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Posted on: May 04, 2026 at 6:13 PM

Ray I just got back from Honor Flight an experience not to forget. I was on waiting and within a year and half, I was selected to fly with 50 veterans to Washington DC to visit te Viet Nam wall and multitude of memorials. Much to process. If you would like to go I can direct you to signing up. More to tell you later!
I was able to go since Penny recovered from bad medicine reaction. A few visits to ER Was needed. Hope your doing well say hello to Cindy.

Posted on: Apr 14, 2026 at 8:55 PM

Happy birthday a little belatedly!

Hey there Ray...wishing you one heap of a Happy Birthday to ya. I was crusin' on
Summerhill rd where you and a bus loads of us kids lived just of this street. Was
thinking about ya.
Good news, I submitted a application for Honor Flight to head to Washington DC and picked
to travel with veterans in April 12-14th 2026 .
So looking forward to experience this event and visit many of the memorial sites from
WW1, WW2, Korean, and Vietnam.
Penny is doing much better so we can put 2025 behind us and move forward with better
health. I'm hanging in there and still drumming events and in two different bands...Penny even joined in one of them.
Hope Cynthia is doing ok.

Again Happy Birthday Ray....I'll be catching up to ya on April 28th.

I’m sure that you don’t need to be reminded, but just wanted to wish you a happy birthday next week. Hope you’re doing well and looking forward to another great year ahead.

Posted on: Nov 07, 2025 at 2:28 PM

Happy birthday. Seeing this reminds me of great, life changing memories. Hope this is finding you well and thriving.

Posted on: Nov 01, 2025 at 12:49 PM

Hey old friend. We’re celebrating once again. Have a Happy Birthday!

she went nuts about 3 years go ,now in nut house in arizona. really sad!

Posted on: Jul 04, 2025 at 11:38 PM

I missed your birthday, Bob. No excuses. In a plea for lieniancy, I'll point out that I'm only two months late. Loved our Almond School crew - - remembering you going for some kind of record effort in sit ups on the floor in class one day!

Happy upcoming birthday! Think about you and Maggie from time to time fondly. Hang in there!

Just got back from vacation. I'm sending you belated Happy Birthday wishes.

Happy birthday

Posted on: Mar 04, 2025 at 2:22 PM

Hello everyone, I've been typing to you all and jumped around on the site and when i came back to send what was written...Poooof it was gone.
Have to make it short this time and say Happy Birthday to the Birthday people our there.
Ray thanks for the photos....you got the nack for composition and tech with Adobe. Great job and glad your at it again.
Will revisit when I can....wishing all good health and happiness.
Pat

Posted on: Dec 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM

Janet Redding and I met the first day of our sophomore year at LAHS. Due to the careers
of our fathers--hers, an aerospace engineer; mine, an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps of the
U.S. Navy--Janet and I had both moved many times and started school years in new places.
We had an immediate bond as a couple of "transfer students".

Janet and I both became members of the Youth Group at the Presbyterian Church in Los Altos.
Our friendship deepened, and by junior year, most nights (after we had finished our homework),
we talked on the phone until it was bedtime. That tradition of phone calls continued throughout
the next 60 years. We discussed relationships, careers, grandparent joy, politics, and world-wide
current events.

After Janet was diagnosed with ALS*, our conversations often took place on Sunday mornings
for 2-3 hours and covered the same wide range of topics. However, the content also included discussion of morbidity, mortality, and the meaning of life. Janet's response to her diagnosis was the same way she approached all the other problems in her personal and professional lives--with competence, compassion, and courage.

I will greatly miss her thoughtful examination of issues, non-judgemental stance, articulate expression of ideas, and wise advice. Janet was one of my "chosen sisters" and her friendship, support, and caring have truly been a blessing in my life.

* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal disease that
attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscles throughout the body. Muscle weakness spreads and progresses to difficulties with walking, swallowing, talking, and breathing.

Happy belated birthday and hope you're feeling better!