Today, I woke early, scanned a few blogs, read a few emails, even got a chance to fire off an email in a great discussion, and then it was on to a long, hard day. First, there was the two hour drive to my aunt’s funeral. Between the funeral, the burial, and the lunch, that took up much of the day. Then, a two hour drive back to Connecticut for my father-in-law’s birthday party and a small Christmas party for some of the extended family that gathered.

At home, one of the feather pillows was chewed to bits by the puppy who was probably a bit bored and upset that much of the day passed without playmates for him. Feathers everywhere.

Now, a brief chance to read some more emails and write a brief blog post. Tomorrow, there will be preparations for Christmas. The house needs to be cleaned. The goose will go in the oven. Fiona will be in the pageant. So, I shall head off to bed soon without any of the blog posts that are percolating in my head actually making it online. We’ll see how much writing I can get done tomorrow or Saturday.