Today, our three daughters, Sarah, Liz, and Rachael, along with Andrew, Rachael’s boyfriend, swam in the Naples Island Swim Race. The girls all swam the mile, and Andrew swam the three-mile race. Andrew’s parents and a cousin came to watch as well as our whole family. We had a lot of fun and were proud…

Today I received an email from a member of Story Circle Network, Sheila Allee, who wrote the following: Hi, Len. I love the poem you wrote about doing what needs to be done. Do you mind if I share it with my weekly newsletter subscribers? I have 700 subscribers and I think they would benefit…

A couple of weeks ago, Ray and I expected a crew of Sunkist orange pickers to arrive at our grove early in the morning. Their foreman had come a week prior and asked us to be sure and water our trees between 12- 24 hours two days in advance of our scheduled picking day. Normally,…

Hi all. Sorry to have dropped off the face of the earth. I indeed did come down with COVID-19 shortly after husband Ray started exhibiting symptoms. I started a Zoom meeting I thought I felt well enough to attend with a 99-degree temperature and said goodbye 1 1/2 hours later at 101.5. Ray called physician-daughter…