For what he says was the first time in his 93 years, my dad enjoyed some Chinese food with us yesterday. I guess it would be the first time for food from a Chinese restaurant as when my mom was alive she used to make a dish of pork chops with Chinese vegetables that would technically be Chinese food.

But I brought home containers of pork fried rice, white rice, beef with broccoli and an order of steamed dumplings and we enjoyed the meal with my dad. He liked it and his first ever fortune cookie read, "You work hard." Boy, that is right on the money. He's on vacation a bit now, but he has worked hard all his life since his first job as janitor of his school at age 8.

I told him next we would try some Greek food. He told me there was a Greek restaurant in Tupper Lake, when he was 18 - way before my time. He never ate their food but would stop in for coffee once in a while.