From the Good News Desk: Grandaughter Sonja over in Utah is getting her Bachelor's Degree in Social Psychology next month. I want to be on hand for that wonderful milestone in her life. This young woman has accomplished this along with rearing three sons, surmounting great challenges with determination, hope, and a calm equanimity that I have admired in her since her birth.

The season is developing. The fields adjoining the property have just yielded 160 bales of hay to supply the goats next winter. The bales are stowed in the barn now. All that grass and those flowers will wind up in Wendy's refrigerator as milk, yogurt, a variety of cheeses and in the bathrooms as soap.




The man at the wheel is also one of the county supervisors.

Aidan has one more day of school come Monday.  He, his mom and I are going to the theater in Philly later today to use the tickets my sister Jeanenne gave us for Christmas. You might remember the theater comped the tickets after Wendy's face-injuring fall just before the performance. We will walk carefully this time on the uneven sidewalks.

Keoni is going to a rehearsal and he and I will go over to the concert at the church this evening for friend and piano accompanist Seth and cello friend Peter's performance. Next Friday they'll be a trio with Keoni's violin added to the performance.

The chicks continue their exponential growth...

One of the two boxes John joined so they have more room. The aroma rises to the second floor.

Friend Hobie has a beautiful setting at his home not far from here. I was there along with some others one recent evening...

Tucson Weather Desk: In Tucson, friends Paula and Carl reported the recent temperature...

I thought scorching only happened to shirts on ironing boards.

They also had a visitor in their yard in the Catalina Foothills. Carl captured his image...

He is approximately 10 inches long. A Gila Monster youth. I hope he has a good summer on this hot terrain.

...and, my wishes for cooler times for my southwestern friends.