MAY 13, 17 .. THE FRIENDSHIP CLUB, SANTA FE, NM

Here in Santa Fe, New Mexico, they have a club that, to coin a phrase, is as-good-as-it-gets.

The Santa Fe Friendship Club.

A few photos of the exterior of The Friendship Club.

As with many clubs, there are several meeting rooms within the club.

Below we are looking at the main meeting room as you first enter the room. Dead ahead is the secretary's table.

Stepping to our right, we see the below view of the secretary's table.

Below is a close-up view of the right corner of the room.

Below we now walk to the right side of the front of the room and see the secretary's table up-close-and-personal.

Now we are looking back at the main entrance to the meeting room as we see it from the front, right-corner, of the room.

Now we go back to our entry into the room.

And below, we step to our left from the above view.

Below we have walked to the front corner of the left side of the room and look back at the main entrance into the room.

Well, that-is-that for The Friendship Club here in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They have a good number of excellent meetings throughout the day into the evenings.

APR 15, 17 .. TO YOU IT MAY BE INCOME TAX DAY

April the 15th means far more to me than being the traditional Income Tax Day here in the United States.

Sixty seven (67) years ago today, on April the 15th, 1950, a man I am proud to call a friend, began his journey of living life, one-day-at-a-time, without drinking any alcohol.

Mel 'B' of Toledo Ohio passed away at age 91-years on Sunday the 19th of February this year 2017 just shy of sixty seven years of continuous sobriety. I miss Mel a lot.

Whenever I shook Mel's hand, I was shaking the hand that had shaken Bill Wilson's hand. Mel worked in New York City for a time and had interacted with our co-founder during Mel's time in NYC.

I will forever celebrate April the 15th as Mel's most special day.

Rest In Peace Mel!