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Wrapping up Dextoberfest

Well, we ended the birthday week with a party for Declan at the house. We invited his all old friends and even one new one from his new school. It was pretty much a zoo, but Declan loved every minute of it.If you would like…

Blows Me Away

The wife of the colleague I met with in San Francisco accompanied him on the trip. Both of them are friends as well as colleagues. She was also a professor at his university, before a degenerative skin disease started taking her life away. I can't…

Happy birthday, my darling boy.

I am brokenhearted that I am away from home on your special day. But I did get you a cool t-shirt from San Francisco and sang to you in a very off-key way early this morning. But I missed you terribly today, missed seeing your…

Off to San Francisco

I fly out to Cali today for work, but I was able to add a bit of time at the beginning of the trip to see my friend Caroline. Her college nickname was Babs, mainly because she was so un-Babs-ish, but I think I am…