Look at those killer ferocious teeth of the Duke-meister - able to devour cheerios and small bits of hamburger in a single bite; able to tug on a rope for hours without tiring; able to open packages of fig newtons in 1.3 seconds!......

My son Spencer is a bit shutter happy with the digital camera and his new best friend, the puppy Duke. So we have a gazillion photos of the dog doing everything.

I was inspired by Mark and his uneven ground in North Carolina to show a pic of the homestead in Maine. That's the silver Buick with nearly 200K miles in the driveway. The house actually is bigger than it looks here. We have a walk-out finished basement (Spencer's room) and whole second floor dormer that juts out the back of the roof allowing three bedrooms and an office upstairs. Plenty adequate for my tribe.

Can't make Memorial Day in Motown - kids in parades and such. Didn't seem like anyone else was going to make it either.....I can, and will, go later in June if any of you guys are in.

Shark, O Shark, where art thou! Kevin - come up for air and post a bloggy-note; Good to hear from you guys - Mark, JP and Kenrick. I really thought this blog thing would be an easy to get everyone communicating again. This month is 25 yrs since we left Verot HS (God knows what day we actually graduated!!) and it means a lot to me to know that after that long, I have guys around the country I can call on anytime and speak easy. That counts a lot in my book.