Month: November 2021

A few weeks ago, we went kayaking and camping at Merchants Millpond State Park in Gatesville, NC. It is a swamp and looks a lot like where I grew up in Louisiana! Spanish moss adorned trees everywhere and alligators. Yes, alligators. Some sources say there are 5 alligators in the swamp, others say there are only 3. While we were…

I finished two books in recent weeks. The most intriguing of which was, Dr. Mary’s Monkey: How the Unsolved Murder of a Doctor, a Secret Laboratory in New Orleans and Cancer-Causing Monkey Viruses Are Linked to Lee Harvey Oswald, the JFK Assassination and Emerging Global Epidemics. It takes place in New Orleans and the link between all of the above…

A lot has been going on lately. I have had crazy work weeks from 60- 85 hrs in the recent months. This weekend I joked that I only worked 64 hours, not including 7 hours of drive time. I have bills to pay, so I work. I have been hiking, camping, cycling and kayaking in my “spare” time, but between…