• Ripples

    We take for granted so many things in our lives, and it starts early. As children we take our parents for granted, the food we eat, the beds we sleep in, our siblings – we take all of these things for granted. We also take for granted, or maybe I should say, we forget to…

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  • Google Voice rocks!

    I have been wrestling with a phone issue recently: I’ve got a headset and can hear on it but I can’t seem to make myself heard very well, so always end up having to use the handset to make myself heard. Not a big deal on a short call, but a pain on those long…

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  • With every stop, a new memory

    We are back home after our semi-whirlwind tour of the east coast (I say semi, as our intrepid and younger friends Meagan and Jock have been doing a real deal whirlwind tour that you can read about at her blog). In my previous post, I mostly bitched and moaned about the hotel we stayed at…

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  • Travelling fools

    Chuck and I are spending a week and a half on the east coast, visiting family and friends. We flew out rfom Long Beach on Jet Blue and landed at Dulles. The plan (okay, the plan I suggested) was to take the Metro from Dulles to downtown Washington. I know, you”re thinking “What Metro from…

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  • Near Drowning

    Yesterday, Eileen and I did the Hard Core Sprint Triathlon held on the base at Camp Pendleton. To sum up the event I’ll quote another participant who swam a little better than me or was faster in the transition than me or both. He said, “the swim was frighting, the bike ride from hell never…

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  • Repercussions of war

    He doesn’t talk about it much, but Chuck is a Vietnam War vet. He spent a year (1970-71) stationed in a place called Vung Tau. He was in the Navy, but was land-based for his entire tour (long story that involves among other things volunteering – which common wisdom says you never do in the…

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