Archive for November, 2011



Home again

Published on November 12, 2011

Spent 3 days down at my daughter’s house mostly taking care of her twins, whilst she was “busy elsewhere.” While the twins, newly promoted to “older brothers” were at school on Wednesday and Thursday, I was at the hospital with Kate and Joshua Raymond, born 09 Nov at 522p; he was 8 lb, 8 oz. […]


Veterans Day

Published on November 11, 2011

Here in the US, today is Veterans Day. I’ve known a lot of Veterans, being connected in many ways with the military community for so many years. I am of the “VietNam generation” and lost many friends. I’m aware of the scars brought back from that time; not all are visible on casual glance. Many are well hidden still. […]


The day after

Published on November 10, 2011

After staying at the house last night with the twins while the new dad stayed at the hospital with Mom and baby, today I got to see him! Took the twins to school and grabbed breakfast on the run – gotta love WaWa. He is beautiful, of course, or should I say Handsome! Definitely he […]