Scattered Thoughts . . .

While the grandchildren were with us on Sunday, they spent some time putting together a big puzzle of the United States (never to be erroneously referred to as "America"...  more on this pet peeve of mine in a future blog entry) with Gee.  As they searched for where to place each state, Gee would tell them about the state and what we have done there while visiting that state. When they came to Ohio and were trying to figure out where it belongs, Gee explained to them that this is where we brought Mommy and Uncle Adam... that we saw airplanes, animals in a zoo, an aquarium and a number of other places. They were animated and excited while hearing about the trip to Dayton so I thought it would be the perfect time to show them the photos from that trip, except... I quickly remembered that all those photos were on an old external hard drive and not in an album online. There was no way I could get at these photos quickly. I promised them that I would dig out these photos so t

I've written about this before so, as many of you already know, a "data plate" in my name was to be installed on the "Wall of Honor" at the National Museum of the US Air Force. My plate was installed about two weeks ago and the US Air Force dedicated this "Wall of Honor" in a ceremony last Thursday. Unfortunately, we had a prior commitment which kept us in Vermont on that day. We hope to get to the museum in late September/early October to finally view my name on this wall and have a little dedication of our own. Until that time, I (and we) can view the video of the official dedication ceremony provided by the National Museum of the US Air Force...  I wish we could have been there for the official ceremony with our own group of people but we'll get there soon enough. This is a great honor to be remembered and honored in this way at the National Museum.