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  I have boat chores to do, but I’m saving them for the rainy days.  Laundry gets done early on the sunny days; the marina does have a dryer but I’d rather use the sun and avoid lines at the laundry room.  Grocery shopping is…

  I haven’t been writing much because for the past week we "cat sat" for my sister and stayed at her house where there are 3 TVs.  It’s amazing how much time you can spend watching television: not reading or writing or wha…

  We celebrated Halloween last night at the home of our friends Lois and Gerry and it was all "treats." And though you can’t tell it from my photos there was a very lively full house!
Halloween at Lois and Gerry’s
  Lois and G…

  I’ve mixed feelings about this final trip email.  Relief that I’ve finally caught up; sadness that the trip is really over.  I get to relive everything writing about it and reading the comments folks send in as comments.&#1…

  The Canadian adventure continues with this email. (Warning, food photos!  Don’t read if hungry!!)
Charmaine and Linda are world travelers. To bring them something unique we had to think “close to home.”  We brought wine from …

  I spent about 2 hours last night writing the first version of this email and lost it all in one wrong key stroke!  This is version 2, less spontaneous but certainly more thought out!
Ru
ps  Linda and Charmaine:  If I get my facts …

   Randal is still working on "work stuff" and I’m working on catching up with these emails.  We did take time off today to walk the Roanoke River Greenway detouring downtown for lunch. (You knew food was involved, of cours…

  This email is the tale of the lobster dinner which included lobster tails!  (And claws and all the rest of the lobster.)  Randal and I look forward not only to the lobster dinner, but to our annual visit with friends.  Getting to …

  Today it was oil change day for the car.  Randal didn’t change the oil, but he did replace the windshield wipers which is a good thing because they were really squeaky unless it was pouring.  And though Randal could tune it out; …