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This is a test Comments

Jun9

I haven’t checked but I think I’m the last D-H Web site blogger to be moved to the new version of Word Press, the software we use for writing and posting to the Web. This version is, of course, more complex than the earlier one but I liked it immediately when I found out that [...]

An extra mile Comments

May19

A month from today, I’m taking another of those mini-vacations but this one has an additional purpose. I’ll be participating the annual American Cancer Society Relay for Life with the City of Albany team. I’m planning to walk a marathon during the 18-hour event as I did last year: 105 laps around the track at West Albany High School.

I made a list last year and a new one this year of family, friends and co-workers who have survived cancer or died because of it. Last year’s list had 27 names and I walked a mile for 26 of them, one lap for the 27th. Some of the same names are on my 2009 marathon list, and some new ones have been added. Yesterday, I added Pat O’Neill….