Well, here we are at home on the day that we were supposed to be in Albany, letting the surgeon loose on Kendall's vocal cord again.

Kendall had started having some problems with a cough a few days ago, while we were ranging around, visiting friends before going to a gathering at the weekend in Connecticut. Unfortunately, Connecticut was, according to a local pharmacist, in the midst of the worst pollen season for quite a while and this may have aggravated Kendall's problems.

Suffice to say, when we went to Albany yesterday for him to have pre-admission testing, his surgeon, after looking at chest X-rays, postponed the surgery, and it has been re-arranged for June 11.

This was probably a good thing - after being away from home for two weeks we both wanted nothing more than to be home again and it was a real relief to sink into our own beds at the end of a long day.

Many thanks to those who provided hospitality over the past two weeks. I wish that we had had time to get to visit with more of our friends but time and distance precluded that. There will be another time, however, if I have anything to do with it!