Elizabeth and I spent a delightful afternoon at our son Brian's house celebrating birthdays for my son-in-law Geoff and my granddaughter Alex. Their actual birthdays were in July but as is often the case in our family, this was the first weekend we were all available to celebrate. We gathered on the 2nd story deck Brian had built at the back of the ( Read more... )

I've just used my one invite code for Tom Jeffers, username=sexybass. He will likely post his first message tonight. Drop over and say hello.

Tom and I took in the show at the Japanese pavillion tonight. This is part of Winnipeg's massive multi-cultural two week festival called "Folklorama". My son-in-law Geoff and my grandson Jesse are "embassadors" this year. This means they wear traditional garb, greet visitors and host the evenings. My granddaughter Alex is part of the traditional ( Read more... )

Between the heat and the temperature it has been an uncomfortable day here in the Peg. Peggy O'Neill and I did a little more recording this afternoon. I must confess I love playing backup on other folks' work. I like the challenge of adding to the arrangement and trying to match up with the rythm of the lead and their diction patterns. Tis fun ( Read more... )

As I write, David, Joe and Peggy are playing Carcassonne on the dining room table just behind me. If I goof on my typing it's likely because I am dodging flying game pieces ( Read more... )

Had an unexpected visit from Felicia Herman, Joel Rosenberg and the girls. Apologies for my phonetic spellings. After catching up on our lives of late I suggested we all try Alesha's for supper. Joel and Felicia have fond memories of the food at the CUSS dinners at Keycon in the old days so they were eager to go. The potato soup was excellent and ( Read more... )

Thanks to all for the warm welcome to LJ. Interesting to see just how many of my friends are active here. Along with spam I can see how LJ is contributing to the slow decline of email popularity ( Read more... )

This is my first attempt at posting something. I am still floundering around and have much of the FAQ to read before I have a clue what I am doing. With any luck I'll get it sorted and be able to use it.