Thanks to BILL KING for contacting PAUL MOTA for me. PAUL's emails regarding the blog had been returned to me, and I was a little concerned. This morning I got the following from him:
"It has been a long time since I have heard from any one of my former classmates, but it was very nice to know how everyone is doing. (I assume he caught up on the most recent blog posts.) I have been very fortunate to be doing well and, while not in perfect health, it could be a lot worse.
I retired from working at the base about 10 years ago and have just been taking it easy - and to be honest, eating too much. It is very difficult to lose weight, but I should have thought about it before it happened.
I am still at the same address in San Angelo, and not much new to talk about. I am just enjoying seeing my daughter and her husband and our grandchildren in Houston. My favorite trip is going to Las Vegas in September, which we do just about every year. I also enjoy getting out to Llano for some BBQ, and to Fredericksburg to see the wildflowers - coming up soon.
I have been fortunate in finding a loving mate who has been with me for 49 years the 6th of March. All in all, life has been good to me, and when the bumps on the road have come along, I have had my wife to help me get over the rough spots.
That was a nice story about Glenn Smith. My wife reads a lot, and I will mention those books to her.
I wish everyone who reads this letter the best." PAUL
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Now I have to apologize to DENNY HILL. I really messed up on the picture of what I thought was the street on which his Poland flat was located. I had the wrong street. I went back and put the correct picture in, but too late. Now I want to send you a better view and some of DENNY's comments about it:
"..this is really my street, just outside my building. In the photo you can see some umbrellas which say "Carlesberg". They are outside a restaurant, and my flat is over the kitchen of this restaurant, in the back; i.e., in the photos if you could go to your left, through the building, at those umbrellas, then you would hit my flat. The flat is actually not on the street which you see in the photo, but rather in some interior courtyard in back, behind the restaurant.. This photo perhaps gives the best rendition of how it is there in the summer, when people eat outside."
DENNY purchased the flat from the owner of the restaurant, "Fret a Porter". Strange name for a restaurant, but I suppose it is in Polish. The interior of the restaurant is beautiful. And these two photos of the interior of his flat are much too neat to belong to an "old bachelor" like DENNY:
Tell me, ladies, do those pots and pans look like they have been used??
Of course, you know I am just teasing you, DENNY. The other photos of his flat are really lovely, but his friend that sent them at first sent them in a format I was unable to use for the blog. I can see how he would enjoy living in such a place during the summer months.
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Before I forget, as some of you know, I moved this past December, as the folks I rented from in Burnet decided to sell the house. (Times have been hard on everyone!) I now live in Austin, only three and a half miles from my younger son, Matthew and his family. My daughter and family will be building a new home in four years on Lake Austin, as her husband will begin his third career as a professor at UT, teaching (I think) computer programming. Now all I have to do is get number one son Craig to move down here! I love my new location. If you are planning a trip to Austin, drop me a note at my email address and maybe you can come for a visit!
If anyone else has moved, has a new email address, or anything newsworthy to share with us, just send me an email. Until next time, may you have nothing but good stuff happening!
Peace and love,
Marilyn
