
It’s Thursday afternoon, June 2. I’m here in the family room with Ken and we are both finally getting over a very heavy case of jet lag. We got home on May 31 from an incredible trip to Tokyo. Many friends and family thought we were totally crazy for even attempting a trip like…

Back in early June while we were still in Tokyo we got an e-mail from our next door neighbor, Sharon Garcia. She told us a great big snapping turtle had walked up our shared driveway, dug a deep hole in her garden and laid about 20 eggs. The whole neighborhood stood around and watched…