Wow! I hope your world is still safe and habitable. I'm happy to report that Gloria has had both COVID vaccinations and I've had the first shot, with the next one coming soon. We hope to be able to travel back to Crete one day, but who knows?
Gloria enjoying a restaurant break.
Gloria’s father
In sad news, we lost Gloria's father, George Galanes, in Cincinnati, Ohio, in February. It was time—at 97 he could no longer live at home alone, so after moving from hospital to rehab to independent living to hospice to quarantine to a double room to an assisted living apartment in three months, he passed quietly after saying goodbye to us all. A fine man, and he will be missed. So we've also been back and forth to Ohio quite a bit in the last several months. Considering we don't travel these days, we have been burning up the roads!
Next book work
I'm still working on the self-publish aspect of the sixth book; now titled "The Essential CORE: Bodywork with Hands, Head and Heart.” The first half is devoted to philosophy of good deep tissue work and the second half explains and teaches my five-session blueprints for good work. No publication date in the offing. I now have the photos created, still waiting on illustrations. One day…
A fixer-upper project
My daughter Molly has bought a “fixer-upper” in Lockhart, Texas, and is in the process of rehabilitating a house that hasn't been lived in for 25 years! I've therefore made about four trips down since last July to help with the remodel—a learning experience for us both since we're so different and so alike! Not sure when I'll be back to work with her again.
Daughter Molly’s fixer-upper house project
Back to traveling for fun?
Sadly, will I ever get back to Crete at again? I'm beginning to hope our time is coming, as many more are getting vaccinated, and Europe seems to be relaxing some of the standards…we'll see. We did make a pretty safe vacation in late September/early October—a non-stop drive to visit a nephew in Colorado, a view of Devils Tower in Wyoming and Mount Rushmore in South Dakota before driving home, quickly.