If I Fell

Alicia and Grandpa (John)

This is one of those days when the title of my post does have a double meaning. It is the first real ballad that John Lennon wrote in early 1964, and was included on the U.K. version of A Hard Day's Night and the U.S. album Something New. John and Paul harmonize beautifully just after the songs begins.   It's a love song that John later said was loosely based on his own life.   I hope you enjoy the simplicity and sincerity that comes out in the tune. 

Alan, Cathy and I together

On the flip-side, Yvonne and I made a little trip to Oregon for our Niece Alicia's wedding this past Tuesday and Wednesday. My sister Cathy was very happy as her only daughter looked beautiful at a great outside location called Bridal Veil Lakes in the Columbia Gorge.  My brother Alan and his wife Mary and my Dad and his wife Alice all met up for the event...  We traveled to Bend on Thursday to buy some new bicycles and spend a few days there riding our bikes.  On our first ride after checking into a bed and breakfast there seemed to be some negative karma as we ran into curbs, low tire pressure, dead ends, etc.  I said, "enough of this," let's get back and walk around instead. A block from our room I missed a big chuck hole and took a good fall on my new bike.  I tore up my knee pretty good, and luckily some passers by stopped to help.  After a good cleaning at the local hospital we decided to cut our losses and began an early exit towards home.   Now I just have to let the skin grow back for a few weeks.  My weekend progressed with a visit to our new Enumclaw Hospital Saturday for what turned out to be intestinal issues (I thought it might be spleen problems.) After a C.T. scan I received a clean bill of health- at least my blood counts were almost normal.  I can't swim for probably a month, which will take some getting used to, but there are always alternatives like walking and bicycling if I promise to be more careful!
To Edie and my new east coast family, your greetings and support have made any of these little bumps go by so much more easily, I am in awe of the support and can't wait to meet as many of you as possible!