It’s been a busy day, with more work ahead of me. I opted not to use Apple’s migration utility but simply configured the new Mac mini from scratch, having forgotten how many little tweaks I make to the settings. I’ve been copying disks and configuring the new Mac mini, and I had to place a … Continue reading Busy Day
The New mini
I have been in need of new Macs for some time. My desktop iMac is seven years old (I expected it to last for five years) and the Mac mini that I use as a server for my Plex library (that’s how I watch most of my TV and movies and other videos) is nearly … Continue reading The New mini
Banana Muffins with Macadamia
I baked a batch of Banana Muffins with Macadamia the other day. The actual recipe called for coconut and macadamia but I loathe coconut. Whoever invented coconut ought to be hanged, drawn, and quartered. But it was easy enough to eliminate that foul ingredient from the recipe and proceed. I think these are especially healthful … Continue reading Banana Muffins with Macadamia
Neal and Fumiko’s 50th Anniversary
After retiring, Neal and Fumiko eventually moved back to Pennsylvania where Neal died on June 9, 2017. Fumiko had been born on Okinawa on December 13, 1929, where her mother died in childbirth, and her grandfather died when she was eight years old. During the war, she lived in a cave and endured an internment camp … Continue reading Neal and Fumiko’s 50th Anniversary
Kathy and Me
I don’t remember the arrival of Neal and his new family in Richland. From the photographic evidence, we were certainly there at my grandparents house to greet them, as why wouldn’t we be? I simply don’t remember it. In January 1954 I was four years old, a few months from becoming five, so that’s no … Continue reading Kathy and Me
Family Photos
Taking a break from the Neal and Fumiko Zellers family saga, here are a couple family photos from 1954. I believe they were taken at the same time as the Neal and Fumiko photos taken by my uncle Allen as we were probably all gathered in my grandparents home. I don’t know who took this … Continue reading Family Photos
The Welcoming Family
Pepper, Harry, Tillie, Fumiko, NealDebbie (Allen and Jane’s dog), Reed, Kathy Neal and Fumiko’s stay in the Zellers household was not a happy one, at least not to hear Kathy tell it. Reed, the youngest son, was the problem. I don’t know exactly what went on, but I know that in my dealings with Reed, … Continue reading The Welcoming Family
Love Conquers All?
According to my mother, my grandparents—that would be Harry and Tillie Zellers—tended to give their son Neal a hard time growing up. He was their youngest, after Allen, Arlene, Harry Jr., and Mark, having been born in 1930, and would remain their youngest child until Reed came along rather unexpectedly in 1946 when Tillie was … Continue reading Love Conquers All?
Neal and Fumiko’s Wedding
My uncle Neal Zellers, my mother’s brother, was stationed in Okinawa when he joined the service. He was there from the late 1940s until 1953 or so. That’s where he met and married Fumiko. I thought I had scanned almost all of the photos in the various photo albums that my mother had left behind, … Continue reading Neal and Fumiko’s Wedding
I Never Joke About My Work
I threw some shade at James Bond movies the other day, so I thought I ought to mention my favorite Bond movie, the first 007 mega-hit from 1964, Goldfinger. It’s the only Bond film that remains roughly faithful to its Ian Fleming source novel, though it still takes plenty of liberties, including changing the villain’s … Continue reading I Never Joke About My Work