Month: June 2019

Good Morning All! Well, it’s off to The Tana House for a few days!  There’s nothing quite like the “Big Sky” of Montana! Happy Birthday to my friend and family member, Sheryl, who celebrates her birthday tomorrow, June 28th.  Here’s to you, Sheryl…a bright light and one of the most thoughtful people in the Universe! …Read more

Good Morning All! Josh, Judy & I had a great time at the Spokane Indians game last night.  And what a great game it was…3-2 win over the Boise Hawks with an exciting game ending play by the third baseman, who fielded a line drive hit down the third base line by throwing his body…Read more

Good Morning All! We had my grandsons Josh and Izaak (Ike) over last night.  They were such fun!  Little Izaak (Ike), almost 8 months old, is sure a jolly fellow…he moves his hands all around and has a real exuberance for life.  He’s good the best smile in the whole wide world!  Josh, almost 12…Read more

Good Morning All! Happy second day of Summer!  The Summer Solstice is upon us…here’s comes the sun! Happy Birthday wishes go to our friend Lori, whose birthday is TODAY!  Happy Birthday, Lori!  She shares a birthday with singer/songwriter Cyndi Lauper of “Girls Just Wanna Fun” and the current Broadway show “Kinky Boots” fame, who is…Read more

Good Morning All! Prayers are lifted up for Judy this morning that the cortisone shot she got yesterday will relieve the pain she has been experiencing in her hip.  We’re looking forward to our trip to Iceland with our daughter Andy’s family and would like to do some hiking there, so we’re praying that the…Read more

Good Morning All! You may heard of the saying that “everything is connected to everything else”…a quote from Barry Commoner’s book “The Closing Circle.  Well, “Boy, Howdy!” is that ever true!  I was having dinner with my mom and tablemates at Courtland Place last night and met a new resident by the name of Carol. …Read more

Good Morning All! Happy Martini Day to all of you martini lovers out there…”shaken, not stirred” as James Bond is found of saying!  Speaking of martinis, check out Twig’s Bistros in Spokane for a good martini of any kind under the sun (sweet, dry, dirty…you name it, they’ve got it!). A belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY to…Read more

Good Morning All! This past Sunday I had the pleasure of coming upon a little stand on the street corner just a block from our home.  Three neighborhood children were selling Otter Pops for 25 cents each.  They picked a great day to set up their business, as it was pretty hot that day.  I…Read more

Good Morning All! Happy Birthday to one of my all-time favorite tennis players, Venus Williams, who turns 39 today; to singer/composer Barry Manilow of “Looks Like We Made It” and “Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz…Oh, What A Relief It Is” fame, who is 76 today (is that possible?); and to actor Greg Kinnear who celebrates his…Read more

Good Morning All! HAPPY FATHER’S DAY TO ALL OF YOU DADS OUTHERE!  Here’s to the two best fathers anyone could ever have in this life…my beloved Dad, Don Newbold (Newby The First) and my beloved other father, Judy’s Dad, Dwain McIntosh (Papa Mac).  Thanks for being great examples to follow on what it means to…Read more