1993

Rhonda and Matt graduate

  This is the year that had quite and end, we'll see that in a while.  This was also the year that my clerk at work, Linda, was discovered to have breast cancer.  She is now a long-time survivor, so some stories have a happy ending, but not enough of them - remember there is a button to click on www.theanimalrescuesite.com and there are two new places to click, one for homeless veterans and one for autism research; I am forever hopeful that you are keeping up the good work.
  Anyway, 1993, was a decent year what with the graduation, both Jeff and Jon were working and on their own.  Hollie was still have a struggle with school, and even with the benefit of a one-on-one "helper" was just kind of treading water.  The day was getting closer when we would really know the answer - 1994!
  We bid "goodbye" or is it good buy to the Subaru after 243,000 miles of service to the family.  We filled the tank and gave it to our neighbor in exchange for some work he did on our house.  My second new car was a Dodge Shadow.  The reason for the change in cars was precipitated by me having surgery on my shoulder, and trying to shift a manual transmission.  I still miss the old thing, but by now it wouldn't be running anyway.
  The winter that began in '93 was a bad one if you shovel, or a good one if you ski.  I don't ski.  Thankfully we had a neighbor who plowed the driveway, but there was still a lot to shovel.  To be honest my lovely wife did a lot of the shoveling, and still does.

Me with a shovel during one of the storms.

...while some people, like Hollie, played in the stuff.

Article in the Bangor Daily News this week: "Foreclosures up in Piscataquis and Penobscot counties".