Mark's updating of the Davidson Woods website and Patty's Memories of Canton blog have inspired me to write about our brother Joe. The timing seems good too, just after his shared November birthday with Cathy and before Christmas and his late December 2022 passing. I'm hoping this blog could serve as a place to help us remember Joe. I'll share some memories here and, if so inclined, you could share some memories or stories about Joe as well. This could be a happy memories book like we had prepared once for Joe with letters and photographs to remind him of Dad and Mom and all of us when we weren't...

We had a great time hosting the family for a party to welcome Leehou, Gali and Romi to the States.  It was good to see Leehou and Gali again and to see Romi for the first time. We all marvelled at the red, silky hair.  Romi was the star of the party.  Before coming to the party, they had spent a couple of days in NYC and at Rob's place, adjusting to the new timezone and surroundings.  Romi was amazingly open to all of the new people who were suddenly thrust upon her.  Frank brought his famous charcuterie board which was delicious.  We bought eggplant and chicken parmesan.  Kate and Ellie brought...

On Wednesday morning, Anne, Chuck, Roman, Vincent, Mike, Paige, Taylor, Hazel and I  took the 10 am Dolphin Fleet boat to go whale watching.  The weather was sunny and we had relatively calm waters.  After clearing the tip of Cape Cod, we soon came upon several fin back whales.   They are the second largest whales and were cruising along the surface.  We watched them for a while and then headed out to sea where we found a couple of humpback whales.   These whales surprised us by quickly breaching and putting on a bit of a show diving and swinging their fins out of the water.     After...