I have been very sick for a long time. I will tell more once I am feeling better. I thank hobie for keeping things moving on while I've been absent.

I thank everyone for all the prayers and good wishes you have been sending. You can't imagine how much they brighten my day.

If you are wondering about my choice of photo, I was living in the Haight Ashbury in '67. when Sgt Pepper's and the Magical Mystery Tour came out.  I know that the Beatles have influenced me in more ways than I will ever know. And so, here is a photo of a picture that is hanging in my bedroom.

Here's hoping that this Christmas brings each of us not what we want, but what we genuinely need.