman in Moscow" twice through, once fast and once properly. A man is sentenced to spend his life in a hotel and makes a whole world of it. Christmas here this year. Maeve's first; Lucas has asked Santa for "a fish."
2017
Family week 2017. Twelve of us.
- The swim ladder. Ray bolted it to the fourth section of the dock on July 1, on the left side going out: aluminum, four steps, flips up out of the water. $149.00 at Northwoods Sport & Marine. - Loons: one chick, hatched about June 10. - Walleye for twelve: 22 fillets. - Sleeping as last year, except Lucas (nearly 4)…
Christmas 2017, here. Ellen's four and David's four. Kate is due at the end of…
…January and may not fly. Sizes: - Hannah (9): 10-12, shoe 3. - Owen (6 1/2): 7. Skates size 1. - Lucas (4): 5. - Maeve (21 months): 2T. Lykke: julekake x2, limpa rye x2, one almond kringle. Ordered November 27.
2018
Family week 2018, practical. Thirteen, with Theo (five months).
- Sleeping: Kate, Samir and the baby had the north bedroom; David's four went to the tent and the sofa bed between them. It will not do for another year. The shed question is open again. - Loons: two hatched, one left by the Fourth. Nobody saw what happened. - Gus cannot do the steps to the lake. For next year: a ramp…
Tackle box, small, and Hatchet
Christmas 2018: five to buy for.
- Hannah (10): 12, shoe 4. A real sewing kit in a tin, with good scissors, and two yards of a print she chooses herself when she comes. - Owen (7 1/2): 8. Hockey socks, tape, and "Hatchet." - Lucas (5): 6.
2019
Call her Birdie, because Grandma is always looking at birds and now she can loo…
…k at the dog.
We have a dog. Her name is Birdie. She is a yellow Labrador, nine weeks old, fo…
…urteen pounds, and she is asleep in a laundry basket beside my chair with one ear inside out. R. said in November that we were not getting another dog, and said it again at Christmas and at Easter. Then on a Tuesday in April he came in from the shop and said that a man in his woodworking guild knew of a litter comin…
Can you see the thing in your heart, Grandpa, or do you just know it's there?
All of them came. Ellen's four, David's four, Kate and Samir and Theo: thirteen…
…at the table, here, for Thanksgiving, which has not happened since Kate moved west. R. carved sitting down. Theo is twenty-two months old and ate only rolls. Lucas, six, asked his grandfather at the table whether he could see the thing in his heart, and R. said no, but that he has a picture of it, and after pie the…
Christmas 2019, sizes:
- Hannah (11): 14, shoe 6. - Owen (8 1/2): 10. Skates 3. - Lucas (6): 7. - Maeve (3 3/4): 4T. Wants a doctor's kit "with a real shot." - Theo (nearly 2): 2T. Lykke: julekake x2, limpa x2. No kringle ordered.
2020
The first time we have had any of them since Christmas. Ellen's four came on th…
…e 11th, after two weeks of seeing nobody and a test apiece, and David drove from Denver with Lucas and Maeve, two days in the car; Julia could not leave her patients. Nine of us. We hugged in the yard. On Sunday, with the dishes half done, the water stopped. The well pump, eighty feet down. R. had the cover off the…
Christmas 2020: everything by mail. Three boxes, posted December 5.
To Naperville: - Hannah (12): women's small. A proper journal, bound, and a good pen. - Owen (9 1/2): 12. A puck bag, and "The Hobbit." To Denver: - Lucas (7): 8. Fly-tying kit, beginner's, chosen by Ray. - Maeve (4 3/4): 5. Three picture books and a library card holder. To Portland: - Theo (nearly 3): 3T. Wooden tr…
2021
Polarized fishing glasses for Lucas, and a clip-on reading lamp for Maeve
Christmas 2021: six.
- Hannah (13): women's small, shoe 8. A gift card to the bookshop near her. - Owen (10 1/2): 14. A mouthpiece for the trombone. - Lucas (8): 8. Polarized fishing glasses. - Maeve (5 3/4): 6. December's book, and a reading lamp. - Theo (nearly 4): 4T. - June (5 months): 6-9 months.
2022
FAMILY WEEK 2022, July 2 to 9. All fourteen of us at once, for the first time.
WHO SLEPT WHERE - Lake bedroom: Ray and I. - North bedroom: Kate, Samir, and June (11 months) in the travel crib. - Back bedroom, the two twins: Ellen and Mark. - Sofa bed in the main room: David and Julia. - The porch, four cots: Hannah (13), Owen (11), Lucas (8), Maeve (6). - Theo (4): the trundle in his parents' ro…
Christmas 2022, here, because of the knee. All fourteen, in shifts: Ellen's fou…
…r the 22nd to the 24th; David's four the 24th to the 27th; Kate's four the 26th to the 28th. Sizes: - Hannah (14): women's small, shoe 8 1/2. - Owen (11 1/2): 14-16. Skates 6. - Lucas (9): 10. - Maeve (6 3/4): 7. - Theo (nearly 5): 5. - June (17 months): 2T. Her bed quilt is on the frame and will be late. Nothing w…
2023
5 yds of the trout-stream print and 3/4 yd rust
Lucas's ten-year quilt: done, and in the post tomorrow for the 21st. No. 49.
Fish. Twenty of them, each a pieced block 12 x 16 inches, swimming in four rows, every other row the opposite way: northerns in greens, walleye in gold and olive, a row of bluegills, and one musky down the left side that is three blocks long. Water is seven different blues. Twin, 68 x 88. Backing: the trout-stream pr…
