2006:

After a joyous Christmas in Salem and another in Los Altos, we have returned bright-eyed and bushy tailed to march firmly into 2006. Except replace “bright-eyed and bushy tailed” with “sick as a dog with cold and flu symptoms” and change...

Merry Christmas!

Dad’s safely tucked away in a South Salem rehabilitation center, and other than being exhausted from all the rehab work and not having much of an appetite, he’s doing very well. He faces a long and arduous rehabilitation in the months ahead, but I’m...

Getting out

Despite a fall during physical therapy last weekend, Dad will be leaving OHSU for a physical rehabilitation center tomorrow. The fall set him back a couple of days on the rehab, but he’s moving forward again, and hopefully he’s as eager to return to Salem...

Hurray for the holidays

Dad continues his steady march of improvement. We’ll be taking the kids to see him later this morning which we’re hoping will be a nice pick-me-up, since he’s seen neither Jonah nor Elisha since he got sick back in October. That’s a long time...

Motorola E815 + Verizon Wireless

I’ve acquired a cell phone, specifically a Motorola E815. I continue to contend that 95 percent of the time these things are utterly unnecessary and more of a hassle than not, but let me tell you, during that 5 percent of the time when you really need one, you...