Friday and Monday were landmarks for gordy's camera straps. I shipped 177 camera straps. 112 of them were for a new reseller customer in Macau. They went out Friday. It was a busy week and weekend for Kim (my faithful helper) and I trying to keep up. Strap orders are back to normal. But that could change. I have two more resellers (one in Singapore and one in San Francisco) that I am negotiating with.

a mom and her boy's

Weekend before last my brother Mark was in town. We haven't seen him for 6 years and all the kids haven't been together much longer than that. We got together with my Mom for a group picture. My sister Madelane couldn't make it down. Zoe took this wonderful picture. From the left: Your Humble Servant, Mark, Roger, and Terry. That short one would be our Mom. She had a heart attack a couple of weeks ago and the tests showed a degenerative heart condition. Not good but Mom was in great spirits and a good time was had by all. The sons and Zoe retired to the local International House of Pancakes for a late lunch/early dinner and the general merriment continued, particularly when Zoe dumped the butter in Roger's lap.

My son-in-law William has been in Afghanistan. He sent some pictures.

William looking out the front gate of his base through an M14 sniper rifle

William and the LEP (Law Enforcment Professional) going to
an iftar (what Afghans call dinner when its Ramadan) and
William is wearing an Afghani hat called a pakhool (phonetic)

He is going to send pictures handing out pencils and notebooks to the kids. The kids go crazy over pencils and paper. We are going to send a bunch his way.