We live on the Boise River, which has been at 300% of normal flows until last week, but no sand bags were needed as the river is now retreating as is the long wet, cool Spring. There is still snow visible from my office, but today it was in the 90's in Boise; it is a climate like we Nebraskans never see but all would certainly enjoy. That said, I miss my old home state, and ponder often my departure, but this path less traveled has proved fruitful and I have no regrets, only fond memories which I look forward to rekindling in a few weeks with my old friends.

I am married to a great person-Wendy, and her son, a junior at Timberline HS, and my daughter, Emily, age 20, a sophomore at Boise State, are prospering, growing and learning, as we did when we were their age- although I regret in a more troublesome world than we faced.