Couldn't Stay Away....

i am happy too!

harry's long absence had me fearing the worst, but i know he has a good heart...
his off-color humor helps brighten the occasionally dismal thread.

bienvenidos, martin

Thank you Martin..(and all who have welcomed me back)
I did in fact have some health issues that kept me from travelling for a time, but it seems to under control at the moment. In October I had an ultra hi-tech ablation procedure to correct an arrhythmia. Pretty amazing stuff. They put you out for a few hours and a very well trained electro-cardiologist threads a catheter through your body to fiddle with the electricity of the heart. As near as I can tell it's been quite successful. My trainer thinks so too and has been amping up my workout routine bit by bit. Still get my aches and pains like everybody else, but very much in the game.
In September I retired from one service group that I served in, but am still active in my local Rotary club. Doing P.R. work and am involved with a "new fundraising concepts" committee. Our latest gig there is flogging platters of handmade traditional shortbread, for which we have a bang-up recipe and a nice low price point. Our Saanich, BC club is taking big inspiration from the Harbourside, Victoria club who have made a grand success out of selling Christmas fruitcakes every year. That's a project that now dependably clears about $15,000 which is put towards good causes in the community.