Rob's family

Lately I've been nostalgic for music from my formative years (mostly highschool). I mentioned my passion for finding this music to Tracey ~six months ago. In passing I mentioned an old Neil Diamond tape that I had made when we lived in Hongkong. "I would love to have this on CD." If you're a Coleman, you might recall the record I copied Neil from - there's a skip on Sweet Caroline . My tape has the added benefit of having several songs from when Neil traveled to Africa (I assume) in the 70s. I assumed that my desire for the second series of songs was a lost cause. I found my Valentine's card on my dresser when I came home from work tonight. Behind it was a freshly minted CD Tracey made from iTunes. She had taken my tape - listened to the songs - and found them each on iTunes. :-) Love in the 21st Century.

DSCN2986 Originally uploaded by robert_h_coleman . "Dad! Can we make something?" "Dad, can we use my soda kit?" Saturday afternoon. Nothing going on. Boredom creeps in. "I have a recipe for an icecream float. All I need is a banana, icecream and a blender." "Melinda, we don't have any icecream." "I'll use yogurt!" Prep gets underway "Can I use my soda pop kit?" "OK Gretch, a scoop of this (baking soda) and a scoop of that (citric acid), then water." FIZZ "Cool!" [add flavor] "yum" "Now can we make play doh?" Read, read, read. "What in the world is alum? We'd better find a different recipe. Melinda - you add the flour, Gretchen you add the salt, I'll add the oil and boiling water. Now pour in coolaid. Now stir."