Meanwhile - Back in America

July 10th

Gail's brothers Peter and Rob live near Minneapolis.  They lived in Chicago when Gail was growing up.  Her father transferred to Europe for two years during the 1960s.  He worked for a multinational corporation.  They returned to America after that assignment ended.  Gail eventually attended college in New York City.  The brothers remained in the Midwest.  It wasn't cold enough for them in Chicago.  They moved farther north to Minneapolis where they could hunt, go ice fishing, ski, and generally live like a Norwegian.

Gail's niece Annie gave birth to Alex while we were in Arendal.  She lives near Minneapolis too.  Everybody becomes excited when a new member of the family arrives.  That was especially true this time.  Alex is the first child in the next generation!

Annie and Bakhari own a house in St. Paul.  Minneapolis and St. Paul are called the Twin Cities. They are right beside each other.  St. Paul is Minnesota's state capital.  Bakhari is a computer engineer downtown.  The couple were married in 2013.

Gail and I have two children.  Jake is an engineer at Onshape in Cambridge, next to Boston.  The company is disrupting the Computer Aided Design industry with a modern cloud based software architecture.  Eric writes for the technology website "Wonder How To."  He also lives in Massachusetts.

My brother Ken lives in the Boston suburbs.  He genuinely is a "rocket scientist."  He used to design space satellites.  Several years ago he switched gears to teach and conduct research at Brown University.  His wife Sue is a clinical specialist who runs her own mental health practice.  Their son Christopher is a computer programmer in Boston.  He focuses on graphics and video game design.

Ken recently published a series of science fiction stories.  They are available on Amazon.  Here is the link:  http://www.amazon.com/Ken-Ramsley/e/B00BE9P3XK