Am leaving in a few days for another winter in Thailand. It will be a 25-hour trip with the longest leg (14 hours) between Dulles and Beijing. I'll probably catch a flight the following morning to Chiang Mai. (Actually, plans changed and I met Don Cook in Bangkok and spent several days there with him.) In Chiang Mai I will be staying at Wanasit Guesthouse again and very much looking forward to my winter there. Jim follows in a few weeks, leaving on Thanksgiving Day.
In September, Judy and I had a fun 10-day trip to Arizona high country, home of Ponderosa Pines. 
After visiting friends in Phoenix overnight, we drove to Sedona and then on to Pinetop for a week. We visited the Little Bear archaeological site. 
And in October, I had a great - but too short - visit with Flip and her family in Fort Myers. Here is my friend caught in a contemplative moment.“Between the Idea and the Reality. . . falls the Shadow.” – T.S.Eliot
