I haven't had much time to devote to cards. The few scraps of down time I've found today have been spent watching the water attempt to swallow my old hometown. I mentioned before that my folks live in an area that is now being swamped by record flooding. It's also where I grew up. Fortunately, they live up on a hill and they're in good shape. Last I heard anyway. The water, hopefully, should be receding very soon. But what a mess now. Between the ages of 3-19, I lived in what is known as the Southern Tier of New York state. That's an upstate area that includes Binghamton, Johnson City, Endicott, Vestal, and various other assorted towns strategically positioned along the Susquehanna and Chenango rivers. Well, the Susquehanna is now over the flood walls in downtown Binghamton, something that I have never heard of in my life. It's reached historical levels. I have been reviewing staggering photos from various areas of the Southern Tier where I spent much of ...
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