Well, it's finally about to get here anyway.

I've taken note that the schedule, among other things, is no longer working here on arlo.net.... It's an outdated technology, and no longer able to function these days, although some parts are still holding on. I get to chime in every once in awhile, although not as frequently as I once did. arlo.net has lasted a very long time - It went online in May 1995, so it's gone just past the 30 year line. That's pretty good! I was around 48 years old at the time, I'm a little older now. There's a lotta water under that bridge. Memories are fun at times, but like my old buddy, Rick Nelson wrote "But if memories were all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck"

arlo.net won't be around forever, so if there's something of value to you, I'd copy it and store it somewhere safer. Meanwhile, I hope everyone has a fabulous summer 2025! See ya soon... Maybe.

It's getting warmer anyway. My guess is it'll be too warm in many places before too long. But, it's the world we're living in. The good news is, we're still here! Catastrophes seem to be everywhere, all around us. But, Spring is coming and I'm getting ready. We'll be heading north soon, while we enjoy the end of our time farther south,

It's been a good year so far! Disasters not-with-standing. If it ain't one thing, it's another - As they used to say. You try to help out where you can.

It's already 2025 half way around the world. Soon it'll creep over thru here. Although there's hardly anyone here at arlo.net, it's still going, at least for now, and I just had to wish anyone reading this a Happy New Year. Time marches on! My good friend, Gordon Titcomb, (who worked with us for a very long time) told me :"My plan is to live forever - So Far so good" That cracked me up! But he's right.

Thanksgiving is in the rearview mirror, and so the holiday season gets underway. We're getting ready farther south than our neighbors up north, riding out the winter. It's not only that time of year, but that time of life, to be reminded that there're seasons for everything. Many of my old friends have left this world, and new ones are being born. The cycle of life goes on. As the saying goes "May you live in interesting times"... Well, we did that for sure. And it seems to me that it'll stay interesting for the foreseeable future. So far, so good! Merry Happy Everything!

My friend, Alice, whose idea for a restaurant in Stockbridge, and subsequently her idea becoming a real restaurant, which became part of a song, which changed our lives forever, has passed away. Alice died in Provincetown, MA where she grew up. It was home. She was 83 years old, and had heart related problems. She left this world a week before Thanksgiving, Thursday, November 20th.