What a great adventure!
Susie has healed well over the last week. She’s gotten her appetite back and has enjoyed seeing dear friends. There was even a small gathering Saturday night that included a fire and lots of laughing. The timing was perfect, as … Read More »
We are back in Austin, after a whirlwind week. Susie did indeed have her surgery on the 30th of October. Prior to the surgery, she met with Dr. Sawaya (Head of Neurosurgery) and Dr. Ferson (Anesthesiologist). They explained the surgery … Read More »
The last I posted about Susie’s cancer checkups was around a year ago. She had a car accident in February 2012 and there was some changes in her MRIs that we were watching closely. Well a year went by, and … Read More »
It has been quite sometime since I’ve posted a blog entry. There’s no excuse for this, as there has been lots to write. Rather than writing about travel and other events in life, I recently read a very interesting article … Read More »
Just wanted to drop an email that Susie and I have returned from her yearly cancer check-up. The appointment was not a home run. In addition to reviewing her February car accident, we learned there is a small change in … Read More »
I just finished receiving a bunch of emails from friends around the world about how The University of Texas’ Center for Middle Eastern Studies has cancelled a book which was scheduled to be published this month. Most of the emails … Read More »
I’ve been reading a bunch of articles and seeing a few videos as they relate to the Middle East. With the impending push by Mahmoud Abbas (aka Abu Mazen of the Palestinian Authority) requesting statehood at the UN, I wonder … Read More »
Well, we’ve returned from vacation and school has started. Susie spent some time in Sonoma visiting some dear friends and our nephew, Matthew. She came back to blistering temperatures near around 110 F/ 43 C. Fortunately, we were turning around … Read More »
I don’t normally write political rants on my blog, but I find the latest news (Boston Globe, Reuters and The Telegraph) ridiculous that Turkey has expelled Israel’s ambassador and is cutting their military agreements with Israel over the recently leaked … Read More »
Well we have had a whirl wind of an April/ early May. We joined my family in Connecticut for a long weekend to celebrate Pesach, went to the Callahan Rockport Beach House for Easter, Susie joined the Callahan women for … Read More »
Life is chugging along as if we have truly settled in Austin, though there are still four boxes that should be emptied (no earthly idea what is in them, but they are looking at me every weekend). The kids are … Read More »
This last year was definitely a year full of changes. Looking at the writings on my blog, some of the changes were quite stressful and some were anti-climatic. However, we could not have gone through them in a successful fashion … Read More »
We’ve hit November and what a whirlwind/ roller-coaster October was. Susie had her surgery, to remove a tumor from her Parotid Gland, on Monday the 11th. That first week was very challenging, but we got through it with lots of … Read More »