<Picture of Marnix, his wife Jean, and their dogs Linus and Java>
From left to right that's me (Marnix van Ammers), my wife Jean Walker, and our two dogs, Linus and Java.
That picture is from 2003 in what we consider our 2-Sheltie era. The smaller dog, "Java", died in November of 2012 after a sudden and serious bout of pancreatitis. Linus (named after Linus Torvalds) died in February 2016 at age 14 after developing a cancerous tumor on his left hip. We were big Sheltie fans. They were like our kids and we fussed about them constantly.
Click here for Jean's website, http://www.jeanius.com.
For more about me, see: my Google profile.
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2010-04-25 My status: Retired and playing French horn.

2012-10-26 My status: Still retired and still playing French horn. Also doing a tiny bit of ham radio.

2014-06-18 My Status: Enjoying long walks. I've done 4 long walks over 26 miles and many over 10. I average about 6 miles of walking per day. Most of my walks are in and around Benicia, but the long ones are usually in the San Francisco peninsula or the East Bay. My last long walk was 26.95 miles from Dublin/Pleasanton to North Concord, mostly by way of the Iron Horse Trail.

2015-02-15 My longest walk so far is a little over 31 miles from Fremont BART over the dumbarton bridge, up the San Francisco peninsula to Millbrae BART. Last year I also climbed Mt. Diablo once and that Peak near Fremont that I have trouble remembering the name off (but it's extremely popular).

2015-12-14 My Status: Enjoying a winter break. Finished with orchestra and band until next year. Still doing some long walks, mostly in San Francisco, but my last 20+ mile walk seemed tough, so I might be slowing down. I always carry my ham radio with me and off an on participate in San Francisco's siren test evaluations through one of the repeaters there.

2016-10-28 I have enjoyed long walks. During the last 3 years I've done over 50 walks that went over 20 miles. They've been great fun. I love some of the views in San Francisco. Check out this panoramic pic from the Twin Peaks lookout point. BigPanoTwinPeaks.jpg.

2017-03-13 Found out that there is a minor planet named Marnix. How cool.
http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?utf8=%E2%9C%93&object_id=5002

Interested in antiques? 18th Century Dutch antiques? Check out our
Family Antiques For Sale.

Click below to see our dogs' political leanings (as of summer 2008) :-)



In case you wonder about such things, below is a picture of the computer this web site is running on. A few other web sites run on this little machine as well. It never ceases to amaze me how far we've come with computers in the last half century.
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