Tomorrow will be our oldest offspring’s 50th birthday! A surprise party is scheduled to take place at his favorite golf course so remind me when I complete this blog that I do not share it until the day after tomorrow! If I shared and the surprise ended up not being a surprise, I would undoubtably be removed from our family tree immediately! Steve was our first born so that alone was special but something else added to the drama of…..
The first time that I observed Kathie suffer heat exhaustion was around thirty years ago. We were serious wood burners then and always on the lookout for a fresh supply of firewood. Our property boarders a creek with one side that has a very steep bank. Occasionally tall poplar trees would be toppled by the wind and lay on the steep creek bank. The trunks were a foot to a foot and a half in diameter and a perfect size…..