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Apr
Click to enlarge MARIANSKE LAZNE, Czech Republic We bought our tickets to Europe online tonight and will be leaving May 14. Be gone through the first week of August. We’re really anxious to get back over there. I want to spend a couple of weeks in the Czech Republic, if we can. And we have [...]
26
Apr
I talked to Dalia three times today. She picked up Camilla at the airport and all is well. She’ll be home tomorrow, late.Margo must have heard thunder or an explosion because she came to me this afternoon, shivering and terrified, and she stayed that way for a long time. Her eyes were not only changed [...]
26
Apr
Click to enlarge RENO SKYLINE We’re a couple of hours from Reno and it’s where we do our major shopping. Reno’s grown into a huge, attractive city. It’s located a the north end of the Great Basin, at about 4,000 feet above sea level. The last couple of days, there have been swarms of earthquakes [...]
25
Apr
(Click to enlarge) Dalia went to the City today, to spend the weekend with her father, and two sisters, one of whom arrives from Germany today. Margo’s not up for the trip so I stayed home with her, to spend as much time as I can with my friend. She sleeps a lot because [...]
25
Apr
(Click to enlarge) Isn’t this just absolutely beautiful and perfect!
25
Apr
(Click to enlarge) Environment: USN training. Situation: Dive training, free-dive evolution. Equipment: Fins, snorkel, and mask. (Okay, wise ass, swim trunks, too.) Location: Redacted (general area, Caribbean). Distance from shore: one-quarter mile. Depth: 30 feet down, in 60 feet of water. Dive partner: Name redacted. Barn-tough, rope-muscled, bright-red-headed Midwestern team partner. Situation: While we were [...]
23
Apr
Margo is not feeling well and that makes us both very sad.
19
Apr
My friend, Bob, stopped by last night. What a guy. Career Navy, w/ top clearance; second career as CHP officer; Ham operator; helps people all over town. Straight as an arrow, honest as they come. A privilege to know him.
The title should say it all. There is a general sense of peace at the house today. Dalia is devouring a huge book that she can’t put down. I’m downloading all the latest Linux distributions, to check them out, though I can hardly see how any could be any better than Ubuntu. It’s cooler today [...]
18
Apr
Last night in Reno, in prep for a day at the hospital. Spring in the Biggest Little City on Earth. Lovely. But, better still, I got an “A” on all my medical tests and am as good to go at a soon-to-be 66 can be. Back att home, meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Dalia’s favorite and, [...]
16
Apr
(Click on photo to enlarge) Attached is a photo I took while we were in what was formerly known as Marienbad, Czech Republic, now returned to its Czech name, Marianske Lazne, a beautiful spa town, one of the madman Hitler’s favorite get-aways. The park in which this monument stands is one of the most beautiful [...]
15
Apr
It’s a lovely Spring day here in Q. Only a month until we leave for Europe again, this time, to stay longer. I’m so looking forward to that. Here, in the U.S., we’re in a block of time; there, one feels as though one is part of the stream of history, amidst it, part of [...]
15
Apr
We know we are in the midst of the “Me” generation when publishers report that significantly more memoirs were submitted to publishers this year than were submitted novels.
It looks like the Chinese are going to be the first Olympics host to try to sneak the Olympic Torch around the world. Maybe we’re about the see (or not see) the world’s first Covert Olympics.
Saturday, March 22, 2008 Global unpredictability We’ve had sunny days, but nights are cold, leaving frost in the mornings, and not allow enough time for all the glaciers to melt. My hope for global warming has been dashed against the reality that nature is unpredictable, more like a teenager than a helpful aunt. The helpful [...]
We have Spring. Zebra streaks of snow linger on higher mountain slopes and nights are still cold. I am told I’m impatient for Spring’s comfort. Impatients is a luxury of youth. Old men like me should cherish time, every tick of our arbitrary clock. All the weary, cold moments of Winter, when my joints ached [...]