Well, I suppose that I've ignored the blog long enough. It was a lot of fun when I wrote actively, but I have a lot less free time these days, and what little time I do have seems to be spoken for.

Life has been, well, life. It has been good; certainly too much to condense into a few pithy observations. We've been happy and productive. Danny is in high school now (my how time flies), the businesses are still growing (hence my lack of time), my garden is growing (that in itself is fairly miraculous) and the dogs are as playful and loveable as ever.

I'll try to keep a better presence here more often, and bring some of the website sections up to speed. There's more to share, especially in the family trees.

Best wishes from our family to yours!

Dad came back from the Abacos the other day with a few treats for the family. MmmmMMmmmMmmm. Split the tails, marianade in Cuban Mojo sauce with some key lime juice added and toss 'em on the grill.

Life doesn't get much better.

Well, we are back from our vacation in the Napa Valley. Wendy, Danny and I had a great time Ballooning, riding the Wine Train, visiting San Francisco and exploring the Northern California Coast. I'll share some pictures with you at a later date, I took several hundred with my trusty Nikon CoolPix 990.

Sorry we didn't give you any notice; we thought it wise not to announce our departure. This is, after all, a personal family blog. :)

The "last generation" website served our family and the public at large for the better part of 4 years. It was time for a change! Wendy and I hope that you enjoy our new website; we're retaining all of the most popular features of the last one, but they will now orbit our family blog. Danny, you see, is now 12 years old...

...family discussions tend towards more challenging aspects of one's character. What better venue than a blog to discuss the events we are witness to each day? More than this, it's nice to hang a shingle off our virtual door letting people know that not all Republicans are right-wing wackos. Just as important, it's a repository for our daily witticism, favorite recipes, internet resources that we have discovered, family history and genealogy, yada, yada, yada. It's really a website just for us, but we hope you like it, too... :)