What is it about the seventy-plus generation and packing for a trip? How many suitcases full of bathing suits and light summer wear does one need for a month.

Joe, the money-manager says, “The number one non-necessity item that people are cutting back on in these economic hard times . . . vacations.” sigh. But hey, let’s look on the bright side . . .Who needs a respite from the stress of the current gloom and doom financial forecast when relief is right here in our own backyard?

This past month in Sun Valley, Idaho, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir performed at the new Sun Valley outdoor pavilion to a full house.

April is nearly over and we are sunless in Seattle. We had one sunny day on the third Saturday in April but I was out of town. No place on earth equals a sunny warm day in Seattle, well at least not a location that I have been to. Last weekend, it snowed, yes snowed.