SNOW

Greetings from Minnesota
Last Friday we arrived in Rochester without any problems. The week before they had had one of the biggest single snow-falls; 20 inches. So, we were greeted with snow on the ground and cooler weather than we were used to.
We had a nice Easter. Nick and Sean came home from Mankato State University for the week-end. They are doing well and adapting to college life. It was good to see them and to visit with them.
Mary does not see the Dr for her first evaluation until April 7. In the meantime we are having a relaxing time with visiting, reading, TVing. John and Gail have ESPN etc which we do not subscribe to in Salina, so we have been able to catch up on some of the current tennis as the NASDEC 100 tournament is on this week. Most of the names have changed since we used to follow the tennis world. However Andre Agessi is still going and winning. He is a great example of "keep on keeping on" as at one point he had to start over with entering the qualifying rounds. We always enjoy the Cspan program on the week-ends as they have interviews and authors etc. One gets a lot of information about books to look into or at least to know about. 2 such this past weekend was "Mr. China ,a memoir" by Tim Clissold and "The End of Poverty, economic possibilities for our time" by Jeffery Sachs. Currently, I am reading "American Soldier, generan Tommy Franks".
It is great to have some email responses to my blog posting. I am learning more about blogs. We may try to have a special interest session on blogging in the Senior Computer program when we get back to Salina. Keeping all posted --- happy doc

Times of Change

These are times of change; globally--seeds of representive governance sprouting,climatically--winter passing and jonquils blooming, and perhaps change in life-style and activity. Friday of this week, son JOhn is coming to Salina and taking the "old folks" back to Rochester, MN. for a visit. Originally this was planned to be just an Easter visit, but as my best friend has been having some health issues which have not been completely explained it is thought to be a good time to be checked at the Mayo Clinic. Especially concerning the significance of the patent foramen ovale and her cardiac dynamics and the "little strokes". There are also some other problems to be checked out. Our return and our activity in Salina is in limbo at present. I plan to communicate with the blog. A. Geek

GLOBAL FLYER

Steve Fossett left Salina in the Global flyer aircraft Tues evening and returned to the Salina Airport Thursday at about 1:30. He had traveled around the world solo and without refueling for22,867 Miles and he had 1500 pounds of fuel left. It was an amazing effort and Salina was anxiously holding its collective breath until he landed. He was helped by a strong wind current, especially from Japan to Hawaii. see the Guardian reporters Blog.

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/news/archives/cat_globalflyer.html