{"id":334,"date":"2009-03-20T21:52:49","date_gmt":"2009-03-21T01:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/?p=334"},"modified":"2009-04-21T10:31:30","modified_gmt":"2009-04-21T14:31:30","slug":"crescit-progenies-nostra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nltaylor.net\/sketchbook\/archives\/334","title":{"rendered":"crescit progenies nostra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hwaet! Unto us this day is born, in the city of Pawtucket, in the state of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations, our fourth child and second son, Simon Lane Taylor.<\/p>\n<p>Like <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Genogram\">genograms<\/a> but for soccer moms rather than therapists, those self-satisfied minivan decals have emerged as the latest diagrammatic lexicon for identifying one&#8217;s family.  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