chering had suggested that for the duration of their visit, we let Penny and tosca15 have the mornings to themselves, since this visit would have to hold them until the next time they got together, which would be Halloween. Consequently, on Sunday, August 20, 2017, we picked them and Carly up shortly after noon, and we all went to The Flicks to see Glass Castle ( Read more... )

When I visited Boise, Idaho, last month, starting 16 August 2017, Boiseans asked me the same question time after time, "Guess you're here for the eclipse?" The true answer to that question was, "Not really," but the explanation for my answer was lengthy, and I never had the feeling that anyone was interested enough to listen. Besides, I was happy ( Read more... )

After four days in Key West with Karen and Bruce, I flew to Ft. Lauderdale for six days at the tosca15 resort:


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On Tuesday, 23 February, Chering, Tosca15, and I headed north to spend two nights in St. Augustine, the oldest continuously inhabited city in North America. It was settled by the Spanish in 1565. By a fortunate coincidence, a high school classmate of chering's moved to St. Augustine in 2008 and had volunteered to act as our unpaid travel agent/guide. Gary had made ( Read more... )

You think my first day in Coconut Creek was lazy? Today was even lazier. Up at 9:00, drank coffee, ate breakfast, and talked until noon. chering and tosca15 went to the gym to work out, while I stayed back at the apartment, did my stretches, showered and dressed, and had long telephone conversations with Samantha and my sister Debbie. (When you list 'showered ( Read more... )

I arrived here in sunny, warm, pleasant Coconut Creek (right outside of Ft. Lauderdale) on Saturday evening. A couple of hours later, tosca15 and I retraced our steps to the airport and picked up chering. Such a wonderful feeling to all be together again after an eleven-and-a-half month separation...not that we don't communicate frequently in between get- ( Read more... )

I know I've been least in sight here, but it's been for a happy reason. On 20 March I flew to Ft. Lauderdale to spend a week with tosca15 and chering at tosca15's condo.

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