My kids are both grown up and moved out on their own (though one is not really an "empty-nester" until they get their stuff out of the house...). Actually, some 'Catters may have met one or both of them at Getaways and elsewhere--they're both fine folksingers. The oldest, Ken Schatz, is an actor and acting coach in New York City, and one-half of "The NexTradition." Dan Schatz is a Unitarian minister in New Hampshire and a multi-instrumentalist and singer of traditional, "new folk" and original songs. Little kids are cute and fun, but the real payoff comes when they grow up to be perfectly nice people you enjoy spending time with! I also have a silly gray cat named Roscoe, though Dan calls him "Underfoot," because that's where he usually is.

Cheers, Nancy