Christmas 2023, in Portland, six days. We fly the 22nd. Everything for Napervil…
…le and Denver is posted by the 12th; what goes to Portland must fit two suitcases. Sizes: - Hannah (15): women's small. She has stopped eating meat as of October; no beef sticks in that box. A set of good coloured pencils, 72, and paper. - Owen (12 1/2): men's small. Skates 8. - Lucas (10): 12. A fillet knife, with…
2024
Family week 2024, June 29 to July 6. Fourteen.
- NEW RULE, as of Saturday morning: no lures, hooks or rigged rods are left on the dock, ever. They go in the boathouse on the rack. Birdie found a lure of Lucas's at six in the morning and put a treble hook through her lip. The emergency vet in Minocqua (open all night; the number is on the refrigerator now) had it o…
The Fourth, fourteen of us, hot. Two loon chicks this year, both riding.
Hannah set up an easel at the end of the dock on Friday evening and painted until she could not see: the dock itself going out into the water, and the far shore, and the light that comes at about eight. R. looked at it for a long time and asked whether he could buy it. She said it was not for sale, and then that it wa…
Christmas 2024, in Denver. We fly out the 21st and home the 28th. Birdie goes t…
…o Naperville on the 20th; Hannah has the feeding card. Sizes: - Hannah (16): women's small. Paints, the good ones, from the shop Kate recommended. - Owen (13 1/2): men's medium. - Lucas (11): 12-14. An ice-fishing rod. - Maeve (8 3/4): 10. December's book. Ray is building her a bookcase, cherry, to be delivered in t…
Christmas in Denver, a week, at 5,300 feet, with R. winded on the stairs and de…
…nying it. Lucas is eleven and took his grandfather ice fishing on a reservoir an hour away, with David to drive, and they came back with two trout and a great deal of opinion about Colorado ice. Maeve is eight and has read everything I have sent her, and wanted to know why the girl in last month's book had to give th…
2025
Rod and reel, medium-heavy
Fourteen for the Fourth, and for the first time there was room: the four eldest…
…cousins in the bunkhouse, with Hannah as landlady and a list of rules on the door in her handwriting, the first of which is NO OWEN ON THE TOP BUNK AFTER TEN. On Thursday morning Lucas caught a northern off the end of the dock on a red-and-white spoon: thirty-one inches by R.'s tape, measured twice, because the firs…
Family week 2025. Fourteen, and a bed for every one of them.
- Bunkhouse: Hannah (16), Owen (14), Lucas (11), Maeve (9). - Lake bedroom: us. North bedroom: Kate and Samir, with June on the trundle. Back bedroom: Ellen and Mark. Sofa bed: David and Julia. Porch cot: Theo (7), with the dog. For the record book: Thursday, July 3, about 7:30 in the morning, off the end of the dock…
The first bunk quilt: finished. No. 50. The first quilt I have finished since L…
…ucas's, two years and three months ago. Eyes, Lorraine, a year of not wanting to. The blue one, for the lower bunk on the lake side. 60 x 80. Ten strips running the long way, six inches finished, in blues from the scrap tubs. Backed in navy flannel, quilted by me in straight lines two inches apart, bound in red. La…
Christmas 2025, HERE, all fourteen, December 24 to 27.
Beds: - Ellen and Mark: Ellen's old room. David and Julia: David's. Kate and Samir: the family room, on the sofa bed. - Hannah: the sewing room, on the trundle. - Owen and Lucas: air mattresses in the den. - Maeve, Theo, June: sleeping bags in our room. Sizes: - Hannah (17): women's small. A carry-on suitcase. - Owen…
2026
Hannah's graduation, yesterday, Naperville, 1:00, outdoors.
- From us: the quilt, and a cheque for $500.00 toward books. - She starts in Madison on August 28. - Thank-you note to Mark's mother, who saved us seats in the shade. Next graduations: Owen 2029, Lucas 2031, Maeve 2034, Theo 2036, June 2039.
R. is seventy-three. We came home for it: the Nordic Table, where he had the wa…
…lleye, and afterward at our own table the flourless thing with the almonds that he is permitted. Lucas telephoned him, by himself, from Denver, to report a rainbow trout of nineteen inches and to ask a question about leaders. They talked for forty minutes. R. came out of the den afterward and said, "He's thirteen in…
They went home yesterday. Fourteen, eight days, and the bunkhouse full.
Hannah is seventeen and off to college in seven weeks. Owen is fifteen and six feet tall and eats standing up. Lucas, twelve, fried the walleye on the Fourth, all of it, at his grandfather's elbow, with R. saying nothing but "now" at intervals. Maeve read on the porch swing. Theo is eight and announces the tree nuts h…
FAMILY WEEK 2026, July 1 to 8. Fourteen people, eight days.
WHO SLEPT WHERE - Lake bedroom: Ray and I. - North bedroom: Kate and Samir, with June (5 on the 12th) on the trundle. - Back bedroom, the twins: Ellen and Mark. - Sofa bed: David and Julia. - Bunkhouse: Hannah (17) lower lake side, under the blue quilt; Owen (15) upper lake side, under the green; Lucas (12) and Maeve…

