ANOTHER YEAR served, getting close to retirement.

CONGRATULATIONS to my unica hija Sara Isabel for graduating with a bachelor's degree in Psychology, summa cum laude, from SUNY Binghamton. She is also one of four BU students to receive a Provost's Award for Excellence in Academic Research in a separate ceremony with BU President Harvey Stenger and Provost Donald Hall. Thank you, baby, for taking these parents over the moon!

I FINALLY RECEIVED formal recognition for having reached a milestone in this journey with the agency.Thank you to DHS and the people who make it all worthwhile as we observe vigilance, render service and maintain integrity in our daily mission. Here's to another five years!

 16 DECEMBER 2023 marks my 15th year of service.

TO SPICE UP the workplace a bit.

 SUMMER IN Red Hook (Lobster Pound). Happy 4th!

TUG BOAT and gantry crane with WTC in the far background, Red Hook.

26 REED STREET (or Ye Nautical Garage), Red Hook

STILL SNOW in Quebec City this April.

PROUD THAT with hard work, discipline and sacrifice, we have paid off the Maspeth house bought in 2006, when Sara was just a 4 year-old about to enter St. Stanislaus Kostka Catholic School as a pre-K. It's good to begin the new year with zero mortgage balance on a property that since its purchase has more than doubled in value!