Busy Lately

Laurie writes: Seems there's been a lot going on this year, with two trips to the Mayo Clinic in Florida to get Gene's spine repaired (!) and then me developing the stuffy-head cough sore throat thing that I can't seem to shake. Haven't accomplished a lot lately related to our planned move. Seems it's time to take a breather while everybody heals. Meanwhile I've been having a great time learning Photoshop and creating a bunch of products with Gene's art on them on Zazzle and also designing a new Art Blog for him over at The Abstract Mind.

Packing Again

How to pack your backpack if you insist on buying a ton of those big, beautiful fluffy towels that they have in the US! I did it!

Mayo Clinic-Complete Success

The wonderful Dr Hanel says everything went perfectly. A few hours after surgery, Gene was sitting up in bed ordering room service. The next day he was walking the halls and the next day he was released from the hospital. After 10 days, he is doing his long walks, looking good, feeling good and only has to keep increasing his walking, do PT and return for a checkup in a few months. So we're homeward bound to start getting ready to move to Lima.

Anguish

Gene writes: As an artist I feel that my art should, at times express happenings in our times. This drawing is just a sketch I had to make to express my feelings about the oil gushing out of mans inabilities...