Motto

May I say something today that will make somebody feel better.

Hi Everybody

I hope your New Year is all you want it to be. I spend my time these days taking pictures and working on them with Photoshop. I walk in the mall or at the Chicago Botanic Garden or in a big-box store. I work crossword and suduko puzzles. I read, mostly non-fiction. In late July and early August I spend four weeks in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where I sit in classes at a statistical seminar. My nephew, Mike, who teaches there, takes me with him. We each get an apartment right by campus. Besides classes there are staff meetings and picnics. The students are mostly graduate or post-graduate and come from around the world. Right now I am enjoying the sights and making new friends in Put-in-Bay. This is the fourth time I have been to the island (once before Mary was here). I still live alone in a four-bedroon house in Northbrook, Illinois. Plenty of room if you happen to come this way. I enjoy good health and hope to do more traveling.

The sad news is that I am the last survivor of my siblings.