finding the way Happy birthday, Sean! You can't see it in the photo on the index page, but I am holding a GPS unit. It was one of the earliest available consumer level GPSs. The GPS was actually given to me by my good friend, Steve Mulherin. I was enthralled with the technology, and used to study it all the time while we hiked. The boys and I did a LOT of hiking. Of course the boys learned that I could now tell them exactly how far it was back to the car, so the plaintive childhood query, "how much farther is it?," took on a whole new meaning. I would tell them, but of course it's not that they really wanted to know the answer. I do like the photo. Poor Sean, he looks tired, but Sean was always very expressive, both in language and body language. We had a lovely visit last week from Sean and Nicole. We ate a lot of really good food, we hung out and talked, and we built the Lego kingfisher they bought me. It rained a lot while they were here so we didn't get in a ton of sightseeing. We did go to the new Riopelle retrospective at the Vancouver Art Gallery. It wasn't as good as the retrospective Mary and I saw at the Glenbow many years ago. It didn't have as many paintings from the middle part of his career. Those are the ones I really like. Thank you again, Sean and Nicole, for a lovely visit! one year ago It was one year ago that a bolt of lightning struck the carport just over my head here at Canoe Pass. Now whenever they forecast thunderstorms I go around and unplug everything I can.