These are posts about previous generations of members of my family.
My great-nephew, Wolfe Glick, won the US championship for the Pokemon videogame tourney last month, after winning the regional tourney earlier this year. As US champion, he and his Mom got a paid trip to the “Worlds” – the tournament to determine the overall champion. Because the international tourney is held in San Diego this…
Dogs have enriched my life from my earliest memories right until today. I hope you all have had great experiences with our canine friends. I sure have.
Last weekend, the family was on pins and needles as we learned that Wolfe Glick, who is my neice’s 15 year old son, was advancing nicely in the Pokemon video game Championship Series. A couple weeks before that, he had won the regional competition and gotten the opportunity to go to “nationals” — where kids…
Deb and I took a “hike” in our favorite park in San Jose — Alum Rock Park. Walking by the Youth Science Institute, pictured here on the right, we noticed a lot of activity taking place in the park next to the YSI building Here’s what we saw: It looked like a group of girls,…
The end arrived today for our family dog, Moab, aka Mo, aka Mo-jo. He’s been “failing” of late — not being able to walk very far. Not able to climb stairs or even get up off the floor without difficulty. He had noticeable tumors and increasing pain. It was his time, and I…
Debi and I both like artworks from the Impressionist period – and we’ve gone out of our way to see many of the exhibitions of those paintings, from the fine collection at the Metropolitan Museum in New York to the even more impressive collection at the Barnes Foundation in suburban Philadelphia. (We were totally blown…
