Whew!

Yipes! It's been more than a week since I wrote, "Police Blotter, tomorrow..." at the end of a rather mundane week. Since then, SO MUCH has been going on, that I might have to go under hypnosis to remember it, all. Lucky for you, it will probably mean a far more abbreviated account than I might have written had I kept up in real time. But, not today. We've just, in the last 90 minutes, returned from a quick, two-day trip to SoCal to see family for some Christmas cheer. HOWEVER, over the next few days, --HA!--hold on, because we'll touch on stuff, like, Barbary apes, oxygen deprivation, drinking goat's blood, and the new hat I knit (oooh)!

For now, I'll just say that, though I can't quite comprehend it (again), another whole other year has whooshed by, leaving my head spinning like a top! There've been a few changes (like, moving, here, to Grass Valley, for example), some adventure, some highs and some lows, but, on the whole, we're both quite happy to have come through another cycle of seasons in good health! As usual, I had the highest intentions of sending Christmas cards out there, especially to those who don't know where we've landed, yet. But, right on schedule, I didn't quite get to it. Maybe in January. So, I'll just post this photo of the four of us, taken on Christmas, proving that we did actually spend the holiday together, after having been scattered about the globe until just the previous day.

So, after I've done my usual wallow in the Rose Parade coverage, tomorrow (in high def, this year!), I'll start to catch up a bit (Police blotter highlights, included...). Happy New Year!