(Photo Credit: THOMAS SAMSON/AFP/GettyImages) Inevitably, it comes up. At a doctor or dentist, with our credit card company or bank. “Permanent Address?” I could lie, but I prefer not to stuff my son’s mail box with my junk mail…. Read More ›
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First Stop: A Weekend in Charlottesville, Virginia
With everything we own squirreled away in Philly, we set off on our “Welcome home. We’ll be back in August” tour. The first stop was to visit our eldest, Mike, and his wife, Emily in Charlottesville, Virginia. This feels like… Read More ›
We Get Rid of our Storage Unit
Wow, I realize I haven’t posted to my blog in 10 days. Our time in Colorado is a blur. Sure, we had fun with friends, dinners out, and parties. But our storage unit and doctors consumed so much of our… Read More ›
The Valley of the Beautiful Women: Eger, Hungary
Pat ran ahead to take photos, so I wasn’t surprised to learn the raucous laughter emanated from a troupe of women aping for his camera. All wore matching, blue, calico smocks over bleached white blouses which perfectly matched their frothy… Read More ›
Thoughts about Retirement, IBM and What’s Next
For 32 years, since the day I walked out of college with one of the first, freshly minted computer science degrees, I have worked for IBM. My first manager, Al Goodwin, showed up on my university campus, he offered me… Read More ›
The World In Between 