Kathy

Meet today's toymaker. Or, designer, as they are new called. A far cry from the little old mustached-men of the bavarian hinterlands toiling in their little shops with pliers and small hammers. As Kathy and I discussed, it's all done with the latest in high-tech gadgetry, and for a large multinational corporation headquartered here in Rhode Island. She and her daughter, neighbors, were at the yard sale next door on Saturday. Gave us a chance to catch up and get to know one another.

Oh, and happy birthday ... to me! Got a great gift when I opened my email this morning. Timothy Archibald has selected me as the winner of the Everyone Else Week contest on his site for the short series I submitted on my daughter, Grace. Check it out here. Thanks, T.A.!