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First nameLucas
Middle nameDavid
Last nameOstrander
Date of birth2013-08-21
GenderMale
CommentsGrandson, David and Julia's.

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q145 How many grandchildren do we have, and who is the oldest? q027 Where was I when each of the grandchildren was born? q034 Who named Birdie? q036 Make me a list of every book I have written about in my journal. q050 What did Ray say to Lucas to get him to let that pike go?
Traps and story · persona.yaml

too_many Receipts (338), health records (77), bills (52), service receipts (38), warranties (31), vaccinations (28), mileage readings (26), electronics (26), jewelry (20). A question about "all" of any of these cannot be answered from a partial read; a good answer gives the whole list or says the list is partial.

only_in_note Only in the journal: what Ray asked the cardiologist, the night nurse's name, where the sourdough starter came from and its name, who named the dog, her mother's and Lorraine's last words, where she was when three of the grandchildren were born, Don's funeral, and the morning of Arnie's stroke.

1977-08-20Peg Haugen and Ray Ostrander marry in La Crosse. Ray bought the engagement ring that May.
2017-06-09Peg retires after 31 years as librarian at Tamarack Hill Elementary.

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receipt_subject →Airfare to Denver, one ticket — Receipt; receipt_subjectAirfare to Denver, on…receipt_subject →Freight to Denver - Lucas's toy chest — Receipt; receipt_subjectFreight to Denver - L…receipt_subject →Wooden garage with a ramp, for Lucas; enamel roaster for Ellen and Mark — Receipt; receipt_subjectWooden garage with a …receipt_subject →Starter train set and a wooden fish on a string — Receipt; receipt_subjectStarter train set and…receipt_subject →Tackle box, small, and Hatchet — Receipt; receipt_subjectTackle box, small, an…receipt_subject →Polarized fishing glasses for Lucas, and a clip-on reading lamp for Maeve — Receipt; receipt_subjectPolarized fishing gla…receipt_subject →5 yds of the trout-stream print and 3/4 yd rust — Receipt; receipt_subject5 yds of the trout-st…receipt_subject →Rod and reel, medium-heavy — Receipt; receipt_subjectRod and reel, medium-…journal_subject →Lucas David Ostrander, born today at 2:47 in the afternoon, seven pounds even,… — Journal; journal_subjectLucas David Ostrander…journal_subject →Home from Denver this afternoon. Maeve is seventeen days old, with a great deal… — Journal; journal_subjectHome from Denver this…journal_subject →We have a dog. Her name is Birdie. She is a yellow Labrador, nine weeks old, fo… — Journal; journal_subjectWe have a dog. Her na…journal_subject →All of them came. Ellen's four, David's four, Kate and Samir and Theo: thirteen… — Journal; journal_subjectAll of them came. Ell…journal_subject →The Fourth, fourteen of us, hot. Two loon chicks this year, both riding. — Journal; journal_subjectThe Fourth, fourteen …journal_subject →Christmas in Denver, a week, at 5,300 feet, with R. winded on the stairs and de… — Journal; journal_subjectChristmas in Denver, …journal_subject →Fourteen for the Fourth, and for the first time there was room: the four eldest… — Journal; journal_subjectFourteen for the Four…journal_subject →R. is seventy-three. We came home for it: the Nordic Table, where he had the wa… — Journal; journal_subjectR. is seventy-three. …speaker ←Call her Birdie, because Grandma is always looking at birds and now she can loo… — Quote; speakerCall her Birdie, beca…speaker ←Can you see the thing in your heart, Grandpa, or do you just know it's there? — Quote; speakerCan you see the thing…assign_to ←Lucas's fishing log (the app Ray put on for him) — Passcode; assign_toLucas's fishing log (…family_member ←Peg Ostrander — Contact; family_memberPeg OstranderLucas Ostrander