Lois thrives, pacing herself nicely between quilting, naps, tea, tennis (when we can) and enjoying excitement served up on TV. As for me, I "run good" (kinda) in spite of several dented fenders.
As in previous winters, we'll soon set out for Hilton Head, where our accustomed daily tennis will, alas, this year be diminished. Our "Hilton Head Family" of many years has sadly thinned out (nor is this here ol' grey mare what I used to be, athletics-wise). Life is nevertheless full of little triumphs: finding misplaced keys, passing my driver license vision test (a biggie!), going to watch streamed Met Opera and Bolshoi performances on the silver screen. And I take pleasure in making an occasional small contribution to society by mashing-up greeting cards (with Photoshop) for friends and family. These small indulgences do provide a satisfying outlet for creativity; never mind that lots of effort is required to elicit only a moment of amusement.... it's worth it. (Makes me think of The Little Drummer Boy - maybe 'taint much but it's something I can do.)
 Sue and Jan Willem |
 Willem |
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Arthur
My “retirement-job”, running ShootingSight (a small company I founded) of which Sue is Senior Vice President of HR and Customer Service, and Jan Willem, when he’s not CEO-ing, is packaging clerk and CFO), has been working out well.
I have
always loved inventing, and tinkering to improve
designs.
ShootingSight
has given me the opportunity not only to invent and
design, but also to manufacture and market my
products: equipment for the target-shooting
market.
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Richard and Thi Lila,Thi, Richard, Samer @LA Lila, Richard, Samer @Boston Samer, Lila, Thi, Richard @Malibu
From now on Richard has
declared he'll be known as “Richard & Thi”. He
reports having one of the most enjoyable years of his
life:
"Most of the year was spent in London going to art
school, which formalized my new direction of becoming
a serious artist.
Check out my car-related
art [<- CLICK],
two pieces of which are now exhibited at the British
Motor Museum, one sold via Bonhams in their Aston
Martin auction, and others sold to car
enthusiasts. But I also paint,
mainly abstract [<- CLICK],
and I’ve started selling those, too.
Towards the end of the year, I
scooped up Thi, the love of my life, and headed off to
Los Angeles to surf, enjoy the sun and make a lot more
art. For me, this represents paradise.
The biggest news is that on December
23, Thi and I will marry in a small family
ceremony in Cincinnati (providing another celebration at Christmastime!).
As I goof around in the sun on
my Harley and surfboard, my children Samer and Lila
toil under heavy study burdens in the freezing cold of
Boston where they are both at university, Samer in his
junior year of engineering at Boston University, and
Lila in her freshman year of business at
Northeastern."
.We both continue to work for IBM... at least for now. Given new requirements to move to specific cities (and possibly different cities), we are looking at alternatives - some of which look rather interesting. By this time next year, there may be some significant changes. We're both very much looking forward to seeing how this all plays out.
Peter Cathy
Steven & Alex
Alex keeps growing, despite my telling him not to. He's doing very well in school and very much enjoys soccer. He has really taken to piano, which he has been studying for a little more than a year. We are all looking forward to his next Christmas recital (video will be provided on request!).
