Cuzzin Ricky and I had beignets at the Cafe Du Monde in New Orleans after riding the City of New Orleans down there and a more recent trip to the Grand Canyon by train.
I've been to Europe several times but I'm done with international travel. There's a couple of places I'd like to visit but I'm not getting back on an airplane again. While air travel is still probably the safest form of travel, there have been some recent incidents that have given me pause, as well as the whole experience at the airports both coming and going.
I've got a couple of places in the US I'd still like to visit, but I don't know when or if that will ever happen. I no longer feel comfortable leaving the Missus on her own and she doesn't travel well. I do feel fairly comfortable with my own health again. I finished up the cardiac rehab on Monday and both the surgeon who replaced the plugged stent and my own cardiologist said no damage to the heart, and I should be good for another 100,000.
Now that the weather has turned warm at least a couple days per week, I'll be tending to some outside chores and doing some inside things on the rainy days.
I've been working on my family history once again. Ancestry has more resources available and other members have posted more information that ties into to my bloodline, such as the above photo. The lady on the right is my great, grand aunt, born 1869. I used to attend an annual family reunion of the descendants of her and her sister for years. These were relatives on my dad's side. Unfortunately, as the older generations passed away, so too did the reunions. Surly hosted a revival several years back, which was well attended and great to see us all together again along with the younger generation.
I've been concentrating my recent efforts on the paternal side but I'm going to start working on the maternal side soon. I've been adding all the new information to my family tree on Ancestry and once I gather all that is easily available, I'll see about getting it all typed up to make an addendum to the book I published a few years back. I think I will have to take a road trip to Tennessee before I go to press on that, however.
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April is National Welding Month. Welding has progressed dramatically since the days of the blacksmith working at his forge. The recent launch of the spaceship that's going to circle the moon wouldn't have been possible without welding. Likewise, your automobiles, bicycles, household appliances, and most everything else in your daily life, either directly or in their manufacture.
If you know someone looking to go into the trade but needs some financial help for a trade school, don't forget the MikeRoweWorks scholarship program. AI won't build the submarines, the pipelines, the skyscrapers, or repair the broken school desk or garbage truck. Only skilled craftspeople can do that and there are lots of jobs available now, so get some skills and get to work.
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