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It’s an exhilarating experience when a father hears his son’s first “Da-Da.” But the experience can be crushing if a child stops saying it.

Garrett Kelty appeared normal in every way when he was born on Nov. 5, 1994 — a few months before his parents, Robert and Rebecca, bought Alpine Pastries in Evergreen.

MORRISON — Monica Bascio never asks the question that others often pose to her.

Nope. She’s too busy living in the now to think about what might have been.

That’s not to say that the events of 16 years ago don’t shape her life. They do — just perhaps not in the ways one would expect.

Last Tuesday I dutifully reported to the Jefferson County Taj Mahal to serve as a juror. As it turned out, after a video and some introductory remarks, I was among the group of people who wouldn’t be needed that day. So I, juror No. 1259, left the building having fulfilled my duty for the time being.

As Milton said, they also serve who only stand and wait.

Editor’s note: Sylvia Brockner was a little under the weather last week, so we’re reprinting a column from June 1987. Sylvia reports that she’s feeling much better and that her column will return next week.

My husband, Bill, and I have spent considerable time in our breeding bird atlas territory this past week.

I fully expected to enjoy the time spent birding, but there is an additional dividend that I had not foreseen.