Cold! and..

......more cold!  We are going through a period of 0º +/-.  Ice every where.  It is amazing we don't have more broken hips and snapped wrists from falls.  The population here is decidedly 50's and above.

I have to report some very sad news today.  Pat's brother (by marriage) Ed Atkeson has passed.  We both deeply mourn the loss.  He suffered quietly many years from his ailments.  We pray he is now free of pain and can find a stream to fish nearby and a view of Brian playing sports.  Ed had two passions in life, his grandson Brian and fishing. Maybe a third, baseball.  I'll never forget the excitement I saw that Ed had for Brian and baseball. I'll miss you very much Ed and I will look for you when my time comes.  I loved you as a brother and I am sorry I did not say that to you.  You are gone but not forgotten by the many you touched in life.  My tears are blurring my ability to think and type.  I miss you Edmund. REST IN PEACE, EDMUND, rest in peace.