This has got to be the BEST cat photo ever! My sister Zina took this photo 3 years ago when we were in our home village of Grotte, Sicily. It is fantastic. We were there for Easter visiting aunts, uncles, and cousins. It was one of the coldest Easters on [...]
I was surprised to get an email from a former Kuwaiti student I had years ago at Green River Community College, Hani Alkhulaifi. He was in town visiting and wanted to meet up with me. Thank goodness for Facebook because I was able to friend him and see photos of [...]
Early yesterday morning, Rick and I drive to Portland, Oregon. Portland is beautiful as ever, with its great architecture and vibrant inner city. I LOVE that place! We had a great time walking around the city. Rick was a Navy Reserve Trainer for two years in Portland and lived there [...]
My great-niece, Ava Grace Urbano, turned FIVE last week! Her daddy, my nephew, Vince, says she is 5 going on 25 and I couldn't agree more with him! She is a wonderfully precocious child and thoroughly engaging! She and her sister, Brynlee Faith, are Jeanie's grandchildren. Vince and his wife, [...]
It was a good weekend. Back in Merrillville, Indiana, my 30+1 high school reunion took place this very weekend. (Yes, you did read that correctly: I am part of the graduating class of 1980) I so wanted to go to reconnect with my friends, most of whom I have not [...]