The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey November 11, 2021

11 November 2021

Today we take a break in our busy lives to give thought and honor to those who have served in our country's military. Thank you all! I'm long enough in the tooth to have known members of our family who served in both World Wars, in Korea, in Vietnam, and on military and humanitarian missions around the world. We will remember your service and your sacrifices on behalf of our country. Yes, we're missing Lexi quite a lot. Thank y'all for the kind comments. We were really hoping she'd be here with us for this otherwise exciting (and tiring) time...

Brian Bilbrey October 27, 2021

Sad News

In September, Lexi was pretty sick, and a couple of rounds of antibiotics and anti-emetics appeared to have resolved her issues. But some odd numbers in the blood work were never explained nor could they be related to the gastric symptoms she'd been exhibiting. She started up with further digestive issues again last week, and by the time we got her to the veterinarian on Tuesday, it became clear that she was a much sicker puppy than just some tummy trouble. Her platelet counts were way off, red cells way down, and while she was eating and drinking just fine,…

Brian Bilbrey September 23, 2021

23 September 2021

Nor am I likely to be, soon. It has been a long hiatus, and yes, there's been a service outage here. I managed to fix it for my site, but both of Marcia's are still incommunicado, and it's very confusing as to why that is the case. Weirdly, the logging isn't providing nearly what I expect to see, so I can't tell why things aren't working. Are the logs just being buffered because computers hate me? Maybe that's it. There's big news in the offing, but the time is not yet ripe. Bear with us for a while longer. Recent…

Brian Bilbrey August 1, 2021

1 Aug 2021

Yes, yes. Everyone's been busy, not just me. There are a couple of items of interest, but let's start with the pretty one: A sunrise on Cobbosseecontee Lake in Maine. We went up for two weeks in mid-July. The drive each way was terrible - best part of 12 hours in both directions. North, we could never figure out why there was a horrendous backup from Massachusetts all the way up into Maine. The twelve miles of New Hampshire on route 95 alone took nearly 45 minutes. Whoo! But we had a lovely time, motored around the lake aboard Nancy's…