We are now well settled in our new home in Erwin, TN.My battle with colitis appears to be under control. Our son found a special diet that supposedly works to fix it. I always am skepical about such claims, I find they usually are just trying to sell you something. Refreshingly, this one is really about getting colitis and other stomach/intestinal sufferers better. The great news is that it works! The past month I have felt better than I have for the previous six months. I am even sleeping better and awake feeling well and ready to take on the day.

Lesley's mum in New Zealand has recovered well from her recent hospitalization. However she continues to have falls, and her overall health is obviously deteriorating. That is life's cycle I guess.

Now to the really neat stuff. We are settled here and so enjoyed the fall colors, driving our Alfa sports car thru the montains enjoying the colors. Wow, what a great time in our lives. We have made enough changes to the house that it is now ours so to speak.

Our son Stefan is visiting us from New Zealand for about six months. We have been showing him the area and just returned from 3 days in Nashville, TN. What a neat city. We know a singer song writer there, and he gave us the insiders tour of the city. Music is our son's passion, and he is working with a mate of his still in New Zealand about coming over while he is still here and the two of them chasing their dream in music.

I told him about the seasons in life, and now that his two daughters are on their own and he has no ties to NZ at the moment, the stars seem to be aligned for his and his mate to give it a try considering the contacts he now has in Nashville.

While there we had the honor of attending Whit Hill's launch of her first self written and played CD about her passion, which is metal detecting. What an amazing CD. While there we also met Lisa, another person who gave up her PHD in astrophysics to chase her dream of music. Imagine talking to a PHD in Astrophysics while listening to her self written Jazz CD. Wow, what a night.

Seeing how fleeting life and good health can be, having had a stroke and now colitis which is more serious that I first took it to be, Lesley and I are getting very serious about doing our RV travel plans. Fortunately because of the successful diet or son found me we can now travel again. Next fall New England and the Canain Maritimes are now planned. The next summer after that will be either Alaska or British Columbia, and the next summer whichever is left. Time to get on with it, good seasons do not last forever.

I guess my message is whatever is on your bucket list and you are able to do, get on with it. Our son is, and so are we.

Well, our son is fixing a chicken salad, and I love to eat, so off I go.