Mixed news & events

ON GLOBAL STAGE: The Middle East is still burning and the world is shamelessly watching death and destruction. I have heard enough of those hollow talks of peace by the self-proclaimed civilized world. Fidel Castro is not well and some are happy about it. There is a stand off between “haves” and “have-nots” in Mexico over the results of the last presidential election.

ON PERSONAL CORNER: Corina is back from the jaws of death. It will be a long road to recovery. Our friend from Austin is back home after a surgery. Tigger is improving and watching “birdie” through the window as in the past. Both daughters came home and left, one back to San Francisco, one to the Big Apple. There was a wedding in town with all the pomp and grandeur. Some one we know and who lives close to us in Humble, TX lost all her money from her checking account. Some crook used an ATM in Brooklyn, NY thirty three times in one day and wiped out her account (and she is an elementary school teacher), a known case of identity theft. My new found niece ("bhagin") was distraught on her way to work by the scene of a dead dog on a street in Bangalore, India. Stowells are retiring and leaving after renting our first house for about twenty years. I wish them well in their golden years. I made a trip to Louisiana on business and met with several contractors. I smell problem with one of them. I rode my bike this morning in the neighborhood. There is still no respite from heat.