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Entry 14   1960 at the ripe old age of 10, I had my first foray into politics.  Mom and Dad were completely nuts about the man they had both shook hands with and I was there to help.  I had the proverbial little red wagon and I had it decorated with “Vote for Kennedy” hand…

We visited with our dear sweet ‘daughters’:  Xinyi; Chen and Jing.  Along the way we renewed our friendship with Xinyi’s friend: Yu. Denise and Chen at the Beijing Olympic Village turned into a water park. One of my favorite pictures of the entire trip.  Two important workers hard at work on a sidewalk project. Jing…

Denise, and I took our good friend Stephanie whale watching on December 8th.  We went out of Newport Beach and hugged the coast which is a main migration route between Alaska and Mexico.  We were treated to 3 different species of whales.  A Pacific Gray, a Great Minke and this ‘big dude’ a Humpback.  I…

We enjoyed all of the cities we visited, and perhaps our favorite city was Shanghai.  It could be compared to our New York City.  A strong, vibrant economy and modern buildings with a cosmopolitan population.  Our ‘daughter’ Xiaoxia along with her parents were our hosts. (Shopping in the Old Shanghai market.  Notice the gentleman’s hat)…

If you don’t know Playing for Change, you should.  Street musicians playing Peace Through Music. https://playingforchange.com/videos/teach-children-live-brazil/#.WEB95ZDaevQ.email

I am proud of all of my grandkids.  One of the things that impresses me very much about Ryan is how much this song reminds me of him.

Haley is on the varsity soccer team for Big Bear High School.  This week the team from Santa Ana came up to play a scrimmage game before Big Bear starts league play.  Santa Ana is a team that plays year around and they are very good.  They beat Big Bear 11-1.  But far more than the…