After nearly a year on the island living with daughter Hope, Mark and baby Liam, I leave for the next chapter. I don’t really know as yet what that is but it begins with our annual FAMILY REUNION for 10 days at Lake Shasta-All 30 of us were in attendance at some point, many for the whole time. This is followed by watching after Liam, age 2, while Hope and Mark ready their house in SE Portland for sale. They return to Kaneohe, but I fly to Palm Springs to doggie sit and house sit for daughter Samara until the first of October. She’s off ta lot of one-on-one time.o Europe to celebrate her 40th w/hubby Alan. My oldest grandson, Joshua, is here with me in PS for nearly 3 weeks, doing some house projects for Samara and Alan. It’s a great chance for us to have one-on-one time. There’s no Argentine tango here, but I’ll have a 4 day break over Labor Day weekend to attend Alex Krebs’ THING in PDX. It’s always great. I have projects from Samara to–the first is recovering 30 throw pillows! wow–30. Good luck to me!