Hello Friends!
I left Mexico Beach, FL Saturday morning, cloudy but warm, drove 14 hours straight through, only to get stuck in the snow in my driveway. But I'm home! That's the good news.

I hadn't intended to drive straight through. I didn't think this "old man" could still do it. I kept waiting for fatigue, sleepiness, body aches, inattention--something--that would force me to stop somewhere. But I felt great! After a couple of Jr. Whoppers (BK--I know, I'm bad), 3 and a half hours later, I was pulling in (9:30P). It was nice to sleep in my own bed once again.

Getting away from Indiana and spending two weeks in Florida was a good prescripition for the winter blues. I haven't checked my BP, but it surely has to be lower. I really relaxed. Read 3 books (Mark Twain's Autobio, "A Distant Mirror", by Barbara Tuchman on the 14th century, and "The Sheer Ecstasy of Being a Lunatic Farmer", Joel Salatin), completed 9/10ths of a 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle, cogitated a lot, napped and ate. Oh, and I walked and jogged miles upon miles. Except for the puzzle, much of this was done on the white sands along the Gulf of Mexico. No oil was seen.
More on that later.

My youngest daughter (32), her husband and son, took time away from their farm to stay 4 days with me. I got to spend quality time with all 3 of them which meant a lot to me. We reminisced, planned for the future (farm), played, etc. And the weather was spectacular for them!

So it's back to the same old routines for me. I have much to do today--the main thing being shoveling snow and getting unstuck! I'll get around to catching up with you all in the coming days. Bye for now.