Short but sweet

For weeks, Jimmy has really been looking forward to going to Savannah for the KA Convivium, and getting to spend some time with his old college friends. This group bonded around 1961, and their friendships even strenghthened over the ensuing years.

Jimmy and I arrived on Tybee Island, where we were all staying, late Friday afternoon, and went out to dinner, but by Saturday morning, Jimmy had laryngitis, an ear was draining, and he felt terrible. So we got in the car and came home in the pouring rain.


Standing: Joe Manderson, Fluff Manderson, Kenny Youmans, Jane Youmans, "Batman" Varnedoe, Jimmy, Tracy Dixon, John McNeill
Seated: Robbie Thompson, Rosemary Dixon, Katherine McNeill

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Our television has been often tuned to a news channel today, and watching the horrors and suffering in Haiti, I almost deleted this. Our own personal little ups and downs seem so... strikingly insignificant, and I am humbled anew by the magnitude of all of our many blessings.

Winter fixes

All the big windows in our house are fine for our normal climate, but their flimsy curtains are more for show than warmth in this arctic air of late, so we jury-rigged some comforters with step ladders, and it works like a charm.

Fred, the neighborhood cat, has a little house on our porch, and a heater that keeps her toasty warm.

Happy New Year!

Jimmy came down with a cold Christmas Eve, and trying to avoid a repeat of last winter's pneumonia, we've stayed in during all this frigid weather, and he's much better.

We did go up to Newnan for New Year's and stayed at Frank and Julie Haralson's beautiful horse farm, along with Maudie and Bill Huff, and Barbara and Pat Holder, and it was a fine way to welcome in the new decade.