Month: February 2014

Our visit to Venice, California

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Marie (my wife) and I visited with her mom today. Marie wanted to visit because an aunt and uncle (let me throw some of my limited Spanish around, aunt in Spanish is Tia and uncle is Tio) are visiting Marie’s mom because she is having her 85th birthday. She is just as alert today as when I met her some 46 years ago. Yes, age has slowed her down a bit, but she has kept sharp spending her day cooking or doing some sort of sewing project. Marie has not seen her Tia or Tio for many years. So she had lots to catch up on. Marie, her mom, and Tia moved to the kitchen while her Tio and I moved to the living room to get acquainted. Her Tio spoke only in Spanish and I did my best to understand and comment when I caught a phrase that sounded familiar. I am not sure if I pulled it off or not (Marie was sort of ease dropping) and heard me tell her Tio that I have five great  grandchildren. I said my Spanish was limited.

This coming Saturday, we will be celebrating all the February birthdays. I am going to try and add some images that I’ll take during the festivities.

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I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Eddie Pierce and I am a Ham Operator (you know, those people that have a big huge antenna growing out of their back yard) I’ve been licensed since 1975 and enjoy the hobby immensely. I’ve done many of the facets of the hobby. Talked to other ham operators all over the world. You might ask “why would you want to talk with someone on the other side of the world” Well, for me it is the allure of possibly meeting some fascinating person from Russia, or maybe Japan, or how about Western Samoa, or maybe even a far off place like Antarctica (Burrrr it’s cold down there)

You might ask, how can you talk with other hams that don’t speak English?  Well one of the modes that I work with my radio equipment is called Morse Code and it is a universal language no matter what country you are in conversation with. For example the word “Name” when sent using morse code means the same thing, whether sent to a ham in Russia, Argentina, Mexico, or whatever foreign county you talk to.

I am also an avid photographer, mostly shooting images of my grandchildren and my extended family. I am learning Lightroom and have used Photoshop for many years.

I am new to blogging and have many thoughts that I would like to share.