In the morning, I’m taking Valerie on a pilgrimage. Ever since we moved here to Budapest, one of Valerie’s favorite things is collecting pottery from all of the places that we visit. In the community that we are in here, the top of the pottery list is Polish pottery from a little town in the southwest corner of Poland called Boleslawiec. After almost 2 years of saving money and dreaming of the day when she would get to make the trip, it is finally here. I have a meeting in Bratislava, Slovakia tomorrow afternoon so we will drive there first. After the meeting, it is on to Prague, where we will stay with some friends. On Friday morning, we will take the final leg to the town of Boleslawiec. There, we will quickly be overwhelmed with how much pottery there is and how many different designs there are (that all pretty much look alike to me). Hopefully, we can make all the purchases in one day before we return to Prague.

We are also looking forward to spending some good time together. It has been a busy spring and we need some time to catch up.

Well, it’s time to start blogging again. After a long layoff and many busy weeks, I’m going to get back on the horse. Jerry says that when he is busy that blogging is something he will absolutely make time for. With me, it is the first thing to go. Hopefully, life will be a little saner now that all the major events of this spring are done.

Speaking of major events, our family participated in the school play this year. My wife was the assistant director and so when they needed extra adults and kids to be in the play, our family was in first. Therefore, I along with our three older kids were all in the production of “Fiddler on the Roof.” Here’s a shot of Reed & I before the 2nd night’s performance. It was a blast to be a part of and to do it together as a family. The kids at this school are amazingly talented so it was fun to just be in the background and watch them shine. We were all exhausted afterwards, but we had a week of mourning also. We will miss being with those kids. It was 7 weeks of work and then in only two nights, it was all over.