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Birthday Greetings

Yup, today finds another number added to my “official” age, but it’s only a number (what number?–nunayer business). I’m not doing any celebrating; I haven’t partied it up for my birthday in many years. I did receive birthday greetings from Nai in Laos as he was sipping on a cold Beer Lao in my honor. I also heard from my brother and others. Thanks to all who remembered.

Well, the campus is starting to clear out. There is only one team now, instead of two. 12-15 very excited Venezuelans and the two Mexicans left for their homes this past Saturday, along with the one Cuban fellow, who went to Florida. This Friday everyone will leave. There are a few Panamanians who will be flying back to Central America and the rest are Dominicans from around the country. I’ll be moving back to Santo Domingo, working there with UASD until Feb. 1, when the campus reopens and the players, some old, some new, return.

Well, for the next couple of months, then, I probably won’t have any more new sunrise/sunset pics, so I’ll leave you with this impressionistic view of a recent sunrise. More later.

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Happy Birthday to Me!

Occasionally when I talk to Nai in Laos he tells me about birthdays. Instead of saying “Today is my father’s birthday” or “Today is my sister’s birthday” he says “Today is Happy Birthday to my Father.” Well, then, today is Happy Birthday to Me! Yep, time flies, but I don’t feel a day older than . . . ummm . . . a day older than . . . uhhh . . . well, nevermind. I forget! (Which should tell you something.) Thanks everyone who sent me ecard greetings. That definitely saves the Montana folks from having to slog through at least 12 inches of snow to get to their mailboxes. Better you than me, although I hear that the mountains south of Meknes have a lot of snow. The ski resorts should be booming this weekend. (Yes, some African countries get their share of snow in winter.)

The first day of classes seemed to go ok; as I expected, my students are quite sharp and they’ll keep me on my toes. Since our school does not use any textbooks, I find that I’m doing a lot of copying. That’s the main reason I broke down and bought a printer/scanner/copier, an HP 1513, a few weekends ago. It sure has come in handy.

After all the rain and cold we had on Saturday, today and yesterday were very sunny and pleasant, but each night seems to be getting colder. More later.