Greetings All,

Our mind-boggling life continues, Not much new on the stroke I suffered on May 25th and I continue to do what I can to recover fully. Some say full recovery is not possible. They believe it changes you so much that you will feel like a different person. I don't experience that, at least not yet. I would say I have recovered around 90 % of what I was, the only thing keeping me from reaching 100% is my balance when standing up or walking but I haven't fallen yet so that's a good thing. I keep working on it though, perhaps not hard enough and I've completed outpatient physical therapy so I'm on my own. I do know the exercises to do so that helps. We are working out at the gym, Katherine and I, three times per week besides.

I'm finding how important it is to develop and maintain a positive attitude which isn't always that easy. I need to keep my goal on that 100% goal and not get discouraged by the obstacles that present themselves. Writing is something I continue to do every day; One or or two pages every morning which I think of as my daily therapy session- self therapy, it does help, give it a try if you would like. It is a practice I learned to keep writers continuing to be creative and writing.I do still think of myself as a writer, my handwriting is okay and my typing is getting a little better every day.

We continue to plan travels, if everything goes well we will take another trip to Washington State in March, we are finding it feels good to visit family and our home state. It is a pretty liberal state and a beautiful state as well as being a Sanctuary state which we appreciate.

I would be remiss not to mention my wonderful wife Katherine, she continues to be a great support through my struggles to recover as well as interpreting medical stuff. ( she was a nurse for 40 years).

This is the first time I have felt like signing off with old, I guess a stroke and being almost 83 will do that to you.

Stan the Old Man