Archive for February 2010


The Segel household in Squirrel Hill was full of sound.

Ken was in the dining room talking with his oldest daughter Isabel, 9; she was pacing with her clarinet in hand. Across the hall in the living room, 7-year-old Abigail was halfway through a violin lesson.

In fact, the only Segel not making a sound was Naomi, 4, but her mind was clearly racing. Splayed out in her mom Sarah’s lap, her eyes scanned the pages of “Today is the Birthday of the World,” the beautifully illustrated book in Sarah’s hands. 
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