The Big Apple Visits

Lilah, Bernie, and Eliza are ready for a fashion show

I wasn't in Longmont too long before niece Celia, her husband Bryan, and two daughters, Bernie and Eliza, visited before heading up to Sturgis (before it was a dirty word) for niece Rachel's wedding. The three girls were a whole lot of fun, submitting to the total domination of Bernie the Boss.

Where does the time go?

Mom after hip surgery and me leaving Villa Crest

Spending quality time with Lilah from age 4 to 8 was the best investment of my entire life. We bonded, she growing older, and me younger, every day that we spent together. After the 4 month trial in Niwot that commenced right after the Trump election--the day my mom fell and broke her hip, I committed to a year's lease that started the following summer, as Lilah entered kindergarten. The hard part was leaving my 93-year-old mom in the care of my siblings, but mom encouraged me to go and I went.
She was right.

Five-year-old Lilah greets me on arrival

Let the hair games begin!

Rose sets the table for my 70th birthday dinner on 10-17-2020

According to the website LiveScience.com, "In physics, G-force is used to describe the acceleration of an object relative to Earth's gravity." Well, the Earth is especially grave these Covid pandemic days, and this G (G'Ma, that is, Lilah and Santana's grandmother) is eagerly looking forward to a rapidly approaching event--the birth of a new baby in mid-April 2021. Our daughter Rose, pictured above, is working on a movie about Jake Burton Carpenter, the man credited with inventing snowboarding and later helping to make it a legitimate winter Olympic sport. There was some vision. Jake knew all about G-force and enabled millions to experience its breathtaking pull. We are in for a wild ride!