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I know you’re dying to ask. The answers are… * 833 pounds * More than a Corolla, but less than a Prius Continue reading →

A slide show of the piano being delivered on Saturday. Continue reading →

After a hair-raising journey up the stairs (which took four guys over an hour to manage), the piano arrived in the living room in good shape. It sounds wonderful when Arlin plays it. Continue reading →

We’re getting a brand-new grand piano! I’m taking lessons again after 40 years, and I need a decent piano, so I’m treating myself. It’s a 7-foot Ritm??ller (made in China, despite the name). None of the shorter pianos I played appealed to me as muc… Continue reading →

Kai had his last radiation therapy a month ago. The next phase is chemotherapy, which started on Tuesday, October 4. He’ll have four or five treatments, at intervals of three weeks (assuming no adverse effects). According to the doctors, chemother… Continue reading →

Kai’s energy is improving. Today we went to Point Isabel twice. During the second visit Kai and Chester roughhoused for 30 minutes or so, contending for a ball Kai had found in the rocks. The video shows some of their less energetic teasing play. Continue reading →

Here we are at the dog park in Davis, ready to go home after Kai’s last radiation treatment. Continue reading →

Willy reads Peyton Place. Continue reading →

Kai was home for the long Labor Day weekend. He’s lost some energy after the third week of radiation therapy, but he’s still happy and spunky. He and Chester decided to climb a tree after a particularly annoying squirrel yesterday.Today he goes ba… Continue reading →