Have not posted for a while again as things have been pretty dull. Let's see---Reed's New Years Eve gig at The Alhambra evidently went really well. I didn't go. Reed and I did have a date to see Jacksonville's most popular big band singer, Chris Thomas. They already knew each other so we talked for awhile. Nice guy and fun to watch as he really "feels" the music. And finally, I bought a new car. Well not "new" new but new for me 2014 Mazda5 minivan. Good gas mileage and the nicest car I've ever owned.

Outdoor gig for Crescendo Amelia Saturday in Nocatee and the weather was perfect.

So more videos found at my brother Rick's house. This one was sent to my parents back in 1996 and features Reed and Asiya. In the summer of 1993 Asiya and I went to Watertown for a month. Layla had to work her flight attendant job and Reed was just a glimmer in our eyes. Herb and family came for a week or so and brought his camera. So here are almost 3 families and Mom and Dad plus some good video of the property. AND what's interesting, for me at least, is that as I upload this, I'm almost exactly the same age as Dad is in the video.

So one of the things that I found at Rick's house was some video that I'd had made years ago. My father's sister Margaret (That's her in the thumb nail) had a film movie camera and would bring it with her when she came out from Cleveland to South Dakota where we lived. There are two files. Family1 is mostly from the 1950s with me and younger brother Joe taking up most of the reels. Family members-- there are notes on both videos pointing out who people are (As much as I knew) and where the videos were shot. Family2 is more from the 1960's and features brothers Herb, Rick and Mark much more plus the Clark relatives. My aunt had died from lupus by this time and the camera went to my dad. Now, for you Guam baseball aficionados out there, there is video of the very first baseball game that RA Meyer ever pitched. A Teener (13-15) game from 1965. (I won of course.)

So it's been awhile since my last post, much of which was spent in Watertown SD with my brother. Got family pictures, etc. out to the other brothers and nephew and basically struggled through one of SD's colder Novembers. Ahhh the warmth of Florida.

Reed had a couple of successful gigs last weekend. Friday night was the regular dance gig at Kraft. Here's one of the songs. Saturday night was a wedding up on St Simon's Island. I went up to keep him company on the hour and a half trip up to the private party and then found a close sports bar to watch the World Series. The gig was in the village at Neptune Park and amazingly the locals got a pelican to fly in so all we tourists could get a good picture.

OK, So I was scheduled for my once a decade colonoscopy this morning. I did all the prep yesterday and last night. Didn't eat and showed up at the correct time. As the nurse was prepping me for the operation, I told her about my AFIB episode in Minneapolis. (See previous entry). So she hooked me up to a heart monitor, looked at the results, and, with results in hand, said she had to go talk to the doctor. When she came back she said they wanted me to see a cardiologist before I had my colonoscopy and that I was done for the day. Later I talked to the doctor and he said they'd rather not have my heart stop in the middle of looking up my ass (not his words). I agreed that probably wasn't productive, told him my date with the cardiologist was 6 days away and went back to my breakfast.