It's Winter!

It snowed last night.  Since Eric told me that snow rarely sticks here, I figured it would be gone by this morning.  But it is very cold out there.  It may not snow again for a while, but this snow is going to stay for a while.  

I am so happy it waited until Adrian left.  He does not like the cold one bit. Such a California boy.  The weather was beautiful while he was here. After getting of the first leg of his flight here in New York and hearing that it was 20 degrees outside, he was not looking forward to the cold.  But the weather turned warm - in the 50's most of the time he was here.  At Thanksgiving, Cael, Sean and Adrian went outside to play football.  Cael is delightfully all boy with the sweetest disposition.  He was always happy to be able to go outside to kick and throw the football.  Cindy got a little boy ball and a big boy ball.   He must have had trouble figuring out which he was.

We went to the Kennedy Center last Saturday to see Shear Madness.  A little silly, but had a lot of audience participation that was fun.  The Kennedy Center is, of course, awe-inspiring.  It's very grand and we will be 

going back there for New Year's Eve.  Isn't this a fun place to be?  On the left you will see us with JFK in the background.  He is looking very severe.  I don't remember that aspect of him.   

Maybe it was all that sitting.  I had a fever the next day and had to go to the ER.  It was an infection and I've been taking antibiotics ever since.  Once again, Cindy saved one of the Lundstrom kids.  She called my doctor and we agreed that I should go to the ER.  I wasn't too happy with the nurse, but Sandi shared her experience with blood-drawers and gave me a different perspective.  Okay, we'll let the nurse live. The good news is that I am feeling great, considering I had major surgery less than two weeks ago.

Yes, I've been reading.  I finished the second Civil War book.  The South is in dire straights.  They are considering changing the draft age, which was 18 to 45 to be lower and higher.  Grant has been found to be the hard driving General that Lincoln has been looking for.  Other generals on both

sides tend to hang back to make sure their positions are secure.  I 

will get the last book of  this series by Horton Foote a few days before Christmas.  

My friend, Marilyn, sent me a book from her book club.  This is The Giant's House.  The book on the left is the one she sent me.  The book on the right must be the paperback.  I like both covers because they tell a lot about the story.  The woman telling the story is a librarian.  She meets James, the giant, when he comes to her library.  He is a young man with a voracious need to read and learn about everything.  It started with magic and then roamed through most shelves of the library.  Another story line was how hard it was to keep this boy clothed and, particularly, shod.  I like the difference in the shoes on the right.  Adrian is no giant, but I can easily slip into his shoes when I was wearing my own shoes.  It looks like you could stuff a lot of shoes into James' shoes.  It is a lovely book.