I did not preregister for Convergence this year, but did so at the door ($$), and am glad I did.( Read more... )

I left work early on December 27, not feeling well. I have had a bad cold ever since. mia_mcdavid has it as well. Stuck at home ever since. We have cancelled all social events. It is now past midnight in New Brunswick, Canada. Since that is a place in North America I have been, albeit more than 1/2 century ago, I think I can call it 2013 and go to bed.

To my dear wife mia_mcdavid

....to my own dear mia_mcdavid

Windycon 2011
We spent this past weekend in Chicagoland, at Windycon, as we did in 2008 and 2009 (Also see these posts). Our old friend Frank Hayes was Music GOH and Christian Ready was Toastmaster, so we had been looking forward to this. We were not disappointed.( Read more... )

On Sunday morning mia_mcdavid and our son James left here for a road trip. They drove to Michigan, to see Mia's mother and other relatives. I have been alone here, except for the cat, who apparently regards me primarily as her servant. So what have I been doing? ( Read more... )

mia_mcdavid and I spent Saturday with Colgaffneyis at the Minnesota Scottish Fair & Highland Games. It was my 60th birthday. ( Read more... )

To my dear wife mia_mcdavid!

I spent last weekend at Gaeltacht Minnesota's summer workshop at the lovely Winona campus of St. Mary's University (Some pictures here). I went there for the first time in 2007 and have been back every year since. As always, I learned a lot and had a great time.
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Happy Anniversary to my own dear mia_mcdavid. Looking forward to many more.