Normally I know these blogs can be wordy, lengthy and include extraneous information – today, not the case. The blood drawn for Bonnie’s genetic testing results have come back. RESULTS: NEGATIVE This is INCREDIBLE news for her, for me, and for our two girls. A BRCA1/BRCA2 gene is defined as: BRCA1 and BRCA2 are human [...]
It was Good Friday yesterday. The students were all excused from training to conduct an Earth Day clean up - and I can tell you they did not catch any slack - those kids worked their butts off clearing out, pruning, raking, and general pick up. The campus is in excess of 8000 acres, complete [...]
For those of you that have driven across the breadth of this great nation you know the amount of driving involved. I left the state of South Carolina on a beautiful June morning destined for the Pacific Ocean with a number of scheduled stops for the next five days. When I arrived in Santa Rosa, [...]
If you’re an active reader of the two blogs I write regularly you’ll know how important I find the role of a friend. A good friend as we all know are hard to come by and when you have one – it’s special – special enough not to lose. At the half-century mark my number [...]
What is a vacation? We’ve all had them, we’ve all enjoyed them, picked them apart, got screwed by the airlines or received an unexpected upgrade and your bag was the first one at the carousel … whatever takes place during a vacation is not entirely on you but when it happens we can either relish [...]
Today I’m going to couple both blogs together with one event; LuLu’s 7th birthday. Did she really know it was her birthday yesterday? Does she know what day of the week it is? Better yet – does she really care? I’ve heard mixed reviews on a dog’s memory. Some dog owners can tell me with [...]
Writing a blog each morning requires me to pay close attention to what is going on in our house each day. I look for triggers that will help me get words on paper each morning. As many of you know I do not generate a blog during the weekend as the house is normally teeming [...]
LuLu says “Greetings everyone!” Our East coast visitor arrived on time yesterday and the house was a whirling cascade of conversation, laughter, gifting and the need for a second wind which arrived around 8:PM oddly enough that was the same time the grilled steaks, homemade marinate and grilled asparagus were coming off the grill. Hmmmm [...]