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I still play basketball usually 4 times a week, and it happens that some of the regular players are physicians. This morning I ran into someone’s elbow with my face (it really was my fault), and the edge of my glasses cut a long deep slit in my cheek. Blood was running down my face […]

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Gisele’s sister Angela was in town, so we took her to the Grand Canyon. She had never been there, and we had not been there in the winter. We went on Wednesday, and they had received over a foot of snow on Monday and Tuesday. It was enough time that the roads were all clear, […]

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We went up to “The City” last week. Partly just because we hadn’t been there for a while, partly to celebrate Chinese New Year (Sunday — “Gong Hay Fat Choy”), but mainly to attend a wedding. Our nephew Jerry Chen got married in Cupertino on Saturday. Gisele’s sister Angela came back with us and will […]

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My brother Dale come out to Arizona from Buffalo to spend Christmas with his Arizona relatives. It was great having him here for a few days. He came out a couple of months ago for the first time in about 40 years, and that was really special. But it was a short visit with lots […]

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Yesterday morning Gisele came downstairs to find Apollo in the midst of another seizure on the kitchen floor. He was fine in a few minutes, but I took him to the vet anyway. This was only the second time we have seen him in a seizure, the first being about a year ago. Who knows […]

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Last month Gisele had a reunion of all her surviving siblings. Next month is my turn. In October all of the Lafferty brothers and sister will be together for the first time in 40 years. Dale is coming to Arizona from New York, Richard and Don from California, and Donna and I are already here. […]

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We are back from our Cruise (actually on Saturday). It was very nice; cool and rainy which is a relief after a summer in Tempe. We got a good view of a glacier and saw lots of “calves” falling off. Visited Juneau, Sitka and Ketchikan. We traveled on Holland America. I would rate their food […]

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Gisele and I are off on a week-long Alaskan cruise. It’s really a family reunion for Gisele, as all of her surviving siblings and their spouses are coming along.

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A grip helps out on a movie set. The Key Grip is the main guy who helps organize the other grips. I mentioned about a year ago that my friend Benjamin won first prize in a Screenwriters contest in New York City. I spent the day yesterday at a cemetery in Miami, Arizona, helping Benjamin […]

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The veterinarian said that Apollo can stop taking his Valley Fever medication! He still tests slightly positive for the disease, but she said he had recovered so well that she wanted to try him off the drugs for 3 months, then test again.

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