User blog comment:Doctor Ibrahim/Ask the Doc and his Family!/@comment-26517142-20160721103638/@comment-28358106-20160729032757

Me: "Well, aside from our normal evenings together at home, we do take occasional trips where it's practical.  But home time is the best.  After dinner, we'll gather around the fireplace and talk about our days, and everyone gets a chance to go into detail, talk about their discoveries or concerns or whatnot.   After that, one of the girls will show something they've been working on.  Aurum shows what she's been making, because she makes her own clothes.  Lucida is very musically inclined,  and she likes to play the harp or sometimes the hardinger, and Aegis likes to sing.  She's also a pretty good dancer.  And before we go to bed, Aurum likes to read a passage from a book aloud to everyone.  Ferra mends things while she listens."

Aurum: "We've finished several books this way."

Regina: "We try to stay as close as a family can, as often as we can.  It's difficult because the weather often keeps us pent up inside the house."

Lucida: "And having a big estate helps keep us from getting on each other's nerves."