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Ed was asked to speak at the EDTEC Graduate ceremony at SDSU. Michelle came along to revisit the city where we used to live. Here's a picture of us and our rental car.

Ed took the CGA Windjammers to New York City for the 90th Veteran's Day Parade.

There is also video posted on YouTube. Enjoy!

We're almost done! Michelle has been holding up really well, dedicated to completing the treatment protocol. Here is a picture of her radiation team on Gantry 2 at MGH. What a crazy bunch!

It is with heavy heart that I write about the passing of an inspirational teacher and mentor, Sean "M.C." McCarthy. I'll pen something more reflective over the weekend, but in the meantime, those who may wish to attend a memorial mass, it will be on Saturday the 26th at St Thomas Aquinas Church in Storrs, CT at 10:00. Details will be in the Courant on Sunday and the Willimantic Chronicle on Saturday.

There was a time when I called Boston my favorite city. Since then I've lived in a couple other major cities, San Francisco, New York City, and San Diego. Each had its turn in the barrel as "my favorite". Now that Michelle and I have spent a little time here, I've started to remember the features that first charmed me to this often crazy town.

As you saw from the pictures, my mask was completely face forming and I could not see anything. Of course the literature one receives shows that the eyes of the mask are cut out for the patient. Last Thursday, I asked my radiation team if the eyes could be cut so I could see them and what was going on. Georgine said she would check to make sure the integrity of the mask could handle the openings. I returned Friday and had eye holes! I was very excited. I just have to learn not to smile in the mask or my skin gets caught in the eye hole and gets stuck.

My radiation team consists of Georgene, Phil and John. Phil decided I looked like Liza Minnelli! I thought that was so funny because when I was about 12 my dance director thought the same. I performed "Money" from Cabaret with the older women as my back up dancers. I had a cute costume, a black wig and lots of black eyeliner. I surely had the nose for it! I'll have to find that old video tape. Liza is back in my life again, makes me laugh. It's nice to know someone as amazing as Liza was as tall as me - a nice short 5'4". Thanks for the ego boost, Liza!

So today I show up for my treatment, and see a woman in the gantry that I never saw before with Georgene. Georgene says, "doesn't she look like her?" The other woman, "OMG, she does!" I notice on the computer is a picture of Liza and say, "What, are you showing me off now?" I had baked some cookies for them (really for Ed because he wanted some home made cookies, but there were too many for just us). Now I just have to find those old dance shoes... and bake more cookies for them! (Make sure to click "Read More" to see the rest of the pictures! I haven't figured this all out yet.)

Michelle's in for the procedure. Here are a couple of pictures. The personnel here have been really friendly and helpful.

THE MASK! Check out the NOSE!

Getting settled with Phil & Georgine.

Mask is on, tighter than I expected

The big radiation chamber...

Here's an app partly developed by one of my co-workers.
http://bit.ly/CsZ1j
Use it to identify over 150 trees in North America.

We had a nice visit on 6/28 to pick up a trap, see Grandma, and eat some strawberries over waffles. Yummy. We also took advantage of the opportunity to do THE "in thing" for 2009: paddling in Martha's Pond! All this rain has been good for something.

The black & white ones are our two new kitties. The one on the left is Bijou and the one on the right is Pomme. They are certainly a handful, but lots of fun and CUTE!