One year ago I visited Ukraine (with two friends) and took a boatload of pictures.  A big boat.  Like, more than 3000 big.  Too many really.  It was a huge task to sort through them.  I am finally getting toward the end of that task.  I will begin posting Ukraine pictures within a week.  I promise to not post a huge number all at once.  I don't want to overload you, my friends and watchers.  

I suppose I should give a personal update since I am already writing this.  A couple of weeks ago I passed the 2 year point since my cancer diagnosis.  Since I wasn't expected to live but a year to a year and a half, that is pretty cool.   I'm doing pretty well for someone who should be dead.    Cancer treatments suck.  Oh god, they suck.   But the alternative is worse at this point.   I am enjoying life and very much enjoying the company of my friends.  I'm not worried about the future.  It will be what it is.  I go out roller blading when I have the energy and when the weather cooperates.  That should get better at this time of year.

I have no concrete plans for my next travel.  Ideas.  But to make plans I need a traveling companion.  At this point that is up in the air.  Who know what will happen?
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Allen Brown  [link]
  A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. --- H. L. Mencken