Next, still in Nashville area, we went to visit my long lost sister, Marty Dehart, and her family. (Well, we'll call her my sister. Our family is so complicated that you don't wanna ask what's the connection...anyway, I 've known Marty since she was a newborn babe. She's still a babe, no?)

Marty is a wonderful artist and natural scientist! She can tell you every detail in the life of any given dog, cat, bird or creature you might want to ask about. I always recall her as a tiny girl with a fist full of frogs, pollywogs or crickets-- delighted with every one!
Marty is here with her son, Nathaniel, me, David and Gianni.