So, it’s been a fairly hectic first week back in the “world” but events have slowed to a crawl over the past few days. This operational pause was kind of needed as it seems, for some unknown reason, we’re not as young as we used to be. Still, lots of fun with family and friends over the past week, which served as a great reminder of what home is. This isn’t to say we’ve been completely unproductive; you’ll have to remember who I live with. That means we were out in the Favorite Panamanian’s vast garden complex preparing it for the spring onslaught of growth. Since I was standing around on the backyard hill, waiting for the next batch of spousal orders, I started a project I planned last year.
After last year’s patio excavation, I
was left with a huge pile of rocks I stacked at the top of the backyard hill.
This happens anytime I dig around back there as New England is renowned for its
rocky soil. That’s means farming and other attempts to puncture the soil will inevitably
lead to an accumulation of rocks. That explains the nearly omnipresent New England
stone walls. I decided to add to that number by using those rocks to create a
wall behind the highest terrace of the aforementioned garden complex. It wasn’t
as much fun as it sounds.
The New Wall
What was fun was re-connecting with my Command
and General Staff classmates, the most excellent Roothuggers. I’ve missed the
last couple of reunions as well as zoom calls due to scheduling conflicts but
last night was a great reminder of what true friends they are. We immediately picked
up the banter and laughter that was the signature of this eclectic mix of Army
leaders. It was decided another reunion, possibly in Arizona later this year,
is required. I hope the local breweries are notified in time. 
Roothuggers, Back in the Day
Three movies fell in my A-Z watch, all keepers, Black Adam, new addition to library, much better on second watch; Escape from New York, Snake Plissken, one of the coolest characters, ever; and Family Man, have always loved this “what if” premised movie, makes me think about my own life decisions, have been in love with Tea Leoni ever since I first saw this.
RECURRING CHARACTERS:
ABFA – Amazing Best Family
Athlete - my daughter
in law; BR3 – Blog Reader #3 – granddaughter
#3; BRS - Blog Reader the Sequel -
second granddaughter; Cantankerous Friend – friend since grade school who likes to argue
about everything, poses as radical leftist to attract women; CRC - Connecticut
Riverboat Captain – another close friend from high school, renowned sailor
of the big river; Curbside Girls – close
friends of my daughter acquired during him her single days in Brooklyn; Deckzilla – our backyard deck which
grew to monstrous dimensions once my wife got involved in planning; Favorite Panamanian - the wife (of
course); FBR - First Blog Reader -
first granddaughter; First Friday –
celebrations to mark the First Friday of the Week; Great Aunt - my elder sister; Keene
Friends 1 & 2 – friends since high school from my home town of Keene,
NH; Kindergarten Friend – friend
since kindergarten whom I reunited with after many years; Maine and Virginia Musqueteras – two close friends of my wife –
her US sisters, my wife is the 3rd Musquetera (musketeer); Namesake Nephew –
son of Great Aunt and Soxfather named after me; Neighborhood Mafioso - wife's close friend and Panamanian mafia
member; PanaGals – female relatives /friends
of my wife from Panama; Panamanian/Latin
Mafia – inevitable group of Latino friends my wife accumulates wherever we
have lived & their spouses; PCR - Pittsburgh College Roommate– high
school friend, also a “Minor Celebrity” in Pittsburgh; PCR+1 - Pittsburgh College Roommate’s wife; Riggins - also known as the
Grandpuppy, son's dog; Soxfather -
my brother in law; Tia Loca – wife’s younger sister; Wingman – my son in law; Wingmom – Wingman’s mom, of course
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