It’s July 2nd and there seems to be a hush before the big Fourth of July holiday. Maybe if we are quiet for two days we can make a while lot of noise on the third day, is the thinking. Well, tonight there is going to be a lot of noise in our neighborhood so this may break down. Brad is going to be celebrating five years free from his cancer. Yea, way to go buddy, make all the noise you want neighbor!

Then Bill, our new Cancer Commando wound up with incredibly good scan results on his scan on Friday. He was over for our special walk yesterday afternoon to bring us the good news and to drink a glass of wine at tapas. Yea, way to go buddy Bill! I am so happy for him and his team.

And we had a great visit from our Chinese filmmaker, Edmund, and his girlfriend Irene yesterday. They walked three laps here at the ranch, we had tapas and wine and watched each other’s movies. Big fun and they are flying back to Beijing today. They were much excited by all things Camino and they got some good input here as you can imagine. Who knows what this connection will bring.

Well, good news all around. And this includes the corn whose growth seems to be outrunning the predication of Bambi and his buddies. Maybe that set us back a week in the overall scheme of things but not fatal. So, that’s how it is here in one little corner of America as we await the celebration of the birth of our nation.

The best to you and your family, love, Felipe.x