My attorney brother, Hugh, who lives in Annapolis, Maryland, is visiting the magazine as a consultant the past few days. He’s helping me update some legal documents for the magazine. Although Hugh is an attorney, he writes far more clearly than most attorneys. No mumbo jumbo legalese jargon, but plain, explicit English that is legally bulletproof but easy for anyone to understand.

He happens to be visiting at a time while the Pacific Ocean is nearly flat. It’s like a pond. Very unusual for this raging ocean to be flat like a pond for two straight days.

Hugh will turn 70 years of age Monday so we’ll also have a birthday bash for him. It’s an enjoyable brotherly get-together that also takes care of some important magazine business matters.

My family finished off deadline for Issue No. 113 with a week of camping along Loon Lake near the central Oregon coast. Canoeing, fishing, swimming, and sitting by the campfire until late at night! What a relaxing time!

We made deadline, of course, and now Issue No. 113 is in the hands of our Wisconsin printer.

I’m at home taking a break and supervising my two youngest sons, Robby and Sam, as they build a batten Dutch door for their two-story clubhouse. They’re making it out of fir shelving I salvaged from the old storage room in the building BHM bought three years ago.

This door will go in the first floor of their clubhouse. They already made and installed a batten door on the second floor, shown in the last photo here.