Another Reason To Live In California

Note: to see a huge copy of any photo, right-click on it and open a new window with just the image.  (Firefox: “View Image”;  Chrome: “Open image”;  Internet Explorer: “Properties” and copy the photo’s URL  into a new window) We had a great visit with the grandgirls (and their wonderful parents, too).   Several items…

From 1950 to 1955, Dad was stationed at the Chincoteague Naval Air Station, which was on the road from US Route 13 out to Chincoteague Island.  It forms my first memories.   Here is a Google Earth view of the area today. The facility was decommissioned by the Navy and used by NASA as their…

California recently passed the point where Caucasians were a majority.  We are now only a plurality.   On walks in the park, you are likely to hear people pass, chattering with each other in langauges other than English.  Spanish, of course.  But frequently Chinese, Russian, undetermined Slavic-sounding languages and, around our neighborhood, Japanese.   Further…

In the Summer of ’09, we all went on a Segway Tour of San Francisco … which I can heartily recommend.  We spent 30 or 40 minutes being thoroughly trained (it’s easy!) … and then we went out in the Fisherman’s wharf area … where cars are moving very slowly owing to the foot traffic….

Stephanie Kittredge — my first wife, the mother of my two eldest children — lies seriously ill in a San Diego hospital.   In May, when last I saw her, her COPD was so far advanced she needed supplemental oxygen and wheelchair.    After a 3-week trip to NYC to visit Molly in late May,…