Yes, Martha West and I were married at the Dallas Petroleum Club in the presence and with the loving support of all our children and grandchildren on Wednesday August 8. We had already enjoyed the honeymoon with our trip to Tuscany with the MIT Alumni Assn, and having done so in happiness, we decided to proceed to the wedding. Now that the deed is done, we shall continue the honeymoon with the opera in Santa Fe Aug 21, followed by two weeks in California, where we attend a conference on MRI and Sports Medicine in San Francisco. One or both of us will now be gone except for an occasional return to change clothes until after Dec 1. Still, I look forward to again sharing some time with my Unitarian friends.

Erika reports that her lovely backyard water garden has become an oasis for frantic bullfrogs during our extended period of dry weather.  Unfortunately, their singing at night has not been quite the lullaby intended for the humans trying to sleep nearby.  Attempts to block the melodious emanations with earplugs were to no avail, so the oasis was drained temporarily, much to the chagrin of the cohabitating koi, who were forced to find temporary residence in a common barrel.  The frogs were not moved by these efforts at eviction, and latest word from the front is that the ultimate weapon, the frog-gig, is soon to be pressed into service.    RIBBIT.