Guest Blogger as Guest

Al was out in the area this last week and drove over to the house for dinner. It was one of those rare warm evenings here that we only seem to get in September and April. He got to see the Iris Lady's domain in all of its late summer dormant glory awaiting the winter rain. He suffered the slobbery affection of the dogs with good humor. We were trying to remember the last time we had seen one another and guessed it must have been one Thanksgiving at Ken and Sharon's place in Great Falls. That was a long time ago. We compared notes on the goings on of kids and family, and we even engaged in a little geek talk since he was out here to get some training on some software my people produce. It was nice of him to drive all the way from across the bay, fighting jet lag, since I was taking off the next day. We'll try not to make it such a long interval in the future.