It was either Saint John, New Brunswick or Halifax, Nova Scotia A fall foilage cruise and the bagpiper was on the pier right below my balcony. We were getting ready to depart for other ports.

In 2007 we visited New York City and visited the business that a cousin of my wife runs with her husband. The husband said he was in the office when it happened, and from on the balcony of the business (pictured here) you could see the World Trade Center through this gap between the buildings to the south of him.

A couple of pictures from a favorite local hike we took friends on back in September

Raven, he goes in next Friday for his 2-week post-op checkup to make sure he's healing properly. The dental rinse starts then. It's safe to say that he's healed and has literally no pain. He's been dragging the throw cushion from the couch to us every nite when we're in bed, and when we leave the house. There's a cushion somewhere to greet us when we come in.