Sprinkles go high tech

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, a lack of ability to travel, boredom of sitting at home and a raft of other reasons including the need to reach out to family, we started weekly Zoom meetings.  Other than the lack of crab dip, off-sprinkles and the newly arrived sprinklets, it was almost like being together.  We still could not hear Danny and Paul, as always, was working.

By week 3, we figured out how to include Paul, smile, and time the photo

Whispering into the wind

Just a note to say hello to whoever still checks this blog. 

Good luck to the Philadelphia Eagles and fans in the family.  The Eagles are a much more palatable option compared to the cheating Patriots.  Please get advice from John Harbaugh.  The Ravens seem to have figured out how to beat those bums.

BTW, am I the first in the family to have cataract surgery?  Do I win any prize?  The lens in my right eye - which used to be my only good eye - is getting a replacement part on Monday.  My left eye - which only became useful when I had Lasik's - has been used since then solely for reading until recently. Over the past year, it has quietly reshaped itself to the point where it has almost has perfect vision - for distance!  Better yet, I can still read with it if there is sufficient light.  The joys of aging.

Also on the joys of aging, I just read a paper that said people with Essential Tremors have a increased risk of Alzheimer's.  For a minute, I thought about going back to having Parkinson's.  My best friend here has Alzheimer's and his family is not nearly as good with him as we were with Mom.  I cannot seem to get across to his wife that she is teaching her kids how to care for her when she is older.  She will regret it one day.

Finally, Google has stopped supporting the Blogger iPad / iPhone app so I have transferred all my travel blogs over to WordPress.  WordPress was a little difficult to figure out at the start but turns out to be extremely easy to use and can be very versatile.  Much of the versatility comes at a price but their free version is still pretty decent.  It only took a few minutes to transfer each blog as well, retaining all the photos, posts, pages, comments, etc.  Just in case Google ever completely kills off Blogger, I have backed up the Sprinkles blog and can restore it on WordPress.

Peace and love to all.

Nary a Ryan was better than this

Bang!

Happy Birthday, Michael

Just checking to see if this still pings anyone. But I hope your b'day has been great anyway.  Enjoy 58.

Is Danny still a Pennsyltuckian?

Howdy all.  Bob is in Jakarta for a while.  Anna just stopped by to visit us a few days in Singapore while her visa was being processed for her work in Indonesia.  And, finally, I heard that Dan & Lisa have sold their house.  It is a round about way to hear the news but where are they living now?

A nice Sunpaper's story

http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bs-ae-unforgettable-love-20150210-story.html#page=1