The Lowe-Down

EVERYONE TAKE NOTE

2011-02-17T19:32:00.000-08:00

Hello Family!

It's Vanessa's birthday.

she is awesome.

that's all.

Childhood fears

2010-11-06T12:55:00.000-07:00

Childhood is one word... but Robin Hood is two. English is a silly language sometimes.

___a story by steven___

When I was younger I had a fear of power outages. the lights would go out, it always happened on "dark and stormy nights", my older brother and younger sister told me that lightning might strike us at any time. I survived till high school and college but my fear remained because I had a lot of things going on in my computer. I was playing or working with them all the time. If the power went out all my work would be lost, not to mention it might frag the hard drive and screw up the boot process for "windows" when it came back on. And my home network was set up as dynamically assigned ip's but there were port forwarding rules to static ip's ... The whole thing tied it's self into knots when the power went off.

Then I went to Argentina, they call "power" "luz" there. and there are not power outages because they don't have a name for them, just "se fue la luz" or "se corto' la luz" which is the same as "the light left" or "the light cut it's self". also in Argentina i noticed that it wasn't important to have electricity on every where all the time. The weather wasnt always dark and stormy either, the lights went on and off at their leisure. and the world didn't shut down because the power was off.

On November 2nd of this year. I experienced a power outage. So I did the dishes. it gave me time to think. After it was all done I wrote the following in a note book:

The power went out today. Stayed off for an hour, but it wasnt long enough. I hoped it wouldn't come back on.
What would I do if it never came back on? I suppose it would depend on how it goes out and what exactly stops working. I mean if it's some alien force the stops all "high tech" like the S M Stirling novels it would mean different things than if the electrical grid fails but cars and batteries and generators still work. I can't think of any reason for the power not to come back on though. perhaps a huge attack like the Jericho tv show could shut things down for a year or two in some places but it would always come back on. Electricity is too useful to leave dead. we arent going to hand crank start our cars again. We will always have electricity.
But sometimes I think I can give it up myself. Quit it like a bad drug. It's not a drug though... is it? I'm not addicted to my technology, it just helps me to do more, and faster, and better right? I type faster than I can scribble these words and the applications have spell check. they sometimes have a built in thesauores too, so why should I neglect to use the tools I have a avallible? even this pen and wire bound note book was made using a hige rung on the technology ladder. What benifit would i get if I turned off my electricity?
Why do the Amish do it? I can't hink of any reasonother than freedom... but that hasent been proven yet. I know i would talk more with Vanesa in person, and I could practice my violin and juggling. If there was no eletricity in the walls to power my T.V. life would seem simpler if we went to bed and rose with the sun. it would be a fun game to play or a test to pass. a week with out electricity but I can't think of a reason to leave it off after that.

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thats what i wrote in my note book. I added the hyper-links in my head while i was writing it and made sure to transfer them into this digital media as well.

Lowe Family Reunion CLAS Ropes Provo, UT May 2010

2010-05-29T18:49:00.001-07:00

Family Pictures May 2010 @ Pioneer Park

2010-05-29T18:48:00.000-07:00

Nannie graduates from High School!

2010-05-29T18:45:00.000-07:00

GOOD JOB NANNIE!!!!!!!!!!!

Our Newest Family Member

2009-12-15T09:05:00.000-08:00

Today we welcomed our newest family member.

Alice Mele Barton

Born December 14, 2009

6 lbs 15 oz 19.5 inches

She is so adorable! We love her already.

Alice

july 24th camping

2009-08-09T13:48:00.000-07:00

For the 24th of July weekend Steven and I went camping with Rouie, Kapono, Nannie, and Asa. We camped up Consumers, close to the waterfall between Price and Helper. It rained a little and we ate alot of marshmellos and snacks. We played card games and spent time in nature. Everyone had fun! We hiked to the waterfall, Asa had so much fun playing in the water, he and Uncle Steven had fun looking at plants and rocks on the way back from the hike. Here are a few pictures from the weekend. It was an easy hike, i found myself cutting ahead alot though. I seemed to do better with setting my own pace. The hike was nice at the beginning with it being overcast. While playing at the waterfall the sun came back. (For the past week I had been fighting with eye infections, my eyes were extrememly sensitive to light, i mostly hide in the shadow while everyone played in the water.)

It was fun and it was nice to explore some of the beautiful landscape of the Price area.

For Beautiful on Valentine's

2009-02-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

2009-02-09T12:56:00.000-08:00

Newest Member of the Family

2008-09-04T06:30:00.000-07:00

Asa Pohakunuiokaua'i Apele Barton

September 3, 2008 8:29 a.m.

6 lbs 9 oz. 20 inches

Mom, baby, and dad are doing well!

http://picasaweb.google.com/StevenandVanessa/Asa#

Easter 2008 East Carbon

2008-03-29T18:54:00.001-07:00

a small conflict, nothing to worry about
kapo is thinking about what to name the "peanut", rouie is looking at the cake thinking finally i have an excuse to eat it all, and aunt betty is chating it up with mema (not shown)

robert there is no explanation
kuu'lei (i before e except after words like kuu'lei)
moma lowe is happy to see every one again and remebering how loud we all were, but it's her fault because she's deaf,,, kinda
these were more valued than gold. mema makes the best deviled eggs this side of mars
the family of cell phones, leave a comment and guess whos are whos?

it's mema, probably telling me not to eat all of those yummy looking eggs
aunt betty again
thats a bat symbole, on rouies' cake. she probably thinks batman could win agaisnt superman. but shes wrong
they did have a wonderfully awesome looking cake though
the birthday couple. smiling because they are a year older now.

all in all we had a great time. butch, gesi and kitty couldnt make it but we'll still be friends.

Steven and Vanessa

2007-10-12T14:58:00.000-07:00

Steven and Vanessa were married in Manti on January 2, 2007. They are currently living happily in Salt Lake City attending the University of Utah.

Rouie and Kapono

2007-10-10T15:54:00.000-07:00

Rouie and Kapono we're married on July, 14 2007 in the Kona Hawaii temple, they now reside with their sister Janet in Price while attending the College of Eastern Utah. You are cordially invite to attend Sunday Dinner.