No April Fool's Day yet

It's chilly out, with the highest temperature in the 40s these days, but maybe, just maybe that will keep my apricots from blooming and then freezing them to an icy finish for this season. Can you see the early blooms? They just showed their pink and white faces today, when it was sunny but not that warm. This photo looks much better in "blogger" than in WordPress, by the way.

The picture of my bro Ben didn't turn out, but here's Dave, the ancient one of the family, turning 71 in another couple of months. Dave said our family is so small we could hold a reunion in a telephone booth! Not quite, but he does feel uneasy at times as the oldest one present in most of our family groups unless Aunt Ruby can be there. She turns 93 this August. Our Aunt Orletta is turning 83, I believe.

Where's JG?

Please go here to my latest blog.

Meanwhile, since you're here anyway...Good morning! I was supposed to help make Valentines to deliver to a nursing home at 10 a.m. this morning and plumb forgot. It sounded like fun--and helpful as well. Have a Happy Valentine's Day! Even if we don't think and love with our hearts, why not use a bright red symbol of our devotion and caring for someone else.

Where

Sleepy and snowy

Rusty and I explored the territory at Lake Lowell today. It was crisp in the wind, but the roads are dry and bare. We tromped across a field of snow. She is light enough that the layer of ice on top of the snow supports her. Not me.

Today was Pathfinder Day for church. While closing Sabbath school, I got a chance to put in a word about my mom and dad's establishing the club at this church many years ago.

Stopped by my bro's place just in time for cake and ice cream furnished by David Hardwick. His son Josh was there along with Peggy and what's-his-name from Murphy.

My "real" site is here.

Find me if you can

I intend to continue entering text on this blog site, but I'm also running information at WordPress and trying my best to learn that system. For the latest, go here, and you'll find another stream of text.

JG

Back to Work

It's been a laid-back four weeks. Lots of warm, cozy time with family and friends. Way too much to eat. Traveling here and there, never more than 250 miles at a crack. Nice long winter naps. Plenty of sleep.

One of my "retirement" hobbies I'm pursuing is reading. I've always loved to read, but I haven't had time lately.

Here are some of the books I've purchased recently:

Ken Follett: The Pillars of the Earth (not read)
Barack Obama: The Audacity of Hope (not read)
Walter Isaacson: Albert Einstein: His Life and Legacy (read)
Nathaniel Philbrick: Mayflower (read)
Tom Clancey: The Bear and the Dragon (not read)
Stephen Hawking: A Brief History of Time / The Universe in a Nutshell (25% read)
Helen Epstein: The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS (not read)
Fritjof Capra: The Science of Leonardo (not read)
David Halberstam: The Coldest Winter (80% read)
Joseph J. Ellis: American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic (not read)
Tom Brokaw: Boom! Voice of the Sixties (not read)
Leo Tolstoy: War and Peace (5% read)

It's OK if spring never comes!

It's working!

Congratulations are in order for my successful completion of the first round of the transfer (or augmentation) of my blogs to WordPress. I now know that as long as I load posts and not pages, they'll all go where they belong. All of my questions haven't been answered, but enough of them have that I'm reasonably confident I'll make it through the acceptance and early use phase of WordPress.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to know about my business, check out Griffith Publishing, the Web site.