Some Things About Me

On January 28, 2017 Cindy Schlager celebrated her "I'm Still Here" 67th birthday party. What made the party special is that she IS still here and the way she celebrated it. Cindy has been battling cancer now for almost two years. She has gone through radiation and chemotherapy with little positive affect. In the summer of 2016 she reached a low point of needing a cane and wheel chair to get around. That is also when she started a two year clinical trial for a test drug called Keytruda at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. The results so far for this trial have been miraculous. So Cindy invited 150 of her friends to a big party to show them how much better she is feeling. Click below to see for your self- For sure check out " Chicken Lips Parts 1 & 2 " and " Cindy, Alex, Michael and Neyla Driscoll tap dance ". Cindy and Alex Ryer sing "I'm Still Here " Michael Moore Yodels Chicken Lips Part 1 Chicken Lips  Par...

On Thursday, December 1, 2016 I took off from Boulder with two friends from Rotary Club of Boulder Valley, John and Maud Kenyon, for a 10 day trip to Nicaragua. This was our second time there and the principle reason for the travel was to help the village of El Trapiche, near Jalapa in the north of the country, celebrated the completion of the rebuilding of their water system. Our Rotary Club had provided funding and successfully applied for a Rotary International Global Grant to partially cover the costs of the project. After that we planned to see other parts of the country that we had missed on our previous trip. John, our photographer, would chronical our adventure. We had originally visited the area in the spring of 2014 to participate in an inauguration ceremony to commemorate the finish of another water project in the small, nearby pueblo of Pasmata. As was done later in El Trapiche, BV Rotary had partnered with Boulder Friendship City Projects (FCP) and the area residen...

This is a compilation of experiences, accomplishments and adventures that I have enjoyed and from which I have derived pleasure and satisfact ion. * My Children Despite the less than perfect marriage of their parents, Timothy and Kerry have turned out to be wonderful people with loving spouses and children, successful careers and happy lives. Truly, nothing is more important to me. * My Granddaughters And of course my perfect children have produced perfect children themselves. Annabelle, Kiki and Mackenzie are attractive, active and very bright. How fortunate am I. * Working summers while growing up on my Uncle Lavern and Cousin Edwin's Michigan farms .  I did this for several years in my early teens. Mostly I remember long days of bailing hay followed by simple evening pleasures such as swimming and fishing. My greatest enjoyment came from feeling I was making a contribution. * Reading I am seldom without a having a couple of books in progress, usual...

Five friends, Hunter Glasscock, Jim Dunckley, Mark Adolphson, Dave Cunningham and I had an epic weekend in Chicago. We had tickets to see the New Zealand All Blacks play the Irish National Rugby team on Saturday at Soldier’s Field as well as the USA National Side against the New Zealand Maoris on the prior evening. This big “Rugby Weekend” was made even more special as we were able to catch the tail end of the Friday mid-day parade to celebrate the Cubs winning their first baseball World Series since 1908.  It was said that six million fans crowded into downtown to enjoy the event. We mostly encountered waves of people, dressed in Cubs jerseys, leaving the gathering as we were trying to find our J. W. Marriott Hotel. Hunter, as always well prepared, was there in the lobby with five poured beers. Lunch was eaten at Berghoff’s Restaurant (Thanks Dolph) where we were introduced to their litre jars of German beers. The USA vs. Maori match was one-sided, as we lost 7-54, b...

 Cardiff Center-Dave, Mark and Andy On Tuesday morning, September 22, 2015 two friends from Boulder, Dave Cunningham and Mark  Young, and I arrived on three separate flights in London to experience the 8th celebration of the Rugby World Cup. View from Andy's Vacation Home At Paddington Station we met up with our Welsh friend Andy Jones for the train trip to Cardiff. Years ago Andy played rugby with us in Boulder and now lives in the Manchester, England area. However, he maintains a wonderful "vacation home" near downtown Cardiff on the River Taff where the four of us stayed the next two nights. Wednesday morning we walked around the center of Cardiff which was festooned with colorful flags and banners from the various teams participating in the tournament. That afternoon we stood in the crowded FanZone outside of Millennium Stadium, drinking beer, eating fish and chips and watching Scotland beat Japan on the jumbo video screen. We then entered the stadiu...