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Let’s see, anything happen in the last week? Nope…well, as many of you know, I became a grandfather this week. Owen Patrick Brennick was born on Tuesday, December 10 at 10:00 PM. He was 8 lbs, 2 oz, and 22 inches in length. He’s a happy, healthy little boy, and I can’t tell you how…

Old man winter has moved back in, and we’ve been fairly pounded with snow. Am I the last old guy who’s ok with winter and snow? I was able to stay on top of shoveling and using the snowblower – the storms all took breaks so we could clean up. It might have been a…

Went back to work on Tuesday. Drove down to my son’s for Thanksgiving on Thursday. Thanksgiving with the family went well. I’m pretty much back to normal with my knee. Stairs are still a one step at a time thing, and I’m not quite ready for road races, but all has been good with my…

It’s Thanksgiving week. It’s happening very late this year. In fact, the 28th is the latest date possible for Thanksgiving. The time between Thanksgiving and Christmas shorter this year? That’s ok, Christmas has already started – that was November 1, the day after Halloween. There must be some way to delineate the seasons better –…

Just time for a quick update: I’m doing well. Surgery went well; new knee in and I’m improving daily. Not much more that I can ask. A more full response to come. Got a great podcast today. Listen in to hear Mickey Newbury, Gary Lewis, Spanky & Our Gang, Archie Bell & the Drells, Aretha…

As the old blues song goes, “Next time you see me, things won’t be the same.” I’ll have a new left knee. This week, in preparation, I’ve been to the hospital for joint class and final prep with the surgeon. And phone calls – many phone calls. The hospital is very thorough about this. I’m…

Hi, Computer problems again. Things go fine for weeks, and then for no reason, the computer starts acting up. Why is everything frozen all the time? Can’t I just restart the machine and all is well? Apparently not. So I’ll have to soldier through, hoping I can use this alternate way to post this week.…

First, let me thank everyone who wished me a happy birthday. It’s a small gesture, but one that is truly appreciated. I’m not very good at doing it myself (and I promised I’d be better at doing it), so happy belated birthday to Debbie and Ed. It’s Halloween, no longer a holiday that sneaks up…

Well, I now have a date for the knee – November 12. It’s about as perfect a date as I could get, so I’ m glad the surgeon had that day open for me. I had Doctors’ appointments, physical therapy, and a whole booklet of things that were given to me as preparation, with more…

Did some chores with my son on Friday – replaced a storm door and did a few other tasks around the house. Man, was I sore afterward, and not the regular sore one normally feels after doing some physical work (that storm door was a little harder to do than I thought it would be).…