Monday, June 29, 2009
Message 406
Yesterday we were still in the heat wave, so I stayed in my condo and watched the commentary on The Sand Pebbles. In the evening I watched Poirot on Masterpiece Mystery on PBS.
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About Me
- Old Grandad
- I am a retired physicist. My wife Sally died five years ago, in November 2003. I have five children and ten grandchildren. I was the second of five children. I was born in Alabama, and I have lived in Arkansas, Tennessee, South Carolina, Illinois, New York, California, Maryland, and Alaska.