This and that 13Apr2008

• Sad news from Houston: our friend Rich had a very serious heart attack while visiting his son there. We don't have a lot of information, but he's in the hospital. Please pray for him.
  
• My friend Trudy is back after spending that last 3 months where it's warm - Arizona mostly, and Mexico and California. Here return means that we've resumed our Sunday morning walks. It was so good to walk and talk with her again.
• While we were walking this morning, I slipped on some phantom ice and hit the ground hard. Ouch. No damage done, but I'm stiff and sore.
• I forgot to mention that Abe earned his green belt last month. He's finding the practices more challenging and interesting. He now gets to spar, for which hand and foot pads are required.
• Dan started on the deck off our dining room yesterday. It was windy and cold which was bad enough but he also got soaked by the snow melt dripping off the eaves. He stuck with it for a good part of the day, though, and laid six courses of boards down. The rest should go faster now that he's got a platform to work from.