Windy Friday

It is in the 80's and blowing hard. Another front coming through from the Gulf waters. ElNino is apparently the problem with all this crazy weather the US is having. My oldest daughter, Lisa and her family moved to VA many years ago to avoid the cold and snow of Vermont. This is an amazing winter for them. Both of their children, Travis and Anna, both attend VA Tech over in the mountains of Blacksburg. They have had huge amounts of snow this winter as has Richmond. The northeast has not had a great deal of snow after Dec. That happened to the NE last winter too.

The weather in this part of Florida is pretty consistent except we have had many of these fronts blow through here this winter. I don't mind .... gives me time to stay indoors for a time and catch up on computer work. I just got my pc back from the shop. It was doing all kinds of crazy stuff. It seems one of my ram rods was shot. I am operating on 2 Gbs now instead of 4. The new ram will be put in later this week.

Biking is my primary form of exercise while I am here. We have taken some lovely rides...one to Santibel Island where we tooled around the Island and visited those lovely shell-laden beaches. The only blight on the trip was the heavy island traffic. I found it very distracting to enjoy the bike ride with all the motor traffic. I did take some good pictures though. But one is hard pressed to find a quiet, private area anywhere. Bernice went along and although she is not a strong biker, she hung in there for the 19 or so miles. We often go to one of the many beaches here along the Naples coastline which goes on for miles. Every beach has a different flavor to it. Clean and undeveloped for the most part. Yesterday, our group of 70 senior bikers rode to a downtown breakfast restaurant called First Watch. It was a 25 mile ride for our speedy group. We divide up into about 4 groups from Fast to Slow. I ride with the 14 mph group. My bro-in-law, Emory, leads a middle group composed of all french canadians. They call it the French connection. They jabber away in french and he doesn't understand a word of it. They are trying to teach him a few words. Quite funny!

We are going to the movies this afternoon with some new friends that we have met this year. This theater we go to has a full bar and a fancy restaurant in it besides Italian leather recliners with drink holders. Lots of fun and very comfy. Zumba dancing this morning.....actually twice a week now. Boy, do we sweat but it is great exercise and fun to move our bodies.

Bernice and I gave up the dances and the ballroom lessons since there are no dance partners available for us. We have trouble dancing with one another since we cannot decide who is the male/female. It is frustrating to go to the dances and watch all the couples having fun. It just points up the lonliness of being single.

My friends, Brent and Sharon Harmon of Riverview, FL are going through a very difficult time with cancer. He has Melanoma and it has spread. Traditional therapy is not available for him so they are going through the experimental trials. He just finished a bio chemo therapy that nearly killed him. He was to be in the hospital for 5 days and ended up there for 17 days. Now is is frail and a mere shadow of his former self. But that said, he feels better than he has in awhile but of course, I guess one would having come so near death and been so terribly ill. The bad news is the extreme chemo cocktail did not work on the tumors. Now they are back to searching for another trial. Sharon is a fighter and does the research required for this kind of treatment. He is a lucky man to have her for a wife and soul mate. I went up there for a couple of days to be with them. Not much I can do but bring love and hugs to both

I went with some friends to a yoga class in a Salt Cave. As I signed in, I introduced myself to the owner, a young Hungarian woman. We had an incredible attraction for one another and she pulled me off into a private area where we could talk. She asked for a "reading" on her body which I gave her. Apparently, I was accurate because she asked me if I would do some workshops on the Medical Intuitive aspect of my work. Tomorrow afternoon, I am giving one in the Salt Cave itself which will be very interesting. The subject is the Emotional Aspects and causes of Dis-ease in the body. I hope it is successful because she wants me to do more this month and possibly next month. Making a bit of income here would be very helpful and enable me to stay a bit longer since winter will no doubt hang on up north well into March.

I have had a few lookers on the Bus but no one serious yet. I was quite disappointed to discover that the windshield I had repaired in Glens Falls last fall had once again separated from the rubber gasket. It is no wonder we were cold on our trip. It is out about 24" from the seal. A glass man is coming next week to repair it. It will be very expensive but I have no choice since it cannot be driven as is. I have had to use all my will to let go of the concern over making these repairs. It just must be done and that is how it is.

If I stay into March a bit, Bernice will have to take herself home since she has some medical appts. she has to bet back for. Time will work out those details. If I drive this coach back, I will come back along my old route along the east coast and hope to visit some of my special women friends. My eyes are still ok....not as good as they were when we came down. It would be great if Pete would consent to come down as he did 2 years ago to help me drive back. Who knows?

Well dear readers, I am going to walk my special buddy before going to the movies with some friends.

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