Wow !!, there are about 30 of them. No way offsprings of the 2 parents. I have noticed that Canadian geese are very protective of their goslings. Not only from humans, critters, but also other geese. However, nature often instills very strong parentings instincts to creatures in our world. How they acquired them all is anyone’s guess. .... I once heard my mom say “5 kids ( I am #5 ) or 13 is all the same”; obviously some geese think like that too.

Had postponed writing this blog for weeks. But it was time, earlier this month our family had a very sad week, our baby sister, Shirley, passed. She was about a week and half from her 54th birthday. To young to go, ... I will celebrate her life by taking the Bigfoot (the RV) to one of my favorite spots for a few days, and doing long, 4 to 6 miles walks on the beach.

Remember last blog, ... after struggling for 6 weeks with an Android phone, went out and bought another iPhone, and life is good again. Will try to keep it from soaking in the spa or pool, once before one also went soaking in a pool.

A bit on politics, it seems that the financial sector, “big banks”, have recovered, but the middle class is still in bad shape. How come ?  With so much data (junk) it can be hard to see the answer. It seems that for a country to have a large middle class is not normal. Here is another read, American Capitalism is Broken.  Many economist seem to be pointing the finger, to the now trend of deregulation of the financial systems, and lowering the taxes to the super rich. Deregulation of the financial systems started about 18 yrs ago, and continues today, with things like removing barriers to allow infinite $$ for financial support in our political system. If you have enough $$, you can buy what you want from our government legislators, so that you can accumulate even more $$. And the $$ must come from someone, .... yep, you guessed right !!!

Last weekend was off doing a “putt, putt” bike ride with Elaine and Cindy, that is a slow and short ride. And we ran into a Soapbox derby race. That brought back memories from some 53 yrs back, when I did a Soapbox derby race. Came in second place in the state, back in the old country. It was good to see that they allow girls to race, and some kids seemed to be as young as 7 yrs old.

Am off to a late start, but it is time to get ready for RV’ing this Memorial weekend by the beach !!! Go do something special to add to memories.