THIS 'N THAT
Kirk has added a major post to his travelblog and he has pictures -- 159 perspectives on Buenos Aires and environs...

I was grilling dinner on the backyard BBQ this evening (crook neck squash, sausages, egg plant, pineapple, peppers) and our Assyrian neighbor behind us handed a large grocery sack of peaches and two varieties of grapes from his garden over the fence. We added tomatoes from our garden. Not only was it a colorful feast but delicious -- exactly what summer is about...

Linea Lanoie, a dentist and former missionary in the Congo, recently returned for a visit. She talks about the deterioration since the war. The only real progress has been in the field of cell phones!...

Speaking of cell phones, I went into the Verizon store today. Perhaps you recall, last week I tried to get them to turn my service off because my contract is up on August 2nd. At that time they told me I had to come back today. But when I went in today they told me that I can't turn it off until tomorrow -- or there is a $150 service termination fee. While I was in the store another customer was trying to get a detailed print-out of her phone activity and she wondered why they no longer provided it with the monthly bill. The clerk told her that the company was now so big that they could no longer afford to send out detailed bills -- that it costs the company a lot of money. However, he said, "they'll send you one for an additional $1.50/month, if you'd like." Whatever happened to customer care? Can you hear me now?...

Dan is blogging from Alaska where he is leading a mission trip, which includes my daughter Betsy.