Having never heard of Evie Ladin or Keith Terry before, Maxine and I RSVP’d to Thom and Lisa Sayers who were hosting a house concert by the duo. Not knowing what to expect, we arrived early on a cold November Saturday night to participate in the pre-concert potluck. Yes, I Read more…
In mid-September, Sophie graduated from kindergarten, or rather “puppy behaviorial enrichment” as it’s called now. She even performed the requisite graduation “trick”, in her case a “roll over” with daddy. We also had a nice visit with Myra and Reivan, which gave the grandparents a chance to dote a bit Read more…
At 4 months old, we only have one more puppy kindergarten class with Sophie. Graduation requires us to teach her a “trick”. Yeah RIGHT!! She’s starting to lose some of her baby teeth and being a little better behaved, so she’s earned some additional freedoms. Such as being allowed out Read more…
Dan Nocera, an instructor in the New Media Center at Middlesex Community College, offered up a 3 hour cruise on the CT River with him and his boat-buddy Jeff Cohen as an item for the college’s silent auction fundraiser. Max bid furiously and won, and their pontoon party boat had Read more…
Josie was the light of our lives, an ever-present companion and kind soul. There is a reason that Tibetan Terriers are called “the little people” and Josie certainly was one. Sadly, we had to put her down on May 23rd while we were on vacation in Hawaii. Josie was born Read more…
Finally getting around to posting about our two major vacations this year! First off, to celebrate our 20th anniversary we were able to kickoff the year by going to Grand Cayman a week later in January than we had previously. This allowed us to attend the Cayman Cookout, an unbelievable Read more…
Maxine and I drove up to Lake George with Florence Klein for our usual early-August getaway for a couple of days. Unbeknownst to Florence, her granddaughter, Jessie, had arranged for the family to converge at Robbie and Janie Strasser’s lakeside house for a Friday night surprise. Flo was under the Read more…
My aunt, Flo Kling, celebrated her 75th birthday this year in fine form thanks to her kids / my cousins Glenn, Michael, and Leslie. They rented out space at the Westchester Table Tennis Center where everyone could schmooze and battle with the paddles. See the album here or click on Read more…
This year we had the great pleasure and fun of heading back to Kauai with our close friends Billy and Becky Laughlin. Despite Bill coming down with the flu for the last couple of days, overall it was a fantastic time. It is amazing for such a small island and Read more…
I’ve been gradually going through my backlog of photos that I never got around to sorting, editing, and publishing. I’ve been meaning to get these shots from our 2008 trip to Oahu and Kauai posted for a long time, would make some progress, and then life intervened. I now have Read more…