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I was cleaning out a junk drawer this afternoon and came across a little book that Robin made when she was in elementary school. It’s called “My Poetry Book”. The inside inscription reads “This book is dedicated to my beloved brother Brian.” Here’s the first poem:
I wish
that I could fly away to a beach
and live [...]

After my back finally quit throbbing (turned out to be sciatica), I had a wonderful time in Boise with the Holsingers. I even managed to get out and do some shopping on Christmas Eve, and go to candlelight service that evening.
Christmas morning was a blast, watching the kids open presents while we looked out on [...]

I’ve been mentioning to a few people that I wanted to learn to play the guitar. I even looked online for a used guitar, or a cheap new one to get me started. Well, Carrie is very good at listening to folk’s casual conversation and remembering it come gift time.

Yes, you guessed it. She and [...]

What a wild few days I have had! I am currently in Boise with Robin and Ken looking out on 5 inches of new snow. It’s beautiful with no footprints or tire tracks marring it yet this morning. The kids are playing with Christmas games on the computer, and we’re eating hot oatmeal for breakfast.
My [...]

I set Mom up with a Twitter account this afternoon. Now she can post quick updates without the burden of trying to keep up a blog. You can follow her “tweets” here.
(https://twitter.com/GrandmaL)

Marvell announced a two week shutdown from December 22 through January 2 to cut corporate expenses and force people to use up some vacation that is stagnating on the books. So the Holsingers invited me to join them for Christmas in Boise. (They even bought my ticket — how great is that?) Since I’m going [...]