Mea Culpa

I must confess to being remiss in supplying new blog material. Starting May -2009 - I began having serious back problems, making sitting in front of a computer uncomfortable. Compounding matters it turned out in June that I suffered from serious osteoporosis and that two of my lumbar vertebrae had compression fractures. On July 23 I underwent a procedure in which a radiologist stuck needles into my spine and filled the affected vertebrae with fast hardening bone cement. While it appears that the procedure solidified the vertebrae I still have considerable discomfort. It's been a bit over a month now, but progress in healing is very slow.

On top of all this, the Pebble Creek construction people informed us that our new house was ready and that we should travel to Goodyear, Arizona before the end of July to take possession. So on July 28 - 5 days after the procedure that was supposed to make everything well quickly - we flew to Phoenix, closed on the house and took possession of our modern, 2 bedroom and den residence. It was of course barren of furniture but the air conditioning worked, always useful in 112 degree weather. During the rest of the week we arranged for the utilities, received the furniture shipped from Maryland and bought a new refrigerator. We were able to spend four nights in our rather sparsely furnished digs before flying back to Maryland to participate in the family gatherings attendant on cousin Richard Boles' August 6 wedding in Washington, DC.

Our son, Paul, and grandson, Justice, loaded up our Ford Fusion and left Potomac the morning of August 11. We flew to Phoenix August 14 and met up with the boys at the house late that afternoon. They helped unload and add to the house arrangements before flying to San Francisco on Sunday. Since then we've added a washer and dryer, ceiling fans, a few odds and ends and have window blinds and a new bedroom suite on order. Also a computer desk and chair to go along with the new HP desktop computer which has given us access again to the internet.

And so I intend to take up blogging again, assuming the back holds out. There are many topics of interest I want to address and so you may be treated to new blog pieces over the coming weeks,whether .