Honest, I hear you. I heed your call. The three of you are important to me. I get it. Game of Thrones is over. Golden State is back in the finals. Blah, blah, blah. Only two more PGA majors, and it does not appear that it is the SF Giants year. Give me something.

Not much but here it goes. Still hate cancer. Still miss my eye. My MRI, chest X-ray and blood work this past April all came back clean. I am around for awhile longer anyway. Do it all over again in October.

May 24, 2018 I had surgery to remove my left eye and the cancerous tumor that was attached to the optic nerve. What a difference a year makes! This past Memorial Day weekend Mela and I were in Flaggstaff to see my son, Kyle Holcmob get married. Having arrived a couple of days early, Mela and I went to the Grand Canyon on the morning of May 24 and I capped the evening off with an ice cold craft beer at a bar in the Waterford Hotel with my two boys and the rest of the bachelor party. A great day.

Saturday, May 25 was a beautiful day in countless ways. Thursday it had actually snowed and was chilly to say the least. Friday a little nicer and Saturday was picture perfect for the wedding. The wedding was outside at a park on the way to the Grand Canyon with a snow capped mountain as a backdrop. Over the last 12 years I had seen my three kids individually and in pairs but not all three together since the wedding of the oldest, John. Now - two more spouses and three grandchildren. Such a joy filled day. I am very blessed.

The Wedding. The Kids. The Grandkids. The Best.

On the real estate front I got my first listing. A $1.2 million dollar home. Had it under contract in about 10 days. A truly delightful couple. I hope the final pieces of the deal go smoothly for the sellers and yours truly. Not a bad way to start. I have also written an offer on a home for a nice family with the help of my in-house expert. I even have a modest lead on a seller for a $1.5 million home from a cold call. A ways to go for that one but I got to put it out there.

Things are going good. But in regard to being mono ocular I need to be very deliberate in anything of modest skill. You know how they serve a glass of wine in those mini carafes that you have to pour yourself. Well I have no depth of field or spatial relationship with glass. So yes, I have on more than one occasion proceeded to pour the wine all over the bar counter. Mela won’t let me lick it up. I now make a point of making sure the rim of the carafe is touching the rim of the glass. For my photogaphy I have to really be deliberate in making sure my horizon is level. No small task anymore.

I will be seeing Eric Lindsey to get my eye cleaned and polished in early June and am looking forward to making 2019 a great year!

Stay strong, be kind, be humble and God bless!