Uncle Wen was married to my Dad's younger sister Francis. He lives in Mass. near Boston. I had the opportunity to talk with him recently and encouraged him to join our blogs. Wen was a nuclear physicist from MIT in his younger days. I remember his great sense of humor from when we were kids. I hope he will join us soon. I don't think computers will be any problem for him.

Have you ever, even once in your whole life, prepared to leave on vacation without a last minute rush? The inevitable list of the last minute things to do always starts growing rapidly as the day draws near. Inevitably departure times go out the window and it becomes a"we'll leave when we're #@$%%$# ready" start. Well not for us. My Angel of Mercy and Organization has interceeded for me. She has everything packed, organized and mostly loaded in the car and we don't have to leave